Essays and Research Papers on Personal Finance

This 7 page paper uses a printed news article to illustrate microeconomics at work. The paper looks at an article from Business Week that predicts a new supplier in the telephony industry will cause prices to drop. This is used to show how supply, demand and elasticity are reflected in the article, the presence of ...

The number of global banks is increasing. This 10 page paper considers the role and purpose of the main divisions within these banks and the impact of legislative changes. It is argued that there are two main divisions resulting a commercial banking division and an investment division. These are examined individually. The bibliography cites 6 ...

This 4-page paper discusses how Chinese and Mexican imports are affecting the U.S. manufacturing sector. For the most part, the Chinese imports have more of an impact on the U.S. than those from Mexico. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 12 page paper discussing Harvard case 289-045, discussing Philip Morris' attempted takeover of Kraft in October 1988. Philip Morris would be successful before the year was out, but at a cost of $12.9 billion rather than the $11 billion it initially offered for all of Kraft's stock. Capital budget analysis at $11 ...

A 3 page discussion of the economic polarization that is being witnessed in contemporary U.S. society. The author asserts that Weber's multidimensional model of stratification is more applicable to this scenario than is Marx's visions of the bourgeoisie and proletariat. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 11-page paper details five article abstracts about money and banking that were published during the past four months in the Wall Street Journal. Two articles are on Chinese banking, one on the Italian banking industry, one about online banking, and one discusses the falling dollar. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 9-page paper brings up an ethical issue as it pertains to management accounting, and discusses solutions that the controller needs to consider to remain on the right side of ethics. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 6 page paper providing minimal text and 5 tables containing pro forma statements for this leading consumer electronics company. Recently named to 321st place on Forbes' Global 2000, Best Buy is expected to grow at an average annual rate of 15 percent during the period. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3-page paper is a discussion about the Consumer Price Index, its purpose, and the pros and cons of using this to measure inflation. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 10 page paper examines a case study provided by the student examined a ship yard and how they can calculate the optimum mix of products and services to offer to break even. The paper looks at how exceeding the current level of resources may be advisable as it will create an additional amount to ...

This 3-page paper attempts to answer the question as to whether the current rising consumer debt (not to mention the U.S. trade defecit) will have a dire impact on the U.S. economy. Footnotes used. Bibliography lists 1 source.

Sagres Is a Portuguese beer the company is owned by Scottish Newcastle PLC (S & N). This 6 page paper examines company and the financial performance of the parent company. The bibliography cites 3 sources.

A 5 page paper examining GDP growth rate, inflation and unemployment in Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand 1997 – 2000. Comparing Singapore to the others is not an even comparison, because all of the others were still developing nations. Singapore's economy already had been designated as mature by the OECD. GDP growth ...

This 8-page paper is a review of Burton Malkiel's book "A Random Walk down Wall Street." The book discusses a variety of investment theories (supporting that of Modern Portfolio Management) and includes a summary of each of the four parts.

A 10 page paper discussing Home Depot's difficulties since the turn of the century. It appears that Home Depot's stock price may not have reached the lowest point it will in the near future. Certainly the company has some realigning to do, and why it did an about-face on the segment of the ...

This 9 page paper looks at different types of risk and evaluates the proposition that 'risk assessment is a specialist function best left to its' experts'. The paper looks at the arguments for and against why risk assessing should be left to the experts and considers the possible outcomes that may arise from an inexperienced ...

This 14 page paper has three parts. The first is an overview and explanation of what dollarization is, including the three main categories of dollarization. The second part is an overview and explanation of what happened in Ecuador, politically and economically, that led to the adoption of official and full dollarization. The last part discusses ...

This 3 page paper is based on a case study supplied by the student. The paper puts together an income statement and then looks at the viability of a new project. The bibliography cites 1 source.

This 11-page paper discusses challenges to the foreign exchange market from the point of view of the dollar, and indicates a couple of potential solutions that could help prevent the dollar's continued slide. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3-page paper discusses an article in the October 4, 1999 issue of Business Week magazine entitled "Will the IMF get a dose of its own medicine? Major changes loom for the Fund, as the private sector provides the cash and helps solve crisis," which discusses how private lenders and institutions are trying to step ...

A 10 page paper. The world's two most populous countries have been undergoing immense change over the past two decades. Each has become the focus of many of the world's multinational organizations, and each has come to play important roles in the shift of labor in developed nations. India and China economically ...

This 6 page paper looms at what is meant b the network effect, also known as network externalities and considers show and why similar standards may be adopted by industry and consumers along with the benefits this may bring. The bibliography cites 5 sources.

This 8-page paper focuses on the Pakistani economy, how the war on terror has impacted it, and whether it is fueling terrorism as well. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 7 page paper discusses the use of fiscal policy to influence the levels of inflation and unemployment in an economy, including aspects such as the need for public borrowing and the way different measures may impact on the economy and how this is seen in the real world. The bibliography cites 6 sources.

This 12 page paper answers three questions concerning behavioural finance. The first question looks at how and why a choice might be made when there is a certain amount of money and then a risk with a 50% chance of doubling the money and a 50% chance of loosing it all. The second question considers ...