Essays and Research Papers on Personal Finance

This 7 page paper looks at the performance of Honduras compared to the general performance of lower and middle income countries using asset of data provided by the student, illustrating this with a set of graphs. The areas considered include government consumption, imports and exports, foreign direct investment, fertility, birth and death rates. The bibliography ...

This 4-page paper provides a sample memo concerning auditing statements SAS 112 and 115. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 5-page paper discusses the economics when it comes to purchasing a house. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3-page paper focuses on defining various accounting terms, such as cash versus accrual basis, GAAP and current assets and liabilities vs. long-term. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 6 page paper is a case study of the economy of Birmingham, looking at the development of the economy in this UK city, the structure of the economy, the shift from manufacturing to services and the policies and changes that have been seen since the 1990's. The bibliography cites 8 sources.

This is a 4 page paper that provides an overview of stock option valuation. The ethical implications to employees and stakeholders are explored. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3-page paper discusses calculation of unemployment in the United States. Bibliography list 2 sources.

This 5 page paper examines the recession that occurred during the twenty-first century. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 4 page paper uses a simple product in the fast food chain; fries. The paper looks at the difference between variable and fixed cost, assesses the potential variable costs for the product and calculates the contribution. This is then used to demonstrate the way in which the breakeven point may be assessed once ...

This is a 4 page paper that provides an overview of hyperinflation and unemployment. Various types of unemployment are analyzed and interventions are suggested. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page paper looks at the way that activity based costing (ABC) may be applied to products from a well known fast food chain. Using the example of French fries and apple piers the paper provides a practical example of the way activity based costing takes place. The bibliography cites 3 sources. ...

This 5 page paper examines this concept. Examples are provided. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 4 page paper looks at the income statement for Kodak Eastman for the years 2005 – 2007 and performs a financial analysis on the firms profitability. The analysis includes assessment of the gross, operating and net profit as well as the earnings per share. All calculations are shown. The bibliography cites 4 sources.

This is a 5 page paper that provides an overview of auditing standards. The five assertions model is used to describe an accurate audit. Bibliography lists 0 sources.

This is a 3 page paper that provides an overview of accounting standards. The use of external auditing in reducing fraud is explored. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This is an 8 page paper that provides an overview of the Enron bankruptcy. The role of auditing in that disaster is emphasized. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This is a 7 page paper that provides an overview of franchise accounting. McDonald's is used as a context to assess the viability of the career choice. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 3 page paper looms at the changes that have been brought in as a result of the revision to SFAS 141 and SFAS 160, accounting for entities where there is a controlling interest and accounting for non controlling interests. The contents of the standards are outlined. The bibliography cites 2 sources.

This 6-page paper analyzes Krispy Kreme from an accounting perspective. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 9 page paper answers a set of questions regarding the economic position of a monopoly. The question looks at the way profit is achieved in a monopoly and shows the way marginal cost, demand and quantity supply can be shown on a graph to determine the level of profit. The second question looks at ...

Macroeconomics And Microeconomics : 3 pages in length. Microeconomics (close examination of the various entities that drive a given economy) and macroeconomics (analysis of the overall financial system in its entirety) work synergistically to help economists better understand trends and downturns in the marketplace. The benefit of microeconomics is its ability to look ...

This 3 page paper looks at the way an investor may assess the value of a corporate bond with reference to the risk associated with the firm’s risk profile and their own investment risk attitude. The bibliography cites 3 sources.

This 7 page paper considers the argument that corporations should only be answerable to shareholders, looking at the arguments that support this as well as opposing views and considering the way that this manifests in the real world and how stakeholder and shareholder interests may not necessarily be in opposition. The bibliography cites 13 ...

This 14 page paper looks at the theories concerning the performance of behavior of the stock markets in order to determine whether or not the stock market could be deemed efficient. Fama’s efficient market hypothesis is explained and examined and alternative approaches which consider the market to have a degree of efficiency are considered, ...

This 4 page paper looks at the causes and issues which brought about and sustains the Asian financial crisis of 1997 which started in Thailand with a devaluation of its currency. The pattern of financial crises and the potential role of the government in situations of all discussed. The bibliography cites 3 sources.