Doctor of Philosophy in Economics

The aim of this thesis is to extend understanding of how Australian Indigenous and Nonindigenous art markets are both similar and distinct from one another. Aside from the obvious difference in relation to the categorisation of the types of art works that each sub-market encompasses which is explored in the next section of this chapter, this thesis considers the operation of the market mechanism to determine the auction price in Indigenous and Nonindigenous art markets as well as the overall Australian art market.

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The aim of the research is to explore the effects of Thai culture on the efficacy of Western modelled performance management (PM) in a cross-cultural setting. Thailand is becoming increasingly important to Australian businesses, particularly in view of the ASEAN Economic Community Plan, which is now in its final stages implementation (ASEAN 2015). The primary data for this study was sourced from 43 semistructured and in-depth interviews with 30 participants.

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This thesis analyses the Australian resources equity market reaction to the 2010 resource tax announcements. These taxes were explicitly designed to meet tax neutrality conditions. Tax neutrality implies that taxes should not incur substitution effects that result in economic inefficiency. These taxes were intended to generate revenue (i.e., an income effect) while not distorting economic incentives.

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This thesis examines the determinants of bank equity risk and credit risk as well as providing an analysis of the change in bank equity risk following the formation of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). It is motivated by the increasing interest in bank risk research particularly since the formation of EMU and the global financial crisis. The study considers a range of financial institutions across 36 countries from the period of 1995-2006.

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This study extends the limited finance literature on return and volatility spillover effects in China and emerging markets. It investigates the market interdependence and volatility transmissions between the Chinese stock market and other financial markets, including both domestic and international markets. The significance of this study arises from the importance of China due to its large economic scale and financial influence. To understand the behaviour of the Chinese stock market, this research has four different perspectives.

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"Doctoral thesis of Philosophy: Empirical analysis of stock return synchronicity comparison of developed and emerging markets" is divided into eight chapters. Chapter two contains a literature review and chapter three explains the methodology and the data used in the thesis. Chapters four, five and six use the three different synchronicity measures in an analysis of emerging and developed markets. A comparison between the three synchronicity measures is provided in chapter seven.

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Finance is considered as the lifeblood of the economy and it is integral to a country's economic growth and stability. However, this perception has been called into question, particularly following the global financial crisis, giving rise to new research questions. For example, does too much finance harm economic growth? And does the financial sector serve society's economic and social needs? This thesis aims to provide cross-sectional and time-series evidence on the macroeconomic consequences of financialisation in an international context.

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This research focuses on young adults aged 18-29 years in their relationship-formation phase, to gain greater insights that inform prevention-based social marketing campaigns. Research questions: The main research question was: How does economic abuse manifest in young adult relationships? There were three sub-questions: What is the prevalence of economic abuse among young adults? What is the lived experience of economic abuse in young adult relationships? And what factors are associated with economic abuse among young adults in relationships?

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This thesis aims to develop a new comparative approach to the study of public sector innovation by examining legislative and regulatory frameworks in a public sector context. The novelty of this approach is exemplified in providing a systematic and detailed account of regulation in the public sector. However, given the sheer breadth of public sector services, a specific area of focus is needed. This thesis will concentrate on public school education as an example of a public sector service to build a series of case studies.

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The aim of "Doctoral thesis of Philosophy: Attracting foreign direct investment: a critical analysis of Vietnam's performance" is to provide robust evidence-based analysis and explanations to uncover what drives FDI inflows in Vietnam after having had practically no FDI inflow prior to the launch of its economic reform in the mid-1980s.

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This thesis provides solid evidence to support the notion that idiosyncratic volatility plays a significant role in Australian equity markets. Therefore, it should not be ignored but instead should be considered when evaluating the performance of Australian stock portfolios and pension funds. It can also be used to predict Australian economic conditions.

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This thesis contributes to our understanding of the ASEAN group, focusing on the ASEAN5 with particular attention paid to asset pricing and the linkages between equity markets, GDP and trade. A further motivation for this thesis lies in the importance of emerging markets. The ASEAN5 equity markets and their economies have only recently been freed from many of the regulatory constraints that bound their economies.

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Trade and world economic integration are seen as the impetus for accelerating the well-beings of the domestic Vietnamese communities and international community in the region. However, an understanding of the link between trade and economic integration from the perspective of Vietnam is missing. Empirical studies on Vietnamese trade are in lack to address these determinants (see, Le, 1996; Nguyen, 2010). This thesis identifies the key factors that have driven the impressive growth of Vietnamese exports during the world economic integration process (1986-2010).

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The thesis contributes to the economics literature by providing a theoretical and empirical investigation of the effects of changes in the relative size of government on Australian economic performance. The theoretical literature indicates that an expansion in government size is likely to induce adverse effects upon economic growth for a host of reasons.

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The aim of this thesis is: To examine and evaluate commercial property market forecast theory and models used in forecasting market performance; to define and analyse downside risk exposure and strategies to manage risks in a real estate environment; to test the accuracy of commercial property market and economic forecasts and to determine whether they capture downside risks; to analyse and discuss the relationship between property forecast errors and economic forecast errors; to explore the current state of the australian commercial property market forecasting practice and its exposure to ...

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The study is concerned with the conception of capital and income in the changing economic circumstances of the late nineteenth century. This issue arises as a matter of interest from the confusing accounting for capital assets then followed, and which has become the subject of a small but significant literature.

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The following boundaries are considered in pursuing the proposed research study: This study is conducted on an experimental basis; Domestic hot water supply using evacuated tube solar thermal collectors has been selected as the applied context for this study; Paraffin has been chosen to be used as a PCM for this study due to its attractive techno-economic properties for use with solar thermal systems in domestic hot water applications; The effect of scale factor is not studied; The effect of the shape of the PCM container is not investigated in this study.

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The central objective of the thesis "An economic analysis of the Australian Baby Bonus" is to examine the nature of the fertility response of Australian families to the financial incentive of the Baby Bonus. The efficacy of the policy in determining a change in both fertility and the timing of births is assessed by exploring the time series properties of national and Victorian fertility measures, while controlling for other possible determinants of fertility choice.

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This research demonstrates how housing demand can be modelled by using a System Dynamics approach. This modelling concept has been set up, using the root causes which generate housing demand. Causal factors which influence housing demand are collated, and mapped. A model simulating housing demand was developed. Keys to this are demographic, social and economic factors. This model is presented with a view to pursuing new approaches for housing demand modelling.

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Poverty and inequality are among the most discussed topics in Economics. This thesis aims to investigate the empirical relationship between financial inclusion, poverty and gender inequality. Using unique cross-country panel and survey data sets, three hypotheses are tested: (1) microfinance is an effective tool for poverty reduction; (2) women’s participation in microfinance contributes to improvements in gender equality; and (3) financial inclusion has a positive effect on household income in China.

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