Browsing by Author "Lim, Steven"
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Migration, household composition and child welfare in rural Northeast Thailand
(2005-11)In many developing countries, the composition of rural households is influenced by the migration of adult household members to urban locations in search of employment. Children may be left in the care of their mother alone, ... -
Path dependence or convergence? The evolution of corporate ownership around the world
(2006-05)We offer a theory that sheds light on the current debate over whether the form of corporate ownership converges to the Berle-Means image. Our analytical results are threefold. First, legal rules and firm-specific protective ... -
Path dependence or convergence? The evolution of corporate ownership around the world
(2007-12)We offer a model that sheds light on the debate over whether corporate ownership concentration converges to the Berle-Means image. Our model takes into account the importance of both legal rules and firm-specific arrangements. ... -
Personal financial literacy among high school students in New Zealand, Japan and the United States
(University of Waikato, 2013-03)Personal financial literacy is becoming increasingly important in the modern world, especially for young people. In this paper we compare financial literacy of high school students in Hamilton, New Zealand, with samples ... -
Recognising and building on freshman students' prior knowledge of economics
(University of Waikato, 2011-05)The results of three surveys of freshman economics students (2008-2010) at the Waikato Management School, New Zealand, suggest that incoming students have significant levels of prior economics knowledge. Given this head ...
