This paper examines the effect of real net farm residual income, inflation, and the real interest rate on the movement of real farmland prices during 1970 to 1997 using a parsimonious error correction model. The empirical ...

The impacts of deregulation on New Zealand's agricultural sector are examined. Economic liberalization of all sectors of economic activity is the hallmark of current economic policy designs in New Zealand. This is in sharp ...

The world recessionary period of the 1980's forced many governments to re-evaluate their economic management strategies. Today, existing strategies are being supplanted by a belief that economic growth is best achieved by ...

The purpose of this study is to examine differences between low vs. high-performance exporters. For this purpose, the effects of selected firm-related and export strategy-related variables on three selected measures of ...

Audit fees decreased in the United States and Australia after professional accounting bodies removed restrictions on competition in their professional regulations. In New Zealand, the professional body amended its regulations ...

New Zealand embarked on major unilateral trade policy changes as part of the economic reform packages from 1984. Since that time there has been some evidence that unskilled wages have fallen relative to skilled workers ...

This paper estimates short and long run income elasticities of demand for New Zealand exports to several Asian countries. Export demand is modelled as a function of spending power using cointegration analysis. The results ...

Economic restructuring and rationalisation in service industries have led to an increased emphasis on the role of human resources in achieving strategic goals. Little attention in the past has been given by senior managers ...

Previous studies on this topic have found that audit fees decreased after professional accounting bodies made changes in Codes of Ethics. These changes allowed audit firms to advertise their services, tender for audit ...

The role of listed property in New Zealand institutional investment portfolios is analysed. The asset allocations of major New Zealand investment managers is studied over 1993 to 1998. NZSE40 Gross Index, Ord Minnett ...