Indicators of efficiency and economic feasibility in two irrigatedfarms located in the Linares area (35º51' S. lat. and 71º35'W. long.), Maule Region, Chile, were estimated. The farms areassociated to PROLECHE S.A., an enterprise formed with financialsupport of the Development Corporation of...

Profitability and economic efficiency indicators of apple (Malusdomestica L.) cv. Gala production of a farm located in theLinares area (35°51' S lat, 71°35' W long), Maule Region,Chile, were estimated. Technical parameters of the orchard wereobtained from historical farm records for different...

This paper sets out to identify the correlation between the variations in spending and revenue as the investment progresses through time and the evolution of the financial discount rate and of the net present value; it also seeks a method for computing the probability of reaching a certain value....

In this article the author relates about the uncertainty of any proposed investment or government policies. Taking in account this situation, it is necessary to do an analysis of proposed projects for implementation and from multiple choices to choose the project that is most advantageous. This...

The students all over the world, many a times, encounter the question - Are education costs worth the degree? To answer this, Actuarial sciences major undergraduate degree at US based Ivy League University, in-state public university and out-of state public university was evaluated. Based upon...

Este es material de curso del libro Decisiones Empresariales bajo Riesgo e Incertidumbre. El nivel del libro es basico. Se usan muy pocas matematicas y puede ser usado por gerentes. En este segundo capitulo se tratan el concepto basico en finanzas: el valor del dinero en el tiempo. Un dola hoy...

Monetary aggregates are now much less used as policy instruments as identifying the right measure has become difficult and interest rate transmission has worked well in an increasingly complex financial system. In this process, little attention was paid to the potential spillover of excess...

The economic and financial crisis is affecting the fiscal accounts of virtually every country. Public sector support for the financial system, fiscal stimulus and the automatic stabilizers, as well as the revenue decline from the downturn in commodity and asset prices, are leading to sharp...

This paper examines the Argentine experience with GDP-indexed warrants in order to gauge the existence of a novelty premium on new financial instruments. It develops a Monte Carlo pricing exercise to calculate the expected net present value of payments, on the basis of various forecast...

Growth-indexed bonds have been suggested as a way of reducing the procyclicality of emerging-market countries' fiscal policies and the likelihood of costly debt crises. Investor attitude surveys suggest that pricing difficulties are seen as a considerable obstacle. In an effort to reduce such...