Academic papers on Accounting & Personal Finance

BELK AND ALLOCATED COSTS
This 3-page paper provides an example of how Belk might handle $.7 million in charges from severance and termination fees of IT employees to outsourcing. Discussed are allocated and unallocated costs, and impairment. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Exchange Rate Management
An 8 page paper discussing the purchasing power parity (PPP) measure as used to compare movements of currencies on the world market and against each other. Even where exchange rates are fully free-floating the PPP is useful for comparing currencies...
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The Fisher Separation
The Fisher Separation This 5 page paper is written in three parts. The first part looks at what the Fisher separation is, what it means for investment decisions and how it separates investor preferences and investment decisions. The theorem is...
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Accounting in China
This 8 page paper looks at the practice of accounting in China, consider how it has developed and changed overt time to lead to the current position where there is a an alignment with international financial reporting standards while older cultural...
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Warren Buffet
A 5 page paper that discusses certain issues related to Warren Buffet. The paper comments and discusses the basis of Buffet's power and influence, strategies he uses to maintain influence, how he may have influenced public policy, his beginnings and...
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Autocorrelations and Abnormal Returns Prior to Stock Splits Considered in the Context of EMH
This 5 page paper is written in two parts. The first part of the paper considers the implications for the weak-form Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) concerning the findings of certain authors that have recently found evidence of positive...
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International Trade Theory
A 6 page paper providing a speech and answers to audience questions. The speech addresses Heckscher-Ohlin and Ricardo theories; the Leontief paradox; and Linder's explanations for international trade patterns. Questions address specific, ad...
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The Merger of Lloyds TSB with the Royal Bank of Scotland
This 5 page paper looks at the merger that took place between Lloyds TSB and the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS0). The paper considers who and why the merger took place, what the views of the shareholders were likely to be, the areas of RBS that were...
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The Assets of McDonalds
This 8 page paper looks at the different types of assets that are present in McDonalds. The first part of the paper considers the tangible assets such as land, property, equipment, cash, accounts receivable and inventory. The second part of the...
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Calculating Cost of Capital for Banks
The ability to be able to assess the cost of capital for any organization is important, however for banks there are some particular issues concerning the cost of capital, and particularly the cost of equity. This 16 page paper looks at the issues...
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Watching the 2009 Economy
This 3 page paper examines the 2009 economy and where it is going. Which indicators to watch is at the crux of this paper. No bibliography.
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Stimulus Package - Keynesian And Monetarist
A 3 page paper that begins with a short definition of each theory. The paper goes on to explain how the package incorporates both types of policies with far more on the Keynesian side than the monetarist side. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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How Accounting Rules Change
A 3 page paper that begins by identifying the regulators in the U.S. Two brief examples related to two specific rules that are changing are provided. The writer comments Sarbanes-Oxley was a major change and why the U.S. Congress adopted the Act....
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Managing Internal Pricing
A 3 page paper discussing transfer pricing, segment margins and goal congruence in internal pricing. A common feature of decentralized organizations is the need to account for costs of internal segments doing business with each other or accounting...
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How About Separation of Business and State?
A 10 page paper arguing against government involvement in shoring up manufacturing industries. When the topic is bailout, the government needs to limit any involvement to effective guarantees that fill gaps in the interest of the people but...
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