In this study I examine the effect of the tightening of corporate governance on the payout policy choice of companies following the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX). Given the endogeneity in the relationship ...

In this thesis I describe the results of a web-based choice survey of homeowner preferences for attributes of behaviours and technologies to improve energy-efficiency in the home. The choice survey is novel in that respondents ...

This thesis investigates Granger causality in mean, variance and downside risk between the corporate credit default swap (CDS) and foreign exchange markets. Using an error correction model, a vector autoregressive model, ...

This thesis is a collection of three separate but thematic studies on child human capital development in Nepal. The first study (Chapter 3) examines the relationship between parental education and child health outcomes ...

In this study, I examine the interaction between the level of board compensation and governance characteristics facing New Zealand’s publicly listed firms. I also examine the relationship between excess board compensation ...

This research examines the effect that the socio-economic factors associated with the headquarters location of U.S. firms have on executive compensation. Using socio economic factors to measure the quality of life associated ...

I find that diversified firms in New Zealand are valued at a discount of 18.8% to 41.7% compared with their focused counterparts. The results also show that these firms tend to be valued less negatively during crisis times ...

Purpose The retention of the youth market is an important concern for banks and their marketers. With the increased use of mobile phones, banks are presented with new opportunities to reach young customers whose behaviour ...

Pictorial warning labels (PWLs) displayed on tobacco packaging are a critical smokefree intervention that help to reduce the global smoking epidemic. PWLs are effective within the general population at increasing awareness ...

This study investigates the dominant and subordinate representations of Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs) and their implications for local community‘s socio-economic spaces of engagement. In recognition of the ...