Country Risk: Fiscal Policy and Public Debt
Course material - 6 pages - Economic politics
Governments refer to (elected) people who form the administrative body of a country. They are important because they take into account externalities and finance public goods (which the private sector would not want/manage to finance). Their objectives are : education, national defense, low...
The today health crisis poses the problem of its financing in large part by public debt - With the subprime crisis, how can the impact of such a cost be sustainable on the budget ?
Dissertation - 8 pages - International economy
According to an article published on April 28, 2020, in the newspaper Les Echos and written by Renaud Honoré, the current rate of French public debt is twice as high as that of the subprime crisis in 2008. In fact, we never reached these figures since the Second World War. European...
Future Opportunities, Threats, Challenges and Goals of the European Union
Essay - 4 pages - European union
The European Union is the largest and most successful political and economic union in the world, making it a key player. Research on the European Union focuses mainly on its construction, its functioning, the challenges and threats it faces. Our research aims to examine the responsibilities and...
Interpreting macroeconomic signals
Course material - 46 pages - Economy general
As an economist, what you need to forecast is not so much the end value of the economic indicators. Indeed, markets already have some believes and price in those expectations. What is important to forecast is what the markets are going to change their expectations and when this will occur. To be...
Estonia's Banking System Overview
Case study - 14 pages - Finance
This document is a PowerPoint presentation in which is given an overview of the Estonian banking system. The sector, news and events will be analyzed before providing a conclusion.
Applied Investment - Financial and Economic Context
Case study - 10 pages - Finance
Every single investor is interested in maximizing investment returns while simultaneously minimizing risk subjected to the investment. Consequently, investors prefer committing their resources in receptive economic systems free from uncertainties that may hamper their anticipated returns. In...
Initial public offering: MIC Electronics Ltd
Dissertation - 51 pages - Business strategy
Project IPO deals with initial public offering, or IPO, because it is the first sale of stock by a company to the public. A company can raise money by issuing either debt or equity. If the company has never issued equity to the public, it's known as an IPO. Broadly...
The American revolution: Case study in detail
Thesis - 17 pages - Modern history
In 1763, the Treaty of Versailles ended the Seven Years War between France and Spain against Great Britain. The victory of the latter (gain of French, Canada, of all the territories east of the Mississippi except New Orleans, and with Spanish, Florida) was certainly a matter of immense pride in...
The financial crisis: The need for a new system
Dissertation - 54 pages - Economy general
This thesis is about our (the world's) monetary and financial system. It starts by focusing on monetary creation, which is the basis of our financial system. After defining the monetary creation process, it is about its control, which has been transferred from the States to the Central Banks and...
Contemporary international finance and East Asian economic integration
Essay - 12 pages - Economy general
The “Current Account crisis” is a particular type of external debt crisis that affects mostly low-income developing countries. It is characterized by a huge deficit in the current account balance which provokes a Balance of payments deficit and a currency crisis. A current...
Competition between European football clubs
Dissertation - 37 pages - Management
In Europe, the economic competition is as fierce as the sporting competitions that engage among the professional football clubs, and this fight is somewhat uneven between very large European professional clubs and other smaller clubs. How can we explain the differences in competitiveness between...
The Privatization of France Telecom
Thesis - 10 pages - Business strategy
France Telecom experienced a period of profound transition between 2004 and the first half of 2005. The transition process was brought about via a change to the strategic plan with the success of Ambition FT 2005, marking the completion of the financial turnaround of the group and the...
A study on forex risk management
Tutorials/exercises - 48 pages - Finance
Forex markets have been described as continuous auction markets, and have clearing houses for the latest information about supply and demand. They are the meeting places of buyers and sellers of an ever-expanding list of currencies today includes like EUR, GBP and JPY etc. trading have also been...
Sample hardship letter
Sample letter - 1 pages - Management
This letter is to explain the current delinquent accounts that appear in my credit history. I am currently in the process of working with a credit repair agency to clear up some of these debts, because they do not belong to me. I do have three strong credit references that I have been...
Competition between European football clubs - published: 29/09/2010
Case study - 25 pages - Business strategy
In Europe, the economical competition is as relentless as the sport competition between professional football clubs and this fight is clearly unequal between the big and small clubs. How can we explain the competitive differences between the best French football club and the best clubs of the...
Strategic management of EDF - Electricité de France (in 2010)
Case study - 35 pages - Management
From production to distribution, Electricite de France (EDF) is one of the world's largest producers of electricity. Its story has naturally propelled the company as a leader on the French market through a monopoly related to nationalization. Indeed, the law of April 8, 1946 regarding the...
A snapshot of Portuguese economy
Case study - 1 pages - Business strategy
Portugal's banking and financial system is sound, competitive and well managed. Despite being not as large as other EU nations, the banking system in Portugal can be compared with other EU nations in terms of profitability, efficiency and solvency. The challenges for the banking system of...
Critical analysis for the Brazilian case
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
The Brazil felt a huge change in the economy after the Real Plan in 1994. The plan has changed the economic environment in Brazil to check the stability of the economy after a long period of high inflation. From this year on, we used two types of monetary policy: a fixed exchange rate until 1999,...
Public Service: The Australian Perspective
Tutorials/exercises - 4 pages - Political science
Public service, in the general context, refers to services which are aimed at addressing specific needs of a certain sect of the general public. In light of a government set up, such services are rendered by public government entities and agencies to the members of...
Indian financial market
Dissertation - 56 pages - Economy general
The function of financial market is to facilitate the transfer of funds, from surplus sector (lenders) to deficit sector (borrower). Normally householders have excess of funds or saving, which they lend to a borrower in the corporate and public sector. Whose requirement of funds far...
Performance of NBFC's in Indiabulls
Dissertation - 45 pages - Finance
Non-banking Financial Institutions carry out financing activities but their resources are not directly obtained from the savers as debt. Instead, these Institutions mobilize the public savings for rendering other financial services including investment. All such Institutions are...
The financial crisis and its consequences on the German financial system
Dissertation - 27 pages - Finance
The triggering element of the present financial crisis was the real-estate crisis in the United States. The crisis began with certain indifference in 2006, but then it reached its peak during the second semester of 2008. This was when we observed, day after day, a fall in prices of shares,...
How to deal with counterfeiting : North Korean counterfeiting of U.S. currency ?
Market study - 6 pages - Services marketing
Counterfeiting is the fact to reproduce or imitate something without being allowed. Today, counterfeiting means bad quality products in people's mind. Nowadays, all industrial markets are touched by this phenomenon : music, clothes, luxury, accessories… Moreover, counterfeiting is easier...
Although the basic accounting concepts define the assumptions underlying the preparation of financial statements and the process of preparation in the UK is well regulated, this does not entirely eliminate the need for judgements/estimations to be made by
Essay - 8 pages - Business strategy
The general purpose of financial reporting is to present information about specific company to investors or shareholders but also creditors, employees and tax authorities as well as the general public. The information is than to be used for decision making as well as planning in case of...
Management in the public sector
Course material - 10 pages - Management
In the public sector, business organizations do not exist to make profit but to provide services for the whole nation. The public sector is made up of organizations which are controlled by the government, the state or the local authorities. They can be divided into 3 categories: -...
How Did the Media Influence Spain's Journey to Democracy, Shape Public Perceptions, and Tackle the Challenges of Moving From Censorship to Independence?
Essay - 1 pages - Political science
The media's role in shaping public opinion during Spain's shift from dictatorship to democracy was powerful and profound. As the country moved away from Francisco Franco's authoritarian rule, media outlets—previously controlled by the state—suddenly became key players...
International Finance and Investment-The Greece Debt Crisis
Case study - 21 pages - Educational studies
Human fallibility ripped off Greece the dignity accorded to its rich history as the economy has been marred with endless conflicts, whose effects spreads beyond its national frontiers. The events revealing themselves in the Greece economy have caught the entire Eurozone in denials and bargains of...
The Euro Area Debt Crisis
Case study - 8 pages - Finance
Over the past decade, productivity in most economies, both in central and peripheral countries has doubled beyond the initial estimates. This has partly been the contribution of implementing robust investment tools and informed investor on maximizing returns.However, the implications of the...
European Sovereign Debt Crisis and its impact on financial markets and institutions
Essay - 5 pages - Finance
The European Sovereign Debt Crisis of was basically the failure of the Euro which was the monetary symbol that tied together 17 Countries across Europe (Arezki et. al, 2011). This therefore means that the start of all these is retraced back to the second world war in 1945. At this time...
The European union's development policy toward Africa
Essay - 5 pages - European union
On December 8th and 9th 2007 the summit of African and European leaders has hold in Lisbon. It is the second ever Summit between heads of states and governments from EU and Africa after the Cairo Summit in 2000. The 52 countries of the African Union, the 27 European member states, and the...
