Essays and Research Papers on Personal Finance

This 5 page paper looks at some issues seen in financial management. The paper discusses sources of capital and the impact of sources on capital structure, market efficiency and agency theory. The bibliography cites 7 sources.

This 3-page paper examines the concept of management accounting and explains its role in organizations. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 10 page discuses the following quote "Enterprise wide risk management as an assurance tool is increasingly being mandated as either principle or requirement within developed markets and economies". To discuss this the concept if Enterprise Wide Risk Management (EWRM) is defined and compared to traditional risk management, the way in which it has become ...

This 3-page paper attempts to determine how game theory can be applied to an oligopoly situation. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3 page paper argues that the primary cause of price wars is mismanagement and that this is why there are so few price wars seen in the real world. The bibliography cites 2 sources.

This 3-page paper discusses how management behavior can be tied into the profit maximization theory. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 9 page paper looks at the different approaches that a fund management for an investment portfolio manager may adopt where the investments are 100% in property. The general investment approaches of passive, active and post modern portfolio manager are considered along with their viability for a property fund manager. The bibliography cites 7 sources. ...

This 7 page paper considers the extent to which key social structures in the post-war UK distributed power and wealth unequally. This paper then goes on to consider the implications for social agencies and the way in which inequalities have changed the structure and formation of identity. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 7 page report discusses whether or not the new power and primacy of the European Union will ultimately outshine the sovereignty of the EU's independent nation-members. Numerous factors relating to modern Europe cause any political scientist or student of European history to wonder how long this 'union' will hold and what will be its ...

A paper which looks at the way in which the 1999 Bank Powers Bill (the Gramm/Leach/Blyley Bill) addressed the issue of insurance underwriting and related matters in terms of the discrepancy between national and state banks, and attempted to redress the inequalities and discrepancies between the two.

A 3 page paper. Two forms of industry structure are described: perfect competition and market power. These are then applied to an article about oil prices. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 6 page paper deals with the economic issues related to the communications industries. Examples are given exemplifying the impact that the media has had on culture, predictions for the future, and discusses the consequences of concentration of this power in the communications industries.

This 6 page paper consider the background of OPEC, why they have so much power over the oil industry and their general pricing strategies between 1973 – 2002. The bibliography cites 3 sources.

A 5 page paper in which the writer examines the the 'Cecchini Report' which stems from a study published by the European Commission in 1988. It supports the financial unification of the European Common Market and summarily states that the way that the program may be most effective is through the removal of border controls, ...

An 8 page paper which discusses the powerful money making power of the diet industry. The paper also examines how the diet industry may be affected by the economy. Bibliography lists 11 sources.

This 6 page report discusses the impact of the creation and implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the fact that it has resulted in numerous additions to the complexity of international (albeit North American) trade and accounting. The approval (1992) and implementation of NAFTA (1994) have ultimately demonstrated that the power and the free sanction to conduct business ...

A 3 page paper answering 3 questions addressing the economic concepts of inflation, purchasing power, money and the consumer price index (CPI). Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 5 page paper considers why the United Kingdom has chosen not to join the single European currency. The writer argues that the decision is not purely economic, but is seen as political and social, with the disadvantages being greater than any potential advantages. This paper concentrates on the disadvantages, such as loss of monetary ...

This 5 page paper considers the hypothetical situation of a 50% reduction in food stamps and determines the possible effects that this would have on food prices. Elasticity, cross elasticity and the power of substitutes are all discussed. The paper includes one graph and the bibliography cites 5 sources.

This 3 page paper examines the advertising industry and how it creates a sense of wealth and power. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 5 page paper considers the way in which the UK economy has developed and changed since the 1970s when the unions held the balance of power and the state owned many of the now privatised businesses. The bibliography cites 9 sources.

A 6 page paper discussing changes in corn availability and pricing in the US in the year 2020, after most of the US corn production has been given to the production of biofuel in advance of the development of commercially-viable hydrogen-powered cars. The result is that there is a glut of corn available in ...

This 8 page paper is written in two parts. The first part of the paper looks at purchase power parity theory and portfolio balance model, explaining what they are and the way they may help to explain exchange-rate movements. The second part of the paper looks at portfolio balance model in more detail considering the ...

This 5 page paper discusses and explains Wallerstein's World Systems Theory. The theory was based on the study of world economic power over history and concluded there are four classifications of states. The core states, which are the most powerful, influence politics and government in ways that continue to favor them at the expense of ...

An 8 page research paper exploring the effect of changing to commonwealth has had on British autonomy and world power. Explored briefly is the extent of the empire, how the change came about, and a longer discussion of the effects of the change from empire upon Britain and other countries, particularly India. Bibliography lists 9 ...