Pacific-Basin Finance Journal 23 (2013) 1–24 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Pacific-Basin Finance Journal journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/pacfin The role of the audit committee and the informativeness of accounting earnings in East Asia Tracie Woidtke a‚ Yin-Hua Yeh b‚⁎ a b Department of Finance‚ Corporate Governance Center‚ University of Tennessee‚ United States Graduate Institute of Finance‚ National Chiao Tung University‚ 1001 Ta-Hsueh Rd.‚ Hsinchu
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ESTIMATING THE RISK PREMIUM USING HISTORICAL DATA: A CASE OF THE NSE Introduction This study seeks to estimate the risk premium of a company using historical data. Analysts use historical data to estimate the risk premium of a company’s equity. This is because the historical data is readily available from the company’s financial statements and the securities exchanges for example the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) in Kenya. Historical market data can be used to compute average returns and a measure
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Under the conditions of perfect competition‚ a market will be allocatively effi cient as long as the fi rms in that market produce at the P=MC level of output. Price is a signal from buyers to sellers‚ and the price seen by fi rms signals the marginal benefi t of consumers in the market. If the price consumers pay for a product is greater than the marginal cost to fi rms of producing it‚ then the message being sent to producers is that more output is demanded. In the pursuit of profi ts
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thinking about what the Springfield Gas Scholarship would mean to me. Mainly‚ receiving the Springfield Gas Scholarship would alleviate the financial burden that I will face as a college student. Because I have a one parent income‚ it is difficult for my single father to completely support all the financial responsibilities that are required for a college student. With that being said‚ the rest of the financial burden will be put placed upon me. Overall‚ receiving the Springfield Gas Scholarship would
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(Dawson) needs additional working capital next year. The company would like to obtain a $1‚000‚000 line of credit‚ on an unsecured basis from Springfield National Bank (Springfield). The approval of an unsecured loan would be based on the borrower’s credit-worthiness. In order to evaluate this‚ the company provided its financial statements to Springfield for the year 1990 to 1993. Dawson Stores Inc. is a company which has been experiencing consistent growth in terms of its financial performance
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THE BASICS OF REVENUE MANAGEMENT IDeaS © 2005 Integrated Decisions and Systems‚ Inc. ID-MK-100102-v1-YMBasic The Basics of Revenue Management by IDeaS TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................................................................2 WHAT IS REVENUE MANAGEMENT? ........................................................................................4 When Is Its Use Appropriate? ......................................
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In economics‚ the point of profit maximizing and loss minimizing is called MR=MC. This point is where marginal revenue equals marginal cost‚ meaning that cost does not exceed revenue and revenue does not exceed cost. This is a profit-maximizing zone‚ meaning that total cost is not the lowest‚ but is farthest away from the total returns. The optimal point of production for the firm is at the point MR=MC. Marginal revenue is defined as the change in total revenue as a result of producing an additional
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Revenue has become the lifeblood of the government from the moment the Philippines had been given the freedom to establish its own system of governance and formulate laws which formally states the people’s rights‚ duties and obligations. However‚ for the country to continuously sustain the needs of its citizens it has to generate revenues from the different sources available. How will the national government implement the maximization of revenues from local communities
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DRAFT MANAGING LOCAL REVENUE IN INDONESIA Raksaka Mahi *) Prepared for: CAN DECENTRALIZATION HELP REBUILD INDONESIA? A Conference Sponsored by the International Studies Program‚ Andrew Young School of Policy Studies‚ Georgia State University‚ Atlanta May 1- 3‚ 2002 Introduction The role of local owned revenues had been very small for a long period of time. In the past‚ almost ninety percent of total district’s revenue came from central government transfers and subsidies. Moreover‚ those transfers
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aware of at least the basics of financial plans which are revenue‚ cost and profit. These three things can make or break a company. Each of these things must be understood and considered before plans can be laid to create or better a company. Revenue is the amount a company receives (Marginal Revenue‚ 2009). If a company is in the business of sales‚ revenue is the amount of money the company receives per unit sold. Marginal revenue is the amount of money a company receives for the last unit
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