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An Evaluation Of The Financial Sector Master Plan & The Capital Market Master Plan, Soo Yeong Ewe Jan 2002

An Evaluation Of The Financial Sector Master Plan & The Capital Market Master Plan, Soo Yeong Ewe

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The financial sector is poised to enter a new era of institutional development and maturity with the unveiling of both the Financial Sector Master Plan (FSMP) by Bank Negara Malaysia and the Capital Market Master Plan (CMP) by the Securities Commission in 2001. FSMP is a blueprint to chart the way forward for the country's banking, insurance and other financial sectors for the next decade from year 2001 to 20 I 0. It aims Lo develop a more resilient. competitive and dynamic financial system that will be able to meet the challenges of further liberalization and globalization. CMP is a …


Kedai Buku Dalam Talian : Strategi Baru Dalam Pemasaran Buku, Siti Ezaleila Mustafa Jan 2002

Kedai Buku Dalam Talian : Strategi Baru Dalam Pemasaran Buku, Siti Ezaleila Mustafa

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Marketing is an important sector and should be given a lot of emphasis in the book trade-and in all types of business-because it is the nerve centre in the business environment and it can stimulate the flow of products co the targeted audience. With d1e advancement of information and communication technology, marketing without geographical borders and rime limits is now a possibility. The method is through the marketing of books in the internet using the web sites or on-line bookshops. The success of Amazon.com established by Jeff Bezos is the pioneer effort towards the the existence of on-line bookshops in …


Modern Arabic Film : A Study Of Selected Works Of New Arab Expressionist Filmmakers, Mohamed Masoud Elmasmari Jan 2002

Modern Arabic Film : A Study Of Selected Works Of New Arab Expressionist Filmmakers, Mohamed Masoud Elmasmari

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Film reached the major cities of the Arab world within a matter of months of the first film showing in Paris, London, and New York, so the history of film exhibition and to some extent film production in virtually as long in the Arab world as in the West. The experience of the last thirty years has shown situation to be of enormous creative potential for an artist. In this study, attention is paid to the achievements of just a handful of notable filmmakers of the New Arab Cinema, even this choice is limited but not random, for all the …


Sikap Dan Persepsi Masyarakat Terhadap Risalah Periklanan, Marziana Muhamad Jan 2002

Sikap Dan Persepsi Masyarakat Terhadap Risalah Periklanan, Marziana Muhamad

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Laporan penyelidikan ini membincangkan satu kajian di Seksyen 8, Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan tentang "Sikap dan Persepsi Masyarakat Terhadap Risalah Periklanan". Kajian ini dipilih kerana penyelidik merupakan salah seorang daripada penduduk yang menetap di Seksyen 8, Shah Alam dan daripada pemerhatian, didapati terlalu banyak risalah telah diedarkan ke dalam peti surat kediaman penduduk. Tujuan utama kajian ialah untuk mengetahui sikap dan persepsi penduduk terhadap risalah yang diedarkan kepada mereka. Di samping itu, kajian ini juga bertujuan untuk melihat kedudukan risalah mengikut pandangan dan penilaian para penduduk yang telah terdedah kepada pelbagai jenis dan bentuk iklan elektronik dan cetak. Hasil …


Working Women In Malaysia : Past And Future Trends, Emilda Hashim Jan 2002

Working Women In Malaysia : Past And Future Trends, Emilda Hashim

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This study focuses on the level, stressors and symptoms of stress on bus drivers of ICB. This study was carried out at Intrakota Consolidated Berhad (!CB), Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur. A total of 138 respondents answered the questionnaires that have been distributed and 50 observations have been made thoroughly upon the ICB bus drivers within the area of Lembah Kelang. The findings of the study indicates that stress exist among the bus drivers. Most of them experienced low level of stress. The most dominant factor that contributes to stress is the structure of the road. Most of the …


The Relationship Between Ownership Structure And Firm Value In The Financial Sector, Beng Yee Tan Jan 2002

The Relationship Between Ownership Structure And Firm Value In The Financial Sector, Beng Yee Tan

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Tahqiq Kitab Ghayat Al-Maram Mengenai Haji Dan Umrah Karangan Syeikh Daud Abdullah Al-Fatani, Nawi Mamat Jan 2002

Tahqiq Kitab Ghayat Al-Maram Mengenai Haji Dan Umrah Karangan Syeikh Daud Abdullah Al-Fatani, Nawi Mamat

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This dissertation is a study on manuscript of "Kitab Ghayat al-Mar'am" by Syeikh Daud bin 'Abdullah al-Fatani which is catalogued as MSS 2838 in Malaysia National Library. It is selected on the basis that there is no study yet in great depth in the Malay Language with regard to the haj and 'umrah pilgrimage. The analysis is made using the transliteration method. In this method, the original text is rewritten in romanised Malay, where the sentences arc restructured, important words are explained, problems are examined and the sources of the prophet's sayings (hadith) and recitations of prayer (doa) are confirmed. …


Perdebatan Kaum Tua Dan Kaum Muda Di Minangkabau Dalam Beberapa Masalah Pemikiran Islam, Saidul Amin Jan 2002

Perdebatan Kaum Tua Dan Kaum Muda Di Minangkabau Dalam Beberapa Masalah Pemikiran Islam, Saidul Amin

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This dissertation studies the debate between "Kaum Tua" ( traditionalist moslem group) and "Kaum Muda" (modernist moslem movement) in Minangkabau, West Sumatera, Indonesia in the early decades of twentieth century. Some Islamic thought problems are discussed, such as tariqah, tawassul and wasilah, rabitah, ijtihad and modernization of Islamic thought. Kaum Tua was known to be very tolerant in practicing their Islamic beliefs and was able to combine it with original Minangkabau's culture and customs which were influenced by some teachings of animism, dynamism and hinduism. They also accepted and practiced sufism doctrines and rejected the ijtihad and modernization of Islamic …


Becoming A Learning Organization : A Case Of Malaysian Financial Institutions, Elaine Ning Young Low Jan 2002

Becoming A Learning Organization : A Case Of Malaysian Financial Institutions, Elaine Ning Young Low

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The immense changes in the economic environment caused by globalization and technological advancement, have forced organizations to make significant transformation in order to adapt and survive in this new world. Many organizational behaviourists suggest that business organizations must be a learning organization, or one need to adopt organizational learning to be able to increase their organizational effectiveness and competitiveness. In line with the call of Malaysian government to transform its economy from the existing production base to a knowledge base, this research paper attempts to examine the readiness of the local financial institutions in meeting this high-level demand of the …


Analisis Kandungan Buku Teks Mata Pelajaran Teras Tingkatan Lima (Kbsm) : Kajian Terhadap Aspek Persembahan Penulisan, Rosmawati Jamaluddin Jan 2002

Analisis Kandungan Buku Teks Mata Pelajaran Teras Tingkatan Lima (Kbsm) : Kajian Terhadap Aspek Persembahan Penulisan, Rosmawati Jamaluddin

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Kajian ini memberi tumpuan terhadap aspek persembahan penulisan buku teks sebagai salah satu bahan penerbitan yang terpenting dalam sistem pendidikan. Persembahan penulisan yang diberi tumpuan khusus ialah penggunaan kaedah alat-alat penulisan yang terpilih, iaitu penakrifan, penamsilan, pencerakinan, percontohan, perbandingan, penjejakan, pengelasan, petikan, anekdot dan satira dalam empat buah buku teks mata pelajaran teras Tlngkaan 5 (KBSM), laltu Bahasa Melayu, Sains, Sejarah dan Pendidikan Moral. Kajian ini terdapatnya usaha darlpada penulis untuk memasukkan pelbagai kaedah alat penullsan sama ada dalam keseluruhan bab atau unit mahupun dalam setiap perenggan. Kekerapan dan kepelbagaian penggunaannya pula bergantung kepada panjang atau pendek sesuatu bab atau …


Analisa Kritis Pemikiran India : Kajian Kes Ke Atas Sistem Astika Darshana, Rajaretnam Vejayan Jan 2002

Analisa Kritis Pemikiran India : Kajian Kes Ke Atas Sistem Astika Darshana, Rajaretnam Vejayan

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Secara naluri, dalam hati sanubari setiap manusia terdapat keinginan bagi metafizik iaitu untuk mengetahui dan memahami apa yang wujud di luar misteri dan tabir ilusi alam semulajadi dan dunia material ini. Keinginan manusia ini merangkumi semua manusia dari orang gasar kepada masyarakat yang berperadaban tinggi. Falsafah India klasik yang bermula pada sejak zaman veda tidak sahaja melatih pengikutnya untuk melihat kebenaran metafizik, ia menawarkan satu cara pemikiran yang membolehkan seseorang untuk memahami secara rasional realiti yang telah dialami oleh tokoh-tokoh yang terkabul dan sempurna,' dengan itu ia memimpin manusia untuk menyedari kebenaran. llmu kebenaran yang terkandung di dalam sistem astika …


An Econometric Analysis Of The Relationship Between Public Expenditure And National Income In Malaysia, Yin Wai Tung Jan 2002

An Econometric Analysis Of The Relationship Between Public Expenditure And National Income In Malaysia, Yin Wai Tung

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The purpose of this study is to analyse public expenditure growth in Malaysia for the period of 1970-2000. This paper investigates the existence of a long-run relationship between national income and various categories of public expenditure as proposed by Wagner's Law. In Wagner's framework, public expenditure can be treated as an endogenous factor that suggests that public expenditure grows as a result of growth in national income. Causality is expected to run from national income to public expenditure. This contradicts the famous Keynesian doctrine that treats public expenditure as an exogenous factor. As opposed to Wagner's Law, it implies that …


Linkages Between The Malaysian And Other Selected Stock Markets Before And After The 1997 Financial Crisis : Evidence From Cointegration Tests, Ai Ting Foo Jan 2002

Linkages Between The Malaysian And Other Selected Stock Markets Before And After The 1997 Financial Crisis : Evidence From Cointegration Tests, Ai Ting Foo

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A lot of focus has been placed on the interdependence of stock markets over the last two decades in view of the trend towards market deregulation and globalization of economies. Therefore, this paper attempts to examine the linkages among the stock markets pre- and post-1997 financial crisis. This paper analyzes the linkages between the Malaysian stock market with the United States of America (US), Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and Philippines using pairwise cointegration. The study uses weekly data from January 1994 to Jun 2001. Johansen and Juselius (JJ) ( 1990) co integration approach is used to …


Estimation Of The Equilibrium Exchange Rate In Malaysia, Ying Foong Yoong Jan 2002

Estimation Of The Equilibrium Exchange Rate In Malaysia, Ying Foong Yoong

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In this study, we examine the long-nm relationships of the exchange rate of ringgit Malaysia through three difference methods. Firstly, we estimate the ringgit Malaysia with a simple Big Mac index. The results show that the ringgit Malaysia is undervalued since 1993. Secondly, we used the co-integrating techniques to examine the long-run relationship of the exchange rate of ringgit Malaysia against United States dollar vis-a-vis other Asian currencies, namely Japanese yen and Singapore dollar against United States dollar. The short-term impact of these variables are also estimated by an error-correction model. Our results show that the Purchasing Power Parity does …


Analisis Kesan-Kesan Kemasukan Pelaburan Langsung Asing (Fdi) Ke Atas Ekonomi Malaysia, Zuriyati Ahmad Jan 2002

Analisis Kesan-Kesan Kemasukan Pelaburan Langsung Asing (Fdi) Ke Atas Ekonomi Malaysia, Zuriyati Ahmad

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Peranan pelaburan langsung asing (FDI) sebagai pemangkin kepada pertumbuhan ekonomi Malaysia tidak dapat dinafikan semenjak dari tiga dekad yang lepas. Ia telah memberi banyak sumbangan dan faedah kepada pembangunan negara Malaysia. Malah FDI turut menjadi satu fenomena ekonomi yang penting terutamanya di era globalisasi. Menyedari hakikat ini, kajian yang dilakukan adalah bertujuan untuk melihat kesan­kesan yang dihasilkan oleh kemasukan FDI di Malaysia secara ekonometrik. Kajian selama tiga dekad ini (1970-2000) lebih menumpukan ke atas kesan-kesan kemasukan FDI melalui 3 saluran utama seperti sektor benar (pelaburan swasta, penggunaan swasta, eksport dan import), sektor kewangan dan output pengeluaran. Di samping itu, faktor­faktor …


Persistence Of Profits : Intra-And Inter-Sector Comparisons, Liew Toh Peng Jan 2002

Persistence Of Profits : Intra-And Inter-Sector Comparisons, Liew Toh Peng

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The dynamics of the competition in a market economy is expected to function continuously to eliminate the profit differentials among different firms or industries in the· long run. The persistence of profit rates differentials was estimated with an autoregressive model for a sample of firms listed in 9 sectors of the Main Board of Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE). We applied the methodology proposed by lm et al. ( I 997) to test for the persistence of profits in a panel data structure. A few specifications were considered and the autoregressive model without a lagged difference term was the best …


An Empirical Analysis Of The Relationship Between Training And Organizational Commitment : A Study Of Organizations In Malaysia, Raida Abu Bakar Jan 2002

An Empirical Analysis Of The Relationship Between Training And Organizational Commitment : A Study Of Organizations In Malaysia, Raida Abu Bakar

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Internet Usage Among Medical Doctors In Malaysia, Surendran Jaganathan Jan 2002

Internet Usage Among Medical Doctors In Malaysia, Surendran Jaganathan

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In Malaysia, there were 20,000 Internet subscribers in 1996, 1.5 Million in 2000 and it is predicted to reach 4.5 Million in 2004. Malaysia is experiencing an explosive growth of Internet users. There is also a growing importance of "e -health businesses" as shown in the existing 20,000 healthcare sites currently online with an additional 1,500 sites being added every month. This translates to increasing healthcare site users for instance in America alone, out of 11 o million Internet users, 70 million searched the Web for health information. For healthcare consumers worldwide, the Internet has now become a tool for …


Information Technology Evaluation Practices Among Malaysian Banks, Woon Hooi Shyen Jan 2002

Information Technology Evaluation Practices Among Malaysian Banks, Woon Hooi Shyen

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Globalization and liberalization has necessitated the banking industry at large to use information technology (IT) to gain competitive advantage. This is evidence from the increasing expenditure over the last decade on IT. Accompanied by such high investment in IT, there is a demand for measures to evaluate IT in its proper perspective so that it delivers the value it promises. Traditional capital budgeting or accounting methods may not be sufficient to address the complexities of an IT evaluation process. IT evaluation therefore requires a socio-technical framework which sets linkages between the content, process and context within which it is performed. …


Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Of Firms Listed On The Klse : Empirical Evidence, Zarina Zakaria Jan 2002

Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Of Firms Listed On The Klse : Empirical Evidence, Zarina Zakaria

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This study reports on the results of a study on social responsibility reporting practices of 257 listed companies on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. In addition or providing an up-to-0ate description of such practices, this study also examines some new potential determinants of corporate social responsibility reporting practices, namely the type of audit firm and financial leverage. It replicates a recent New Zealand study (Hackston and Milne, 1996). Makes improvement on other studies in Malaysia by measuring the amount of disclosures as a continuous variables using number of sentences, page measurement and derived page measurement. Consistent with Hackston and Milne …


Management Of Engineering Consulting Firms In Malaysia : Practices And Problems, Sherena S. Siva Ahnanthan Jan 2002

Management Of Engineering Consulting Firms In Malaysia : Practices And Problems, Sherena S. Siva Ahnanthan

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This is a study of engineering consulting firms in Malaysia that aspire to be major players in the competitive local and regional engineering and construction industry. Engineering consulting firms play an important role in the economic growth and development of a country. This is because of the direct contribution of the services to the design and implementation of investment projects, and together with the inter-linkages they produce between the different parts of the economy. The study identifies and evaluates some of the major management practices and problems faced by the industry in general and the companies in particular. A business …


Teachers, Teams And Technology: Investigating A Team Approach For Supporting Teachers' Uptake Of Ict, Barnard D. Clarkson Jan 2002

Teachers, Teams And Technology: Investigating A Team Approach For Supporting Teachers' Uptake Of Ict, Barnard D. Clarkson

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

This study sought to explore the professional development of elementary school teachers who were keen to use Information and Communications (ICT) in their teaching and learning. The main object of the study was to investigate a model of professional development that would support teachers as they adopted ICT. At the same time a simple framework to help locate teachers on some typology of ICT uptake was desirable, on the grounds that such a typology could help teachers, professional development planners and schools in their use of and support for ICT and its associated professional development.A review of the literature suggests …


An Exploratory Study Of Internet Data Centres In Malaysia, Huai Peng Loh, Siew Hwa Tan Jan 2002

An Exploratory Study Of Internet Data Centres In Malaysia, Huai Peng Loh, Siew Hwa Tan

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The explosion of Internet in Malaysia has spurred the growth of Internet Data Centres - a combination of Internet Service Providers, Information Technology Vendor Community and Telecommunication Service Providers providing co­location and managed services. These Internet Data Centres are targeting any organisations which have an internet strategy and which plan to outsource their IT infrastructures. This report aims to shed a light on the Malaysian Internet Data Centres, which are mainly concentrated in the Klang Valley. Readers will be able to gain insight into the target markets, infrastructure owned and services offered by the Internet Data Centres concerned. The report …


An Empirical Study Of Relationships Between Business Culture And Organizational Learning Of Malaysian Organizations, Soh Ping Low Jan 2002

An Empirical Study Of Relationships Between Business Culture And Organizational Learning Of Malaysian Organizations, Soh Ping Low

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In an economy where the only certainty is uncertainty, the one sure source of lasting competitive advantage is knowledge. Organizations must learn better than their best competitor or their business is doomed to fall behind. Learning has become the key to organizational survival. The main aim of this research is to explore how business culture affects organizational learning of Malaysian organizations. It is also to understand whether different nationalities of Malaysian organizations possess different business culture. Additionally, the research analyzed the effect of organizational learning on the consequences in term of individuals' self-rated competency and satisfaction with development since joining …


Pandangan Para Pelajar Terhadap Kursus Tamadun Islam Dan Asia (Titas) Di Ipta : Suatu Kajian Kes Di Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok, Kedah Darulaman, Zulkifli Mohamad Noh Jan 2002

Pandangan Para Pelajar Terhadap Kursus Tamadun Islam Dan Asia (Titas) Di Ipta : Suatu Kajian Kes Di Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok, Kedah Darulaman, Zulkifli Mohamad Noh

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The Asian and Islamic Civilization subject(TITAS I & II) was introduced in 1988. It is a compulsory subject for all students in the public higher education institution(l P TA). The main aim of the subject is to enable students to understand Islam as a civilization with is universal values. The other aim is to dispel any negative perceptions and prejudices among the various races on Islam as [slam is the official religion of the country. This research attempts to determine the differences in students' point of view. It is also intended to study the response and attitude of the students …


A Study Of The Cultural Appropriateness Of Service Delivery Models In The Australian Mental Health System, Mong L. Connell Jan 2002

A Study Of The Cultural Appropriateness Of Service Delivery Models In The Australian Mental Health System, Mong L. Connell

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

This study is an attempt to examine the cultural appropriateness of the mental health system in relation to the Vietnamese refugee community in Australia. Culture and mental health, as widely acknowledged in the field of transcultural psychiatry, are closely linked. No aspect of the diagnosis or treatment methods can be justified without reference to the cultural traditions of the mental health system and the client. In a country like Australia, where multiculturalism is a dominant feature of the society, the need is even greater in incorporating culture into every aspect of the mental health system, if it desires to provide …


Exploring Conditions For The Effective Implementation And Use Of Computerised Cognitive Tools, Carole N. Steketee Jan 2002

Exploring Conditions For The Effective Implementation And Use Of Computerised Cognitive Tools, Carole N. Steketee

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

In recent times, the term cognitive tool has been applied to computer technology that promotes reflective thinking and student-regulated learning. The interactive qualities of cognitive tools, and their ability to visually represent students' knowledge construction processes, promotes cognitive and metacognitive thinking and fosters learning for understanding. When used appropriately, cognitive tools are purported to bring about advanced cognitive gains through the amplification and augmentation of thinking and learning. These gains, however, have not been widespread given that information on how to use cognitive tools appropriately has largely eluded educators to date. The purpose of this study, therefore, was to identify …


Intimation Of Life : Photographic Portraiture In Art, Richard Munsie Jan 2002

Intimation Of Life : Photographic Portraiture In Art, Richard Munsie

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Photographic artists have a continuing desire to express intimately aspects of their social world through the genre of portraiture. However, in attempting to make known the lives of those around them, portraitists encounter a range of complexities inherent in the representation of the human subject in a two-dimensional visual field. Portraits were initially an indicator of social class until the introduction of photography, when more and more people became involved in their production and ownership. It was at its inception that the photographic portrait assumed conventions consistent with those of the painted portrait in Western art and its social use. …


Teachers' Perceptions Of Quality Teaching In Junior Secondary School : Physical Education In Lagos State, Nigeria, Adesulue B. Adegbamigbe Jan 2002

Teachers' Perceptions Of Quality Teaching In Junior Secondary School : Physical Education In Lagos State, Nigeria, Adesulue B. Adegbamigbe

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

This study investigates physical education (PE) teachers' perceptions of quality teaching as related to their teaching activities in junior secondary schools in Nigeria. The study also investigated how the perceived teaching quality of the teachers matched their teaching practices and the feasibility of supporting quality teaching in these schools. The research is underpinned by a conceptual framework, which identified quality teaching as an educational process influenced by the curriculum, teacher effectiveness, teacher reflection and belief systems, and teacher development process designed to enhance students' learning. The study incorporated a descriptive survey and interpretive case study for data collection. A pilot …


An Investigation Into The Validity Of The Intra-Continental And Intercontinental Casselian Hypothesis (Ppp) And Uncovered Interest Rate Parity (Uip) In Southern African Development Community (Sadc) Countries A Long Run Structural Modelling Approach, Fidelia M. Gandiya Jan 2002

An Investigation Into The Validity Of The Intra-Continental And Intercontinental Casselian Hypothesis (Ppp) And Uncovered Interest Rate Parity (Uip) In Southern African Development Community (Sadc) Countries A Long Run Structural Modelling Approach, Fidelia M. Gandiya

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

The current high exchange rate volatility in the face of globalization, underpinned by growing trade and financial and commodity markets liberalization has attracted the resurgence of considerable interest from both financial economists and policy makers, into the validity of international parity relationships. Using multivariate cointegration framework and long run structural modelling, this paper investigates the evidence in support of two of the parity relationships that underpin either implicitly or explicitly much of international macroeconomics. The first is the purchasing power parity (PPP) hypothesis or the theorem that there exists an invariable long-run equilibrium real exchange rate. The second is the …