Essays and Research Papers on Personal Finance

This 10-page paper provides a financial analysis of Eastman Kodak. Topics covered include balance sheet and income analysis, ratio analysis and analysis of the internal and external environment. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

3 pages in length. The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which was first signed in 1947, was designed to "provide an international forum in order to encourage free trade between member states by regulating and reducing tariffs on traded goods and by providing a common mechanism for resolving trade disputes. GATT ...

3 pages in length. As economically advantageous as the gold standard originally seemed at the turn of the century, it ultimately proved "insufficient for achieving economic stability during the interwar period" (Bordo, no date), which inevitably paved the way for the Great Depression. That the Bretton Woods system provided for the adjustable-peg exchange-rate ...

This is a 4 page paper discussing economic growth and the Solow growth model. Robert Solow’s growth model emphasizes all of the aspects of the importance of economic growth within a society. It includes components of the supply and resources of a nation which can expand opportunity for a country’s production. The supply component however ...

This 5 page paper examines the different factors that may influence currency exchange rates. Influences included are political events, interest and inflation rates, disposable income and import export levels as well as the role of speculators. The bibliography cites 4 sources.

This 6-page paper focuses on the concept of dollarization and weighs the pros and cons of countries who get rid of their currencies in favor of using the U.S. dollar. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses Robert Gilpin's theories on systemic realism versus state centered realism as regards the international and political situations in terms of globalization or sovreignty. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A paper which looks at the development of south-east Asian economies, from the origins of the Silk Road to the region's present-day involvement with the manufacture and export of new technologies. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 11 page paper looks at various theories for the recession. There is some focus on consumer confidence and the fact that businesses have been spending less. Global factors are examined as well. Information from the 1990s on is discussed in an effort to determine causation. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 22-page paper focuses on several international economic issues such as commodities price stablization, cartels, OPEC, China's growth and the WTO and East Asia's "economic miracle." Bibliography lists 9 sources.

This 3-page paper focuses on various terms of financial risk such as transaction, translation and economic exposure. These concepts are defined in terms of Canada. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper evaluates figures from a New Jersey town to demonstrate that people cannot live on minimum wage. A sample budget is drawn up for a Watchung, N.J. family. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 5 page paper in written in two parts. The first part pf the paper examines the characteristics of balanced scorecards and assesses its’ advantages over other accounting measures. The second part of the paper looks at transfer pricing and shows the student how to calculate and minimum and a maximum transfer price, and why ...

This 8 page paper considers what derivatives are and then looks at some examples of how they should and should not be used. The examples of usage include the use of futures for long and short hedging and for speculation. The bibliography cites 6 sources.

This 5 page paper examines the Wassily Leontief Input Output Models, looks at the assumption and the way in this is calculated with example calculations throughout. The bibliography cites 4 sources.

This 10 page paper considers why companies should manage financial risk. The paper considers this in terms of firm survival and also the way in which responsibilities exist to shareholders and other stakeholders. The paper considers how lack of financial risk management may create a scenario for failure, even where business is good. The paper ...

A 5 page paper that addresses to core topics related to this company – the company culture and the use of technology. The writer begins with a brief statement regarding the company's position and categories of services. Company culture is based on the three core values and a comprehensive Code of Conduct from PricewaterhouseCoopers all ...

This 5-page paper supplies a financial analysis of SYSCO Corporation, the food services distributor. Topics include shareholder information and balance sheet analysis. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 5 page paper considers the performance of the US economy using numerous indicators during the forty quarter of 2002, the run up to the war in Iraq. The performance also compared with earlier and later periods. The bibliography cites 6 sources.

This 3 page paper considers SFAS 133 "Accounting for Derivatives and Hedging Transactions," and looks at then impact it has on a single organisation; American Residential Investment Trust, Inc. assessing the short term impact on the accounts. The bibliography cites 3 sources.

This 5 page paper considers what risks a company trading internationally may face when it comes to currency exchange rates, and how the risks may be minimised with the use of careful hedging. The bibliography cites 1 source.

This 12 page paper considers the impact of the financial crisis of 1997 on development within South East Asia. The paper considers economic development such as financial controls aimed at aiding recovery, the way in which international investment patterns changed and slowed down internal technological development as well as economic development. Issues such as social ...

This 6 page paper uses this politically oriented book on economics as a springboard for discussion. Osterman's ideas are critiqued. No additional sources cited.

This 7 page paper considers different models that are used to explain exchange rate movements, including purchasing parity theory, the International Fisher Effect and the monetarist approach. The bibliography cites 6 sources.

This 9 page paper considers the entrance of a product into a new market. Using the example of marketing credit cards in China, the paper shows how an examination of the macro environmental factors should be undertaken to assure there is a good fit between the company wishing to enter the market, the product ...