Quantitative methods for forecasting tourist arrivals can be subdivided into causal methods
and non-causal methods. Non-causal time series methods remain popular tourism …

Sovereign credit ratings measure a country's ability to meet its financial obligations. It is
imperative to consider the specific determinants of ratings as they influence the decisions of …

The purpose of this paper is to test the existence of the J-curve effect and to show whether the
Marshall-Lerner condition holds in the South African manufacturing sector. Using quarterly …

Orientation: High exchange rate volatility has implications for business and policy decisions
and exchange rate movements are important in debates around trade and trade policies. …

A new approach is proposed to identify trading opportunities in the equity market by using
the information contained in the bivariate dependence structure of two equities. The …

This article adopts a panel regression approach and examines the impact of capital
structure on financial performance for mobile telecommunications operators based in sub-Saharan …

Forecasting tourism demand taking cyclical patterns into account has gained popularity. The
focus has traditionally been on univariate time‐series models, which does not consider the …

South Africa continues to exhibit high levels of debt-to-disposable income along with a high
number of impaired credit records. The National Credit Act No. 34 of 2005 (NCA) was …

BACKGROUND: Given that the impact of the South African business environment on small
and medium-sized enterprises' (SMEs) management of trade credit is largely unknown, this …

Recent studies suggest that South Africa has experienced increased income polarization
and is dealing with a struggling middle class. However, with some studies reporting a strong …