Academic papers on Accounting & Personal Finance

FINANCIAL COMPARISON: MERCK AND PFIZER
This 5-page paper compares the 2001 financial statements of pharmaceutical giants Merck & Co., Inc. and Pfizer, Inc. The essay features an analysis of various financial factors (such as price-earnings ratio, net sales and debt-equity ratio) and...
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A Critical Evaluation of Information Efficiency and Inefficiency of The Global Stock Market
This 5 page paper critically evaluates the evidence concerning the information efficiency of stock markets in terms of how effectively they reflect information about a company in that company's share price. The paper undertakes this by considering...
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Taxation and the Clergy
This 8 page paper looks at tax breaks given to the clergy. Differences in how self-employment income and W-2 income are treated as well as the parsonage allowance, are all explored. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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The Danger of Deflation and the Role of Monetary and Fiscal Policies
This 7 page paper considers the way that one of the largest threats to the global economy may be that of deflation created by over capacity. The paper considers this threat, how it may occur and how effective monetary and fiscal policies may be in...
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INVESTING INFORMATION
This 10-page paper discusses investment opportunities and instruments including stocks, bonds, mutual funds and real estate. Geared toward the "casual" investor, the essay discusses what the investments are, as well as their benefits and risks to...
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HOUSEHOLD FINANCE
This 7-page paper provides a financial analysis of Household Finance, Corp. a subsidiary of Household International. The essay touches on the background of the corporation, analyzes its performance and provides recommendations for investment....
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Hilton Group PLC 2000; Financial Analysis
This 9 page paper analyses the 2000 annual accounts of the Hilton Group PLC to consider performance ands efficiency changes comparing the result to the year 1999. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
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The Impact of Failures Such as Enron and WorldCom on Stock Market Performance
This 6 page paper considers the impact that scandals such as Enron and WorldCom and the effect that they had on the stock markets. The paper argues that the impact was not as great as generally argued that the evidence shows the markets were already...
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PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY AND BUSINESS CYCLES
This 7-page paper focuses on the pharmaceutical industry and how its growth has compared with business cycles from 1980-2000. The essay examines the general economic cycles during this period, and, when possible, notes revenues and growth of the...
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Altering Interpretation of SPEs
A 6 page paper discussing changes proposed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) in interpreting the Accounting Research Bulletin (ARB) No. 51 that defines the special purpose entity (SPE) and provides guidelines on when an SPE
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The Difficulties Which Confront Policy Makers When They Attempt to Formulate and Implement Economic Policy
This 10 page paper examines the difficulties that policy makers may encounter when seeking to manage the economy, The paper concerns issues such as the choice of approach, classical, Keynesian or monetarist, the use of different tools and the...
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Could a Failure Similar to Enron Occur in the UK?
This 5 page paper starts with an outline of why Enron failed. With this information the question of whether or not this could occur in the UK, with the different accounting and purporting frameworks, is considered. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
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The Demerger of BT and O2
This 5 page paper examines the results of the demerger between British Telecom and O2, formerly Cellnet. The paper then considers why the demerger may have been beneficial to both companies and looks at underlying theoretical models that support the...
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ECONOMIC FORCES VS. AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES
This 5-page paper examines the economic theory of supply and demand, and focuses on how this theory has been re-vamped because of agricultural price supports from the U.S. government. The essay also touches on the impact of such price supports on...
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The Success of a Single European Currency
This 12 page paper examines the Euro; the single European Currency and is written in two parts. The first part will consider the criteria and the way it has or ha s not been met by different countries both before and after convergence and the...
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