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This study attempts to determine the degree to which the state of the macroeconomy can be used to create a mutual fund investment strategy that consistently outperforms the S&P 500. By quantifying how systematic economic factors affect the relative performance of different fund strategies...
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 17).
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Revenue forecasting is one of the most critical and often difficult tasks in governmental budgeting. It is critical because it determines the parameters upon which the budget is based. It is difficult because many outside influences can impact revenue results and cause variances with the...
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The Grand Rapids industrial market started slow and steady in the first quarter of 2008 but made up for lost time during the remainder of the year. The vacancy rate decreased from 9.4 percent during the first quarter of 2008 to 7.5 percent at year-end. The consolidation, relocation, and...
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This paper evaluates the valuation accuracy of the price-earnings (P/E), the price-book (P/B) and a combined price-earnings and price-book (P/E-P/B) benchmark valuation methods. Performance of the benchmark valuation methods relies on the definition of comparable firms. In this paper, comparable...
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The goal of the emancipatory accounting project is to explore ways by which accounting can make social values a … fundamental part of the accounting process. Critical accounting scholars are challenged to discover ways that facilitate a broader … goals, this paper examines an intervention as an exploratory attempt to move emancipatory accounting out of the confines of …
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I explore the effect of accounting complexity on misreporting using a setting of revenue restatements. I measure …
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received by Notre Dame’s Professor of Accounting, Derek Parkin.Professor Parkin was formally recognised by the Institute of … locally and is a foundation member of the Global Accounting Alliance, a coalition of the world’s premier accounting bodies …
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descriptive study examines the accounting component of U.S. E.M.B.A. programs. Based on a national survey of E.M.B.A. programs …, the primary results are: (1) accounting is an important component of the E.M.B.A., generally comprising over 10 percent of … the curriculum; (2) accounting material is most often delivered through class discussion, case analysis and lecture, (3 …
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On August 17, 2010 the IASB and FASB published an Exposure Draft on leases. A new accounting model for leases which … leases although many do not capitalize all of these leases. The new accounting model for leases would be a challenge for … lessors' financial statement after the implementation of the new accounting model for leases. …
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