“ELECTIONS PER SE DO NOT AMOUNT TO DEMOCRACY”: EXAMPLES FROM SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA” INTRODUCTION The democratic process in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is in a state of crisis despite the occurrence of elections. There seems to be a gradual‚ but dangerous reinstitutionalization of autocratic and authoritarian regimes clad in democratic garb (Adejumobi‚ 2000). Elections are supposed to be a hallmark of democracy however in SSA dictatorial regimes are also holding elections resulting in their abuse and a
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LECTURE 10 COST OF CAPITAL CLASS QUESTIONS 1. Roland Corporation’s last dividend (D0)‚ which was paid yesterday‚ was $2.50. The firm has a constant growth of 18.8%. The firm’s beta coefficient is 1.2. The required return on an average stock in the market is 13 percent‚ and the risk-free rate is 7 percent. Roland’s A-rated bonds are yielding 10 percent‚ its risk premium is 4% and its current stock price is $30. Which of the following values is the most reasonable estimate of Roland’s cost of retained
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Current Economic Issues “Baumol’s cost disease is unpopular with politician from both ends of the political spectrum” Why? Is that? Is Baumol’s cost disease likely to remain relevant to the debate about public services? Introduction This essay examines Baumols’s cost disease giving reasons why it is unpopular with politicians from both ends of the political spectrum‚ and also presents further salient factors that makes Baumol’s cost disease relevant to debates about public services.
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Was the U.S Iraq and Afghanistan War Worth the Cost? Introduction The U.S led Iraq and Afghanistan wars have received praises and criticisms of different measures. The war was fought for almost a decade‚ starting back in 2003. In the case of Iraq war‚ the cause of the conflict was suspicion by the United States and United Kingdom that Iraq had in its possession Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) that it intended to use in case of war between nations. This was based on the past experience where Iraq
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no one and it would be beneficial to remove them from the prison system‚ and into the parole system (D’Elia‚ 2010). Prison Cost Prisons are expensive to keep open‚ and most of the money to keep them open comes from the taxpayers. A study in 2012 showed that prisons cost American taxpayers approximately 5.4 billion dollars each year (Henrichson & Delaney‚ 2012). These cost include various expenses that include maintaining the prisons‚ employees salaries‚ educational training‚ providing benefits
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ASSIGNMENT 1 : BASIC COST CONCEPT NAME : MATRICS NUMBER : ANSWER Q1 : Product cost is a cost related to the goods that were purchased in order to produce the certain product. Product cost is important to value the inventory of manufactured goods until the goods are sold. The cost of manufactured inventory are product cost. All cost incurred in manufacturing finished goods are stored in inventory until the product are sold. The product cost of the inventory sold become cost of goods sold
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Being able to determine whether a cost is fixed or variable is vital to the understanding of overhead loading and cost behavior. A fixed cost is unchanged with a change to the cost driver. (Horngren‚ Sutton‚ and Stratton p.46) Which means that a fixed cost does not rise with the change is production of your product. A good example of a fixed cost is rent. No matter how many widgets you make (within a relevant range) your rent will not increase. A variable cost‚ on the other hand‚ does change with
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faster‚ cheaper and more compact * Design was supported by Heidelberd division’s engineers at full cost of time compensation. To get a best price for its component‚ ISD did a bidding which involved Heidelberg. Unfortunately Heidelberg bidding price was much higher than outsider company‚ therefore ISD decided to buy from Display Technology Plc Here is the bidding: Supplier | Cost per X73 System (€) | Heidelberg Division | 140‚000 | Bogardus NV | 120‚000 | Display Technologies
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by: Q = 5000 - 200P Firm 1 has a unit cost of production c1 equal to 6 whereas firm 2 has a higher unit cost of production c2 equal to 10. a. What is the Bertrand-Nash equilibrium outcome? b. What are the profits for each firm? c. Is this outcome efficient? Answer: (a) At equilibrium‚ assuming that if both firms charge the same price‚ then the firms split the market evenly. (b) The higher cost firm makes zero profit‚ whereas the lower cost firm’s profit is (c) No‚ this
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procedures of Costing | Clarity of concept | | | 2. To be able to calculate the unit cost and prepare costing Profit & Loss statement | Precision in cost calculation and preparation of cost sheet | | | Grades | Grade Descriptors | Achieved Yes/No (Y / N) | P | A Pass grade is achieved by meeting all the requirements defined. | | M | Identify & apply strategies/techniques to find appropriate solutions | | D | Demonstrate convergent‚ lateral and creative thinking. | |
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