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A modern corporate finance curriculum typically extends the one-stage Gordon (1962) dividend discount model into a multi-stage environment. In such instances, each regime of constant dividend growth defines a distinct stage. The rate of sustainable dividend growth in each stage is typically...
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The current financial crisis that threatens the entire world has created an ideal opportunity for educators. A number of important lessons can be learned from this financial meltdown. Some are technical and deal with the value of mathematical models and measuring risk. The most important lesson,...
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As economic educators part of our role is to communicate the importance of providing every student with a basic understanding of the principles of economics because economic fundamentals help students to develop the knowledge and skills they need to become productive citizens. However, despite...
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Purpose - The purpose of this study is to find out the awareness, attitude and career preference of commerce students (undergraduate (UG) and post-graduate (PG)) for the insurance industry in India. Design/methodology/approach - The data were collected from 800 commerce students (400 male...
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As shown by Tversky and Kahneman (1991), framing an outcome as a loss causes individuals to expend extra effort to avoid that outcome. Since classroom performance is a function of student effort in search of a higher grade, we seek to use loss aversion to encourage student effort. This field...
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The purpose of the paper is to demonstrate how a basic microeconomic framework can be enhanced and adapted to the analysis of market disruption, a la Christensen. It illustrates how the comparative static analysis of undergraduate microeconomics offers a credible and accessible path for...
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Italian Abstract: Nel caso di una filiera verticale di produzione in cui siano necessari forti investimenti di capitale fisso in qualche segmento ci si chiede quale sia la composizione di forme di mercato più efficiente dal punto di vista sociale (soluzione integrata del pianificatore sociale)...
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Italian Abstract: Dopo aver definito la differenziazione verticale come una caratterizzazione oggettiva della qualità che da luogo ad una indiscutibile utilità o produttività marginale crescente nella qualità, utilizzando il modello classico di Shaked e Sutton vengono determinati prezzi e...
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Italian Abstract: Vengono esposti i tradizionali modelli di oligopolio con bene omogeneo a mosse simultanee, sequenziali e colllusive, con variabile strategica quantità o prezzo. L'utilizzo di funzioni lineari permette di calcolare e comparare tutte le soluzioni
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Italian Abstract: Il classico problema di ottimizzazione del profitto di un'impresa in monopolio viene trattato in relazione ai rendimenti di scala. Da ciò scaturiscono naturalmente le implicazioni sul break-even point, sull'inadeguatezza del marginal pricing nei casi monopolio naturale, sui...
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