Asset Impairment and Write-Downs
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A 3 page paper discussing the changes in asset valuation that were not possible under FAS 121 alone. FAS 142 and 144 simplify determination of asset impairment, and more easily include items such as goodwill and other intangibles. Rule changes more easily account for valuation changes in intangibles and goodwill, which were more difficult to value under FAS 121. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KSacctAssetImp.rtf

Asset Pricing Bubbles
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A 10 page paper discussing historical bubbles including the Dutch bulb craze, the South Sea Company in 1711 and South Florida real estate in the 1920s. The paper answers several questions regarding asset valuation, particularly in association with the fallout of the tech sector beginning in March 2000. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
Filename: KSeconBub.rtf

Asymmetrical Information; Testing for Adverse Selection in the Insurance Industry
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This 9 page paper considers how testing propositions involving information asymmetries is inherently difficult and discusses this in the context of the available evidence for the existence of adverse selection in insurance markets. The bibliography cites 8 sources.
Filename: TEadverse.rtf

AT&T and MCI
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This 10 page paper examines these two rival telecommunications companies. The paper includes information their past and present positions, finical data, a strategic analysis of their goals, boundaries and activity systems as well as considering the different markets in which they operate and how they are seeking to expand. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEattmci.wps

Atlantis' Supply of and Demand for Apartments
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A 4 page paper discussing a University of Phoenix simulation examining the principles of supply and demand through management of a company supplying higher-end apartments to the town of Atlantis. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: KSeconSupDemAp.rtf

Attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
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This 6 page paper looks at the different influences that will attract FDI, considering how and why they are influential, hoe governments can have a direct impact with policies and giving some examples of how and where different polices have been successful. The bibliography cites 7 sources.
Filename: TEFDIattra.rtf

Audit Risk
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This 3 page paper considers what it mean by audit risk from the perspective of the external auditor and consider how they would approach auditing from a risk basis. The paper includes consideration of the different types of audit risk. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
Filename: TEriskaudit.rtf