Academic papers on Accounting & Personal Finance

The Civil War Economy
This 3 page paper looks at a few sectors, and also generally evaluates the American economy during its Civil War in the nineteenth century. Reconstruction is touched on as well. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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The 2001 Rand Crisis in South Africa
During 2001 the South African collapsed, with no logical or immediately apparent reason. This 5 page paper argues that there were many smaller causes that contributed to the fall, but that the overall cause was the lack of confidence in the...
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PROCESS BASED ACCOUNTING AND BENEFITS
This 2.5 page paper discusses the benefits of process based accounting (also referred to as activity based accounting). Also included are case studies as to how this system works. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Blending JIT and EOQ at ABC Company
An 8 page paper discussing operations problems at ABC Company, which imports and distributes tiles. The company uses the Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) approach to inventory management so as to gain the most advantageous price on tiles that it can. ...
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The Concept of Historical Cost
This 4 page paper discusses the statement that
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AMOTIZATION OF GOODWILL VS. IMPAIRMENT TESTING
This 7-page paper focuses on amortization of goodwill versus impairment testing, as reported through FASB statements 141, 142 and 144. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Foreign Investments And The United States: Benefits
4 pages in length. Foreign investment has become the lifeblood of globalized international commerce. The extent to which the influence of foreign investment improves social, political and economic standards is both grand and far-reaching; that...
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U.S. Economy
A 3 page paper. This essay includes the average annual unemployment rates from 1998 to 2002 and the inflation rates for the same years. Recent data regarding the deficit is briefly reported. Finally, the writer responds to the question
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Pricing in the Airline Industry
This 13 page paper, including a two page annotated bibliography, looks at the influences on prices within the airline industry, The paper includes explanations of price theory and the impact of supply and demand and the different influences of on...
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Market Failure
This 6 page paper considers what is meant by market failure and the causes of market failure. When examining the causes examples are given to illustrate the points raised, specific attention is paid to market failure issues that will impact on...
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Projections for a Business
This 4 page paper undertakes a cash flow projection for a business and then uses his to show the student how to create a projected profit and loss sheet and a balance sheet from the projections. The bibliography cites 1 source.
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Influences on the Presentation of Annual Accounts
This 4 page paper considers the influences on the preparation of annual accunts. The first part of the paper examines the use of the historical cost convention, how it is used the advantages and disadvantages of its
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Itron Inc.
This 7 page paper looks at Itron Inc, what they do, their position within the industry and conducts an industry analysis on the company before considering the financial performance in comparison to other companies in the same industry. The...
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The Significance of Unemployment
This 6 page paper takes a sociological view of the problem. It is also looked at it economically and historically. How unemployment hurts communities is discussed along with other issues. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Calculating the Cost of Capital
This 17 page paper considers the different ways of calculation the cost of capital. The different methods include looking at the cost of equity and the cost of debt, with consideration of how the CAPM (capital asset pricing model), can satisfy the...
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