Interest Rates; Causes and Effects
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This 18 page paper examines careful the effects interest rates have on both a business and an economy directly and indirectly. The first part of the paper consider the effects of an interest rate change on a business, considering the direct impact on the companies own finances and the indirect effect due to the influence on its customers as well as the economy in general. The second part of the paper then considers the causes of interest rate changes and explains how the control of inflation may be seen as the principle use of interest rates as a controlling mechanism. This section also considers the role of supply and demand as well as the fisher effect on the economy and interest rates. The paper has been written with the Australian economy in mind, but can equally be applied to other economies. The bibliography cites 15 sources.
Filename: TEintrat.wps

Interest Rates’ Effect on the Larger Economy
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A 10 page paper discussing the role that interest rates play in progress of the economy. Interest rates fill a primary role in determining the path of the economy and the decisions of businesses and investors. The purpose here is to assess some of the ways that interest rates affect the national economy. In a shrinking or slowly-growing economy, businesses' abilities to grow are greatly reduced, and so investors are more cautious in the prices they are willing to pay for a share of stock. Also, higher interest rates make other types of investments more attractive and many investors will increase their holdings in bond markets while reducing those in the stock market. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KSeconIntRtEffect.rtf

International Free Trade, WTO and NAFTA
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An 8 page paper which examines international free trade, WTO, and NAFTA in regards to economic content. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: RAWTOfax.rtf

International Relations Book Review
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A 5 page review of 'Multinational Enterprise and Economic Analysis' by R.E. Caves. Explores how both small and large businesses play a role in shaping international relations and how technologies such as the Internet are important in this process. No additional sources cited.
Filename: BusrevE.wps

Inventory Cycles
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This 8 page paper explains what is meant by inventory cycles and looks at the way they can be studied in terms of the individual business or the economy as a whole. The writer explains both demand side and supply side theories. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
Filename: TEinvcyc.rtf

Investment Strategy and Price Determination
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The Expected Utility Hypothesis and Behavioral Approaches to Modeling Uncertainty A 9 page discussion of the numerous factors which enter into investment decisions and price determinations. Outlines the premises of the expected utility hypothesis and contrasts these premises to various investment behaviors and the basis behind those behaviors. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPexpUtl.wps

IS Schedule and Changing Economic Stability
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This 5 page paper provides an overview of two distinctly separate questions, one which outlines the view of the introduction of communication technology (information systems) and the implications through the view of a decision tree, and the second relates the link between aggregate supply and aggregate demand as they shape a view of economic shifts, employment and wages. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MHISWage.rtf

Is the Stolper-Samuelson Theorem Still Operational?
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A 7 page paper discussing unexpected wage movements in international trade. International trade theory says that as international trade increases, the wages of the unskilled labor of developing countries will rise, and to the detriment of the wages of skilled labor in rich countries. Not only has this not been the case in many instances, there are developing nations in which the pattern also has not held. The purpose here is to discuss the applicability of the Stolper-Samuelson Theorem to determine its continued usefulness. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSeconStolpSam.rtf

JAPANESE EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
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This paper examines the Japanese Employment System that was formed in the aftermath of World War II and its impact on the current Japanese economy. The essay examines the history of this system and how it is changing in response to the current recession in Japan. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: MTjapeco.rft

Jeffrey Madrick's 'The End of Affluence / The Causes and Consequences of America's Economic Dilemma'
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This 5 page report discusses the 1995 book written by economic reporter and financial editor Jeffrey Madrick. Bibliography lists one source.
Filename: Jmadrick.wps

Job Competition Model & Generating Inequality :
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A 12 page paper. More than 20 years ago, Lester Thurow attempted to investigate the distribution of income as it compared to education. His work resulted in his proposition of the Job Competition Model and the Wage Competition Model. This paper explains these models by discussing research conducted by contemporary investigators. One set of researchers used Thurow's work to explain the number of college graduates who are holding jobs not commensurate with their education. Through the studies discussed, the models proposed by Thurow are explained. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: PGjobcom.rtf

Job Opportunity verses Government Aid: Hypothetical Approaches for Improving the Economic Status of Female Heads of Household
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A 2 page analysis of two hypothetical approaches to improving the economic status of low income women and their dependents. Contrasts the benefits and disadvantages of one program providing higher levels of earned income credit and another which provides jobs and equitable wages for a predetermined period. Concludes that he second approach rewards a woman for working but at the same time there is a more immediate cap put on the time that she can benefit from such a program. The woman's work incentive, therefore, is not in the form of government subsidies but in the form of the realization that after three years she will be on her own to provide for the needs of her family. While it may seem like a harsher program in many ways, it is superior to the first in that the taxpayer is not left in the position of indefinitely having to support the families of others. No sources are listed.
Filename: PPecWelf.wps