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Corporate financial reporting on the internet: Evidence from New Zealand companies
In this thesis, I examine companies that list on the New Zealand Stock Exchange and distribute financial information via the Internet. The types of financial information published on the Internet by these companies are ...
Improving inflation targeting in New Zealand: An investigation of the Reserve Bank's inflation errors
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 ...
A comparison of technical efficiency measurement methods using data from the New Zealand dairy industry
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 ...
Analysis of spatial distortions in a mental map using GPS and GIS
Mental maps are a cartographic illustration of a person's internal representation of the spatial environment in which they live. They are often used to provide an insight into how different ethnic or social groups perceive ...
An analysis of labour turnover at Alliance Lorneville: Why do employees leave?
Labour turnover is a concept which has received considerable attention in the literature, due to the negative consequences it imposes on an organisation. These include the substantial costs of replacing employees, as well ...
Online recruitment in New Zealand: An employers' perpective
The aim of this research was to determine the effectiveness and future potential of online recruitment from an employers' perspective. The literature published has been restricted mainly to computer software developers and ...
Business incubators in New Zealand: A life cycle classification
Business incubation represents a popular and growing economic development tool worldwide. It has various applications in both the profit and not-for- profit sectors and as such can operate on a number of different ...
International trade and employment in French and West German manufacturing industries
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 ...
A sure thing a seemingly unrelated test of international trade models for New Zealand
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 ...
Price effects associated with changes in the S&P 500's composition: The removal and replacement of seven non-US companies
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 ...