College of Business and Law: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Unconsented dissemination of manipulated human images under New Zealand law.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)A person’s visual image can be captured in either photographic or video form. There are many instances of such visual images being manipulated and disseminated without the consent of the human subject featured in the image. ... -
The role of social capital in small business disaster recovery : a multiple case study of Christchurch and Kaikoura businesses.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)According to the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (2005), between 1994 and 2003 there have been 307 disasters each year culminating in USD $55 billion in economic damages and 53,678 deaths per annum; ... -
Terminating building societies in New Zealand : an appraisal of their growth within the savings and mortgage sectors of the economy
(University of Canterbury, 1966)New Zealand Terminating Building Societies have expanded rapidly in recent years to become important parts in the structure of non-bank financial intermediaries in this country. It is the purpose of this thesis to show ... -
Digitalization of Tax: Comparing New Zealand and United Kingdom Approaches
(2018)With the sizeable advances in technology and ever increasing demands to reduce costs, numerous revenue authorities are undertaking significant reform to move towards an online platform for engagement with taxpayers and ... -
Gaining, maintaining and repairing organisational legitimacy: when to report and when not to report
(2019)Purpose This paper examines how legitimacy is gained, maintained or repaired through direct action with salient stakeholders and/or through external reporting using a number of empirical case vignettes within a single ...
