Essays and Research Papers on Personal Finance

This 5 page paper considers the economics of developing bio-fuels and considers how the increased efficiency and environmental aspects may help with the development of the technology. Economic topics discussed include supply and demand, market structure and the need for government interference where a market has the potential to fail. The bibliography cites 4 ...

8 pages in length. The writer provides a brief overview of several aspects of the Fed. Bibliography lists 13 sources.

This 4 page paper is a plan for the opening of a new unisex hairdresser looking at a business summary, the costs of starting up and then a six month forecast. The bibliography cites 4 sources.

A 3 page paper in two parts. The first considers the present value of a gold mine expected to be exhausted in two years' time; the second addresses the issue of whether the bonds of GM or Cisco Systems are the more attractive. It appears that GM is doggedly clinging to being what ...

A 6 page paper discussing microeconomic points affecting the business of a manufacturer of smoker grills. The paper answers specific questions regarding fixed and variable costs; production scheduling; and competitive position in the market segments it serves. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 10 page paper discussing how changes in the global economy affect the US. Though the transition is difficult and painful at times, it is likely that current difficulties of the US in global markets point to integration of the US into those markets. Our comparative advantage does not lie in low-skilled manufacturing ...

This is a 28 page paper which discusses the trend in new financial instruments and specifies information about corporate owned life insurance, tobacco bonds, automatic 401Ks, The Vice Fund, and Catastrophe Bonds. The bibliography has 14 sources.

This 5 page paper considers the way in which calculation undertaken to help a student with a case study were in line with instructions given by a teachers and given preliminary results. The bibliography cites 2 sources.

This 8 page paper explains what the beta is and looks at the different influences on the beta in order to consider how company may adopt strategies of policies in order reduce the beta. The bibliography cites 4 sources.

This 3 page paper gives an outline of Herman Daly's book "Beyond Growth" and a brief discussion of it, and speculates on what Rene Girard would think about it. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 4 page paper discussing allocation of general costs and how what is intended to be a reward can instead become a penalty. Creative Consumer Consultants (CCC) is a corporate consulting firm with offices in New York, Chicago, Paris and Little Rock that currently assigns general costs to each office in a degree dependent ...

This 5 age paper is written in two parts. The first part of the paper looks at how and when a multiple regression analysis can be used, if it can be performed with only two data sets and what would need to be added into the equation to undertaken a multiple regression analysis. The second ...

This 3 page paper gives an outline of Herman Daly's book "Beyond Growth" and a brief discussion of it, and speculates on what Rene Girard would think about it. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 5 page paper considers how a report may be out together research the link between the use of risk assessment tools and the returns on assets and equity in medium sized companies. The paper presents some mock results to demonstrate their presentation. The bibliography cites 5 sources.

This 8 page paper discusses the issue of whether or not the United Arab Emirates should float its currency. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This 7 page paper examines ideas from Adam Smith and Karl Marx related to the value of things. Within the context of this paper it is suggested that the principle of exchange for Smith and Marx's critiques on the exchange value, provide a new way to look at money and work. Several creative examples are ...

This 5 page paper discusses the different consideration that need to be made when a company considers changing the price of a good to increase revenue. The paper looks at price elasticity, the impact of competing and complimentary goods and the risks of pricing changes. The bibliography cites 8 sources.

This 4 page paper examines the use of fair value accounting, looking at what it is the how it is used according to various IAS and IFRS regulations. The paper then uses IAS 39 as an example to explore how this can impact on annual company accounts. The bibliography cites 5 sources.

This 7 page paper considers the impact that the use of information technology (IT) in the hotel industry has and is still having on the prices or rates charged for rooms. The paper considers the benefits and the disadvantages and the way these have impacted. The bibliography cites 11 sources.

The way that value is measured in firms usually focuses on financial or economic measures. This 8 page paper considers the measurement of value in publicity owned organizations and whether traditional measures such as profit levels or market value added, or if benefits and costs can be measured in a more holistic manner. The paper ...

A 4 page paper which examines how unemployment affects the economy in America. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page paper discussing the declining influence of central banks in the global economy dependent more on the movement of exchange rates than on actions arising from monetary policy. The paper uses an older (1997) article for comparison and assesses the statement in a 2004 context. It appears that the observations of ...

This 5 page paper examines internal control programs, what they are, what makes them effective, how they may materialize and the impact that the impact the Sarbanes-Oxley Act may have on internal controls. The bibliography cites 6 sources.

This 5 page paper looks at the level of trade between China and India and describes how the political and economic drivers of China and India affecting their trading relationship. The bibliography cites 7 sources.

This 5 page paper looks at two different economic forecasts for Mexico comparing the forecasts for GDP, inflation, interest rates, unemployment and employment growth rates and direct foreign investment. Both projections show similar patterns but are divergent ion the actual levels. The paper explains why these differences are present. The bibliography cites 2 sources.