Essays and Research Papers on Personal Finance

This 5 page paper considers the model of perfect competition and the equilibrium of the perfectly competitive firm looking at supply and demand and the roles of marginal cost, average cost and average revenue in this model. The bibliography cites 3 sources.

This 18 page paper considers the situation where a well known oil company may take on a new accounting system, activity based costing. The paper then looks at how this would be implemented and the influence it would have as well as the value it may add to not only the running of the company ...

This 5 page paper looks at the two towns of Flint and Rochester and how we can apply urban economic and comparative advantages to the economic development of these two areas. The bibliography cites 4 sources.

This 10 page paper consider the role that capital controls may have played in the aftermath of the Asian Crisis in Malaysia. The paper consider the crisis, and then goes on to look at the recovery discussing the role that the various financial restrictions placed on capital may have contributed. This balanced paper uses Thailand ...

This 10 page paper looks at the practise of revaluation of capital asset, the reasons why it may be undertaken and how this practice varies form country to country. The paper includes consideration of the similarities and differences between The United States, Australia, Thailand the United Kingdom and Canada. The bibliography cites 12 sources.

5 pages in length. Virtually every service you would do at a brokerage house can now be done online. Investors can open individual and joint accounts (cash, margin, or options) as well as corporate and partnership accounts. If you are interested in custodial accounts for minors or estate and trust accounts for you or family members, that can all ...

This 12 page paper (plus one page appendix) looks at Iceland in terms of assessing it as a destination for international trade. The paper looks at the background of the country, the political stability, the economy and the currency. The paper includes use of the economic indicators an also includes some discussion in the social ...

The Concept of Going Concern; This 5 page paper considers the purpose and meaning of this concept and how it can be seen as supporting other accounting principles such as accruals and matching concepts as well as historical costing. This paper also consider how the going concern concept should be used, and how it may ...

This 7 page report discusses the $35.2 billion merger of the investment bank J.P. Morgan and Chase Manhattan Corp. The merger combined two of Wall Street’s oldest companies to create one of the largest bank companies in the United States. The paper also consider the merger in light of the fact that for the past several years, the American financial world ...

This 9 page paper looks at two question. The first concerns the way we may interpret the Federal Reserves recent policy regarding interest rates and inflation as a control of money supply, and the second looks at a recent article that discusses the impact on decreasing unemployment on inflationary pressures. The bibliography cites 6 sources. ...

This 5 page paper provides an overview of the Federal Reserve Bank as well as the role of fiscal policy on the U.S. economy. Examples are provided and terms are defined. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 11 page paper considers the way in which international companies may use hedging to reduce the risks of international dealing or to potentially enhance profits. The paper uses the example of a country, that in six months time will have outflows in German and Brazilian currencies and an inflow in Swiss Francs. The paper ...

This 7 page paper argues that in any country where the currency is free floating there will be an incompatibility with any fixed exchange rate system unless it involves monetary union or has capital controls. The paper look at the way in which currency crises occur and applies this to the argument of the paper. ...

7 pages in length. This paper will serve to investigate the social market system as it applies in both Canada and Sweden. The advantages and disadvantages of the system will be analyzed. By doing this analysis we will consider whether the social market system would work in the United States by considering the possible benefits and the arguments against ...

Spending on goods and services is a significant fraction of the total output of the economy. Total consumer spending, investment, government spending and net foreign spending on final goods and services are the components that make up most of the economic productivity. This economic productivity can be expressed in ways such as the ...

5 pages. Compares the ways that the richest people of the past made their millions to that of the wealthiest people of today. The difference is rather surprising, and this interesting paper tells how the wealthiest people of today are able to do so. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

5 pages. The savings and loan crisis is one of the most poorly understood economic problems that we face today. It has been misconstrued by economists, by politicians, and by the general public. This paper looks at the crisis and what we have learned in order to avoid such things in the future. Bibliography lists 5 sources. ...

5 pages in length. This paper will consider the optimal production and how to determine such for a candy company that produces three different types of candy with different unit costs for each. This model paper will show the student how to go about using the proper formulas and significant factors that will enable him or her to answer ...

6 pages in length. David Ricardo, born in 1772 and third of seventeen children, espoused two economic theories that helped to form the fundamental basis of contemporary economic thought. Indeed, his Distribution Theory and International Trade Theory provided a substructure upon which future economists could base their subsequent theories, giving rise to the ...

This 20 page paper consider these four countries and the different factors that will influence business. The paper starts with a comprehensive look at the economic factors such as GDP, inflation and interest rates, and then goes on to consider other macro economic factors at work in the countries, such as the social and cultural ...

This 8 page paper explores the work "Mass Media and Free Trade : NAFTA and the Cultural Industries" edited by McAnany & Wilkinson. A summary is provided and a short critique is included at the end. The subject of NAFTA is discussed in general, but primarily in respect to the cultural industries explored by ...

This 10-page paper presents an overview of this company with emphasis on its financials. Several ratios are presented and explained. An overall analysis is completed with attention to the company's place in the industry as well as in the world in the current economic climate. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 20 page paper looks at the failure in the Turkish economy, and how it may be equated with the failure to regulate the banking system. The paper looks at the background of the economy, and how the problems occurred. The paper then looks at the way in which the banking system can be seen ...

A 5 page paper which discusses the impact of undocumented workers in the United States. The paper presents the arguments of those who believe undocumented workers are parasites, and those who feel they are a significant part of our country's economy. The paper also argues that the undocumented workers are far more valuable to the country than they are ...

5 pages in length. Brief analysis and description of Reebok International along with a detailed financial analysis. Bibliography lists 6 sources.