Browsing by Author "Oxley, Les"

• An analysis of provincial prices in New Zealand: 1885-1913 

  Oxley, Les; Sadetskaya, Ekaterina (University of Waikato, 2013-10)

  The paper discusses the construction of a new Consumer Price Index (CPI) for New Zealand, 1885-1913, based upon aggregation of data from the four largest provincial districts: Auckland, Canterbury, Otago and Wellington. ...

  

• Australia: A land of missed opportunities? 

  Greasley, David; McLaughlin, Eoin; Hanley, Nick; Oxley, Les (Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2017)

  Comprehensive Investment (CI) may provide an indicator of future changes in a country's per capita consumption. The authors explore the utility of the CI indicator for Australia by constructing CI data since 1861 and by ...

  

• Aye Corona! The contagion effects of being named Corona during the COVID-19 pandemic 

  Corbet, Shaen; Hou, Yang (Greg); Hu, Yang; Lucey, Brian; Oxley, Les (ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE, 2021-01-22)

  

• Beyond ‘the Beamer, the boat and the bach’? A content analysis-based case study of New Zealand innovative firms 

  Oxley, Les; Hong, Shangqin; McCann, Philip (University of Waikato, 2013-10)

  In this paper we will use case studies to seek to understand the dynamic innovation processes at the level of the firm and to explain the apparent 'enigma' between New Zealand's recent innovation performance and economic ...

  

• Capital formation and agricultural growth in China 

  Ma, Hengyun; Huang, Jikun; Oxley, Les (Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press [MIT Press], 2013)

  The paper considers the role and determinants of capital formation in Chinese agriculture and, in particular, the effects of capital formation on agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) growth. The results show that ...

• Institutions and uncertainty: An empirical investigation 

  Ryan, Michael (The University of Waikato, 2022)

  This thesis presents four papers on the role institutions (defined as Douglass North defined institutions) play in generating uncertainty. Specifically, we focus on how uncertainty changes as institutions change. The thesis ...

  

• Household net wealth in Indonesia: Inequality measurements and the determinants 

  Soseco, Thomas (The University of Waikato, 2021)

  This thesis is a collection of seven chapters on household net wealth in Indonesia, focusing on the measurement of inequality and the determinants of household net wealth. Chapter 1 provides an Introduction and Motivation ...

  

• Women as industrial labour: an enquiry into economic and social consequences of growth of garments manufacturing in Bangladesh 

  Zaman, Begum Meherunnessa (The University of Waikato, 2002)

  Over the last quarter century, the readymade garments industry has emerged as the main export-earning manufacturing industry in Bangladesh. The industry is the first to employ women in large numbers in the formal manufacturing ...

  

• Sustaining intergenerational well-being 

  Qasim, Mubashir (The University of Waikato, 2019)

  This PhD thesis comprises two published papers and four working papers (which are already in the process of publication) on multi-dimensional, interrelated and complex subjects of sustainability and well-being. The thesis ...

  

• Inequality within and between New Zealand urban areas 

  Alimi, Omoniyi Babatunde (The University of Waikato, 2019)

  A better understanding of the drivers of changes in the distribution of personal income continues to be of interest to academics, policy makers and the general public. While the focus has often been on the role of economic ...

  

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