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KiwiSaver fund performance and asset allocation policy
(Emerald, 2019)This paper aims to examine the performance and benchmark asset allocation policy of 70 KiwiSaver funds catergorised as growth, balanced or conservative over the period October 2007-June 2016. The study focuses on the sources ... -
Simplification: Lessons from New Zealand
(Pretoria University Law Publications, 2019)This chapter describes the concept of tax simplification, offering New Zealand as a case study to provide potential guidance for South Africa. Specifically, this chapter examines both the rewriting of legislation ... -
A consumer-surplus standard in foreign acquisitions, foreign direct investment, and welfare
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019)© 2018, Kiel Institute. This study scrutinizes the ramifications of the strategic use of a consumer welfare argument in regulating foreign acquisitions and foreign market entry (i) on a multinational’s choice between ... -
Gains from multinational competition for cross-border firm acquisition
(ZBW - German National Library of Economics, 2019)© Author(s) 2019. This study shows that when there is multinational competition for foreign acquisition, the strategic use of a consumer welfare argument in regulating foreign market entry leads to a preemptive foreign ... -
The scope of auctions in the presence of downstream interactions and information externalities
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2018)© 2017, Springer-Verlag GmbH Austria, part of Springer Nature. We scrutinize the scope of auctions for firm acquisitions in the presence of downstream interactions and information externalities. We show that no mechanism ... -
The digitization of healthcare in developing countries: examining individuals’ willingness to disclose personal health information
(University of Canterbury, 2019)In recent years, the increasing use of health information technologies (HITs) in support of healthcare services in developing countries has raised concerns about the privacy of digitized personal health information (PHI). ... -
The effects of unemployment rate fluctuations on private health insurance coverage in New Zealand
(Informa UK Limited, 2015)In this paper, we estimate the effect of changes in the unemployment rate on private health insurance coverage of New Zealanders using quarterly national data from 1999 to 2009. A one percentage-point increase in the ... -
Aotearoa New Zealand National Report
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Assessing the Likely Impact of the Tax Working Group on Tax Administration in New Zealand”,
(2019)With the establishment of the New Zealand (NZ) government’s Tax Working Group (TWG) in late 2017, the level of interest in the TWG’s deliberations, the extent of submissions received, and subsequent recommendations, is ... -
Spillovers and Exports: A Meta-Analysis
(University of Canterbury, Department of Economics and Finance, 2019)This study uses meta-analysis to analyze the empirical literature on spillovers and exports. It collects 3,291 estimated spillover effects from 99 studies. The estimated spillover effects in the literature span a large ... -
Further Tests of Ahn, Khandelwal, and Wei’s (2011) Model of Intermediated Trade
(University of Canterbury, Department of Economics and Finance, 2019)This study subjects Ahn, Khandelwal, and Wei’s (2011) model of intermediary trade to a series of additional tests. Using data mostly sourced independently from AKW, we demonstrate that we are able to reproduce the evidence ... -
Soaking Up the Sun: The Role of Sunshine in the Production of Infant Health
(University of Chicago Press, 2016)This research explores the role of sunshine in birth outcomes production, focusing primarily on fetal growth. The most obvious mechanism is through Vitamin D absorption, which could explain racial disparities in birth ... -
Confronting the Crown.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)The concept of the Crown suffers from several deficiencies. It is uncertain who or what the Crown is. The Crown refers to both the Sovereign and the executive government. It can denote the executive branch alone or all ... -
Comparison valuation method only as good as its inputs
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Commercial rent assessment : current practices and ideas for the future
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Principles and Frameworks for Evaluating Tax Systems: A New Zealand Perspective
(2019)Traditionally taxes (and tax systems) are evaluated using principles that, in many instances, trace back to the work of Adam Smith (namely, equity, certainty, convenience and economy). Added to these principles are those ... -
Services Marketing for Impact
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Returns to initial years of formal education: how birthdate affects later educational outcomes
(University of Canterbury, 2019)The primary school entry policy in New Zealand is different from the policies of other developed countries like most of the European Union, the United States of America (USA), the United Kingdom, and Australia. In most ... -
The innovation paradox and survival of family firms in the United Arab Emirates
(2019)This paper investigates the impact of firm size and family influence on innovation in the context of smaller family firms operating in the United Arab Emirates. The owners of family firms typically want their business to ... -
Investigating the role of self-determination in motivation for corporate volunteering.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)This thesis integrated theories and concepts from organisational behaviour and investigated how organisations can motivate employees to participate in corporate volunteering initiatives, and ensure this participation leads ...
