Doctor of Philosophy / Department of Family Studies and Human Services / Kristy Archuleta / Jared Anderson / The current study tests a conceptual model exploring the relationship between perceived money ownership (PMO) in marriage, negative communication, financial satisfaction, marital satisfaction and marital instability. Relying on a cross-sectional, convenience sample (N=345) of social media users, structural equation modeling was used to analyze the relationship between these variables. The results indicate that individuals who perceive money as shared in their relationship experience greater marital satisfaction and financial satisfaction and less marital instability, and that the relationship between PMO and these outcome variables are mediated by negative communication. Thus, having a shared money ownership perception is associated with lower levels of negative communication which in turn is associated with higher levels of financial satisfaction and marital satisfaction and lower levels of marital instability. These findings add to the literature on couples, finances, and relationships by showing that PMO is a potentially important variable in understanding relationship processes and outcomes in marriage.

Cette thèse vise à établir une typologie des crises hyperinflationnistes à partir de l’étude de plusieurs cas observés dans l’histoire, et en fonction des pratiques monétaires parallèles des acteurs économiques. Elle cherche, par ailleurs, à proposer une solution alternative face au phénomène hyperinflationniste. Dans sa dimension théorique, cette thèse mobilise le cadre théorique post-Keynésien, néo-structuraliste et institutionnaliste. Dans sa dimension historique et comparative, elle étudie plusieurs cas observés dans l’histoire afin d’établir une typologie des phénomènes hyperinflationnistes, ce qui a permis de distinguer deux grands types d’hyperinflation. Afin de sortir de l’hyperinflation, cette thèse propose un système (système de monnaie-index) capable de modifier les pratiques monétaires de sorte à restaurer la monnaie domestique et la souveraineté monétaire. / This thesis seeks to define a typology of the hyperinflationary crises based on the study of several cases observed in history, but also in terms parallel monetary practices of economic actors. It also seeks to find an alternative solution about the hyperinflationary phenomenon. In its theoretical dimension, this thesis mobilizes post-Kenesian, neo-structuralist and institutionalist theoretical framework. In its historical and comparative dimension, it studies several cases observed in history to determine a typology of the phenomenon hyperinflationary — which has allowed to distinguish two main types of hyperinflation. As a way out of hyperinflation, this thesis comes up with a system (money-index system) capable of modifying monetary practices so as to restore local currency and the monetary sovereignty.

There is a rich body of literature examining multiple aspects of money in the social sciences yet the role of money in organising and shaping family interactions in the South African context appears limited. The aims of this research were to explore money and its link to conflict in the family and develop an understanding of how money is organised in and influenced by culture and gender in rural Black families in South Africa. Ten women undergraduate students were selected, using nonprobability snowball sampling, to participate in individual semi-structured interviews. Detailed biographical information was collected alongside responses to ten open ended money related questions. Interviews were transcribed and thematic content analysis was used to identify and analyse themes in the data both within and across the ten interviews. The research was dominated by five key findings the most significant being a relative lack of conflict between the interviewees’ family members in general and specifically with regard to money. This was influenced by the shared hierarchy of priorities within the family that informs and directs the allocation of resources. The authority of parents related to a particular set of social and cultural norms determined familial interaction influencing the limited expression of conflict. The presence and significance of reciprocity in the interviewees’ families was widely accepted within an extended family structure and exhibited no striking generational differences in adherence to the generalised norm of reciprocity. The interviewees’ families also displayed a marked lack of gendered difference in the allocation of resources among family members. The study while achieving its goal of providing some understanding of how money works in a particular group of rural Black families highlights the need for further exploration of money and conflict in the family in the South African context.

This study attempts to understand the nature of the state and its relationship with its citizens. It explores this question through the study of one of the state’s institutions – the maintenance system; its conception of gender identities and relationships is examined. Through a close analysis of this system, and its effects on men and women, the thesis explores the making of contemporary gender identities in South Africa. The study also pays particular attention to current conceptions of what it means to be a man. The study examines men’s views of maintenance laws as they experience it, with a focus on the differing conceptions of fatherhood held by a range of men, and how they relate to hegemonic conceptions of masculinity espoused by the maintenance system. The study also looks at how these hegemonic understandings of masculinity limit the chances for men to be ‘successful’ fathers and fulfilled persons. The central premise of this thesis is that masculinity exists outside the realms of the natural and biological. Rather, it asserts that masculinity is embodied in social relations, which are constantly changing and are context-bound. Naturalised definitions of masculinity are limiting to fathers in a social, political and economic context which is shifting. This study is driven by the question: what options and alternatives are available to men and fathers with regards to role formation, especially in their interaction with the maintenance system and their relationships with their children?

by Chan Po-ming. / Thesis (M.Ph.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1984 / Bibliography: leaves 104-108

by Chiu Ching-On Paul, Wong Lit-Chor Alexis. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1987. / Bibliography: leaves 140-141.

The activity of translating something into a monetary amount – the price - is central to markets. Yet we know remarkably little about the practice of pricing beyond theories of economic rationale or market positioning and, as a construct, price has remained largely within the economists’ domain. This research pushes for and contributes towards the need for more substantive studies of pricing. With particular emphasis on money-meanings, this research applies prior socio-economic research in an examination of discourses of the pricing process in order to better understand pricing as a social and meaning-full activity. In its focus on pricers this research contributes to the call for more studies of supply-side meaning-making within markets, and addresses the consumer-focussed imbalance in previously published price research

Wong Pak Kin. / Year shown on spine: 1997. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes bibliograpical references. / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgment --- p.iii / Chapter Chapter I --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter II --- Literature Review --- p.6 / Chapter Chapter III --- Markets and Instruments / Chapter 3.1 --- International Money Markets --- p.15 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- Euro-deposit Market --- p.17 / Chapter 3.2 --- International Bond Markets --- p.20 / Chapter Chapter IV --- Preliminary Analysis of Data --- p.24 / Chapter 4.1 --- Data --- p.24 / Chapter 4.2 --- Descriptive Statistic Of Data Used In This Study --- p.29 / Chapter Chapter V --- Research Methodology / Chapter 5.1 --- Unit Root --- p.33 / Chapter 5.2 --- Cointegration and Error Correction Model --- p.37 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Cointegration Using Engle and Granger Methodology --- p.39 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Cointegration Using Johansen Methodology --- p.42 / Chapter Chapter VI --- Empirical Results / Chapter 6.1 --- Testing for Unit Root --- p.47 / Chapter 6.1.1 --- Short-term Interest Rates --- p.47 / Chapter 6.1.2 --- Long-term Interest Rates --- p.48 / Chapter 6.2 --- Testing for Cash-Futures Relationship --- p.54 / Chapter 6.3 --- Multivariate tests for Cointegration and VECM --- p.59 / Chapter 6.3.1 --- Cointegration in the International Money Markets --- p.63 / Chapter 6.3.2 --- Cointegration in the Interest Rate Futures Markets --- p.67 / Chapter 6.3.3 --- Cointegration in the International Bond Markets --- p.71 / Chapter 6.3.4 --- Cointegration in the Bond Futures Markets --- p.75 / Chapter Chapter VII --- Concluding Comment --- p.91 / Reference / Appendix

This thesis deals with the topic of money management and various methods of its use in trading on the stock markets. The work tries to show the important role played by money management and how such discipline can fundamentally change the behavior of business systems. There is also pointed out the importance of reconciling money management and psychological factors of a trader. In the practical part, I work with real data from the Commodity Exchange and by using Monte Carlo analysis I simulate how a suitable money management can gigantically affect the overall system performance.

The aim of this thesis is to demonstrate the political and financial cooperation between the merchants of the House of Fugger and the rulers of the House of Habsburg, in particular in the second half of the 15th and the first half of the 16th centuries. The thesis examines the relationship between the two houses in the context of general European developments. The thesis describes the arrival of Hans, the first of the Fuggers, to Augsburg in 1367 and then the 'golden age' of the Fugger family under the helm of Jakob Fugger, known as the Rich. This period marked the closest relations between the Fuggers and the Habsburgs, as evidenced by the coronations of Maximilian I and Charles V. Following the death of Jakob, Anton Fugger took over the family business. Although the wealth of the Fugger family peaked in 1546, this period was characterized by a slow dissolution of the partnership with the Habsburgs. At the same time, the Fuggers started an intended retreat from mining and finance and began to move into distance-trade and real estate purchases. Anton was no longer able to maintain the position of 'the Emperor's banker' once attained by his uncle and refused to be just a piece on the chessboard of Habsburg interests. His 'escape to the countryside' was, it seems, a thought-through strategy to...