Essays and Research Papers on Personal Finance

This 5 page paper considers a scenario where the DP is growing at 1.5%, the inflation rate is between 1% and 2% and unemployment is increasing. The different options for stimulating the economy are considered along with the potential polices side effects. Measures considered include the reduction of interest rates, the reduction of tax rates ...

This seven page paper gives a general background on the single European currency and its recent performance. The paper then goes to look at the way in which many seemingly unrelated economies have helped prop up the value of the Euro and explains why this has occurred. This is illustrated using examples from the United ...

A 9 page paper on the Salomon Brothers Scandal of the early 1990's in which a prestigious trading firm was caught submitting $15.5 billion in phony bids to buy more U.S. government bonds and notes than it was allowed. The writer discusses SEC involvement, the firm's quick own restoration of its good name and some ...

This 9 page paper looks at the reasons behind exchange rate fluctuations on the international money markets. The papers starts with the recognition of supply and demand in currency prices, and then goes on to consider what factors can effect supply and demand and the ways in which they may be used by governments ...

A 3 page paper that comments on the current financial crisis and how the government's regulations were a contributing factor. The wrier also comments on which is worse, inflation or recession and why. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 6 page paper reviews 3 articles that consider influences on poverty in sub-Saharan Africa looking at health and social conditions and the way they may impede economic development. The paper finishes with some conclusions based on the three articles. The bibliography cites 3 sources.

A 5 page paper analyzing management decisions in terms of financial function. Business and finance writers have taken to looking in diverse directions for signs of what truly is happening with the US economy. In this article, McDaniel (2001) writes that orders for corrugated boxes could be used as a clue of the financial future. ...

A 6 page paper reviewing economic influences on home health, including increasing fuel costs and the ongoing nursing shortage. The healthcare industry is hampered by its history of trying to operate separate from economic realities and laws, creating several hurdles that it will need to negotiate simultaneously. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 5-page paper provides a study of cancer in an economic context. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 11 page paper looks at the ways a choice between two healthcare provisions may be assessed. The paper uses the example of two interventions to reduce cancer. The way ethical issues and economic assessment are discussed and a cost benefit analysis performed. The bibliography cites 5 sources.

This 6 page paper looks at the economics of healthcare in the United States and answers questions supplied by the student on supply and demand, different market models, marginal cost, antitrust and Medicaid reforms. The bibliography cites 3 sources.

This 13 page paper considers how and why healthcare is often a viable political target when budget cuts are made. Looking at the situation in Australia and some of the proposed healthcare reductions, the possible motivations behind the cuts as well as the potential outcomes of these cuts are considered. The bibliography cites 10 sources. ...

This 10 page paper considers the way in which healthcare economics helps with the understanding and determination of the way healthcare is provided and organized and regulated. The bibliography cites 20 sources.

This 5-page paper discusses the Affordable Health Care Act in economic terms. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper provides definitions for eight basic concepts in economics and applies them to the health care industry. Each concept is fully defined. Examples are provided. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 7-page paper applies supply and demand, diminishing marginal utility and price elasticity of demand to healthcare. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 13 page paper considers the potential use of a public private partnership for the development of a new ambulatory care center in Canada. The paper looks at the potential benefits and associated difficulties and risks in order to assessing the potential drawing on international lessons that can be applied. The bibliography cites 13 sources. ...

This 3 page paper looks at some of the causes of rising healthcare costs, with a focus on the developing world, and then considers the effect that this has on approaches and provision of patient treatment. The bibliography cites 1 source.

This 8 page paper answers three questions posed by a student all related to the economics of health care. Several concepts are defined and explored. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 3-page paper answers questions about healthcare economics and changes in spending in microeconomics and macroeconomics. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 12 page paper compares two competitors in the for profit healthcare sector in the US; Tenet (stock market symbol THC) and HCA (with the stock symbol HCA), looking at aspects such as liquidity, asset management, sales and profitability, debt management and market value. The companies are compared and the meaning of the ratios used ...

This 14 page paper considers the way in which developing countries in Africa and Asia are seeking to create financial sustainability in the healthcare systems, and considers the influence and impact of fee based service provision on the accessibility and equity of the systems. The bibliography cites 15 sources.

This 3-page paper analyzes the financial position of Omega Health Foundation. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 8 page paper, including 3 graphs, examines the economics of the Austrian healthcare system, looking at mortality, average spending in Schillings and as a percentage of GDP, where the money comes from where and how it is spent. Comparisons are made to other countries, with particular attention to the US. The bibliography cites 9 ...

This 7-page paper provides an overview of healthcare economics, and how increasing inputs provides more cost benefits. Bibliography lists 3 sources.