Previous studies have shown that firm births are linked to productivity growth and that birth rates are high in New Zealand compared to many other OECD countries, largely as a result of low barriers to entry and low costs ...

In this project, we investigate New Zealand's rate of inflation and its deviations from target using two new methods. Firstly, Rowe's (2002) method of examining the correlations between inflation deviations from target and ...

This dissertation evaluates the extent to which alternative methods of estimation vary from one another in measuring technical efficiency (TE). Using data from the New Zealand dairy industry for the year 1993, this paper ...

This study investigates the possible determinants of selected reported crimes in New Zealand from 1962 to 2001. Using annual time series data, six offence groups are individually examined, namely homicide, drugs (cannabis), ...

The East Asian region has experienced higher growth in recent decades than any other developing area. Regression results often include a significantly positive East Asian intercept term, indicating the models do not explain ...

The debate over the implications of international trade for the labour market is a prominent one both among economists and the general population. Because of that fact, and because of the absence of a comprehensive economic ...

This dissertation empirically tests the extent to which three alternative trade theories explain the pattern of New Zealand's international trade. This is accomplished by nesting a gravity equation, the Heckscher-Ohlin ...

This dissertation examines price effects associated with additions and deletions to the Standard and Poor's (SP) 500 index. The results are by and large consistent with those found in previous studies such as Beneish and ...

A recent series of papers attempting to estimate the fundamental or deep determinants of cross-country income levels finds that the quality of institutions 'trumps' all other possible deep determinants. This dissertation ...

This dissertation investigates the effects that economic development and the level of openness have on the income and price elasticities of demand for imports. In particular it tests hypotheses proposed by Melo and Vogt ...