DEPRECIATION SCHEDULES AND EXPLANATIONS
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This 2.5-page paper focuses on discussion of forms of business depreciation(such as accelerated and straight-line) and describes the difference between book value and savage value. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MTdepdef.rtf

Deregulation Of The Electric Utility Industry
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7 pages in length. The time for electric utility deregulation has arrived. Welcomed after decades of tight monopoly, businesses and residential consumers alike are looking forward to the opportunity of choosing their own utility provider and enjoying decreased rates. There are drawbacks to the plan, however, as there usually are with most two-sided situations. The writer addresses the proposed deregulation and discusses how it will impact the public. Extensive bibliography included.
Filename: Dregu.wps

Developments in Third World Countries
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A 3 page research paper that examines how activism in the developed countries may eventually result in improvements within undeveloped third world countries. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: 993rdwor.rtf

Differences Between Fiscal Policy and Monetary Policy
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This 3 page report briefly discusses the relationships that exist between fiscal policy and monetary policy. It is easy to confuse the concepts of monetary policy and fiscal policy since both deal with the necessary economic realities of any public entity or organization. However, the fact remains that each serves a unique role in the overall establishment of an entity’s economic foundation. Bibliography lists one source.
Filename: BWfismon.wps

Dilemmas of the High-Tech Labor Market
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An 11 page paper discussing the problems organizations face in filling their high tech labor needs. Unemployment in the late 1990s has reached its lowest point in 28 years. It is difficult for any employer to find the right people to fill openings, but some observers claim that the shortage most greatly felt in the high tech industries even threaten continued local economic growth. Most organizations have Year 2000 concerns, but hiring for that reason represents only a small portion of current openings. Instead, more than half of all high tech openings have resulted from company growth, and more than half of those are in applications programming. The face of corporate operation is in flux and moving toward greater electronic dependency; corporate America has all it can do to keep up. Two charts. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: HTechLab.wps

Dirty Rotten Numbers – Article Review
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A 5 page synopsis of Andy Serwer's article of this title in Fortune Magazine. Serwer begins with an analogy to a scene in Charlotte's Web where the rat eats the garbage and thinks it is a feast but Americans can no longer digest the garbage being handed out in corporate financial reports. This essay captures Sewer's main points, including the Enron debacle being the catalyst for closer analysis of corporate financial reports. This essay ends with three questions accountants need to ask themselves. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: PGdrtrt.rtf

Disaster Bonds
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A 5 page paper that discusses the pros and cons of utilizing disaster bonds for insurers to provide a financial base in case of catastrophic disasters. In light of recent legislation in California requiring insurers to provide earthquake coverage, many companies are beginning to offer these bonds as a way to raise funds. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: Disabond.wps

Discrimination in the Mortgage Industry: The Root of Economic Inequality Between The Poor and Middle Classes
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A 5 page overview of the many discrepancies in the mortgage industry. Contends that there is blatant discrimination on the basis of race and income. Points out that home ownership is critical to economic mobility and suggests mechanisms for increasing home ownership among the nation's poor and thus improving their economic mobility. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPhousDs.wps

DIVIDEND POLICY
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This paper discusses dividend policy and how it pertains to value of the firm. The thesis is that dividend policy has no impact on firm valuation, and this paper supports the theory. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MTdivpol.rtf

Does Microsoft Indeed Have a Monopoly?
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A 5 page paper discussing whether Microsoft possesses monopolistic power or not. Microsoft has been found to have been practicing predatory behavior, and with good reason for the finding. The company has been shown to have actively sought to prevent market entry of would-be competitors and as viewing potential entrants as enemies to be quashed. It has been highly successful in each, not in terms of price control but in terms of distribution. Microsoft truly has become a monopolistic power, and has been for some time. The annotated bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: KSMSmonopoly.wps

Does Reducing Poverty Increase Economic Growth
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An 8 page paper that addresses the questions of whether poverty reduction increases economic growth and whether economic growth reduces poverty. The writer begins by quoting President Franklin Roosevelt who argued for a living wage. Other researchers are then cited with an overview of their conclusions. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PGpvecgr.rtf

Dole's 15% Tax Cut Plan
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An 8 page research paper on Dole's proposed 15% tax cut plan. The writer describes the plan, criticisms of the plan, how it resembles flat taxation and supply-side economics, and the possible effects of the plan on the economy. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Doletax.wps