The ratification procedure is the last phase in the negotiation of a collective agreement, in which the union membership is given the opportunity to vote to accept or reject the proposed agreement. Traditionally, union ...

Recognised for their unique characteristics that are considered of outstanding universal value, World Heritage Sites (WHSs), which usually constitute a primary tourism resource in their geographical locations, are generally ...

The ‘idea’ of tourism, often understood as an escape from day to day life at home, means that the mundane performances and spaces of everyday life within the tourism experience are rarely considered. In this thesis I ...

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 ...

The purpose of this thesis was to explore the role, processes and functions associated with the creation of an atmosphere in the unique service environment of a bar. This exploratory research began with a literature review ...

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 ...

The relationships between people and their outdoor environments are understood as diverse, complex and often contested with the result that examining the meanings people have for places such as rivers and placing value on ...

Wildlife in protected areas is one of the major tourist attractions in most Southern Africa countries. With the increased tourist interest in experiencing natural environments, tourism has also become a major function of ...

This thesis is devoted to the study of the higher-moment risk, in particular, the skewness risk. In Chapter 2, we provide an exact formula for the skewness of stock returns implied in the Heston (1993) model by using a ...