The Economic Impact of the President’s 2013 Budget April 2012 CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES Contents Overview How the Government’s Fiscal Policies Can Affect the Economy Fiscal Policies and Output in the Short Run Fiscal Policies and Output in the Long Run How the President’s Budgetary Proposals Would Affect the Economy Effects on the Economy Through 2017 Effects on the Economy After 2017 Economic Models and Results Estimated Economic Effects and Their Budgetary Implications Through 2017
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HUMAN AND SOCIAL CAPITAL BY: JOSEPH KIOKO REG. NO: D80/61281/2011 DATE: 05/06/2013 LECTURER: PROF. P. O. K’OBONYO Introduction and Definitions: Human capital is defined by the OECD (1998‚ p9) as “the knowledge‚ skills and competences and other attributes embodied in individuals that are relevant to economic activity.” While Duration of schooling and levels of qualification are the standard measures used to measure human capital the OECD itself
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Capital budgeting Making decisions having significant future benefits or costs for various entities and their stakeholders. Capital budgeting is the backbone of financial economics. Related topics in financial economics include: the time value of money‚ the meaning of net-present value‚ accounting concepts consistent with present-value calculations‚ discount rates‚ and option valuation techniques. In the public sector‚ the term is often exclusively associated with infrastructure investments
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CHAPTER 18 INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL BUDGETING SUGGESTED ANSWERS AND SOLUTIONS TO END-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS QUESTIONS 1. Why is capital budgeting analysis so important to the firm? Answer: The fundamental goal of the financial manager is to maximize shareholder wealth. Capital investments with positive NPV or APV contribute to shareholder wealth. Additionally‚ capital investments generally represent large expenditures relative to the value of the entire firm. These
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Corporate Finance and Investment 1. Define “Working Capital” Working Capital=Current Assets-Current Liabilities =Accounts Receivable + Inventory - Accounts Payable “Working capital is how much in liquid assets that a company has on hand. Working capital is needed to pay for planned and unexpected expenses‚ meet the short-term obligations of the business‚ and to build the business.” 2. Give concrete measures how w.c. can be optimized (receivable‚ inventories (JIT
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Union budget of India From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia The Union Budget of India‚ referred to as the Annual Financial Statement[1] in Article 112 of the Constitution of India‚ is the annual budget of the Republic of India‚ presented each year on the last working day of February by the Finance Minister of India in Parliament. The budget‚ which is presented by means of the Financial Bill and the Appropriation bill has to be passed by the House before it can come into effect on April 1‚ the start
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Question 1 A patent entitles the inventor of a new product to prevent others from selling‚ manufacturing‚ making‚ marketing or importing the patented product for a limited period of time. This can provide the patent holder with a monopoly position in the market for that product‚ which allows them to charge a higher price and achieve their expected returns (both tangible and intangible). Pharmaceutical companies used this strategy to maintain their market competitiveness and guarantee the returns
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Ameritrade’s Cost of Capital Harvard Case Study 1. What factors should Ameritrade management consider when evaluating the proposed advertising program and technology upgrades? Why? One factor that is significant and pertinent to this case is determining the cost of capital that should be employed for Ameritrade. An appropriate discount rate is required to derive the net present value of the advertising program and technology upgrades. With that said‚ estimating future cash flows
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Ability to develop‚ maintain and monitor a budget. For the past 6 years I helped develop and maintain the USPS Trade Show budget. This included creating spreadsheets to correlate their ROI and overall budget. I also owned a few companies over that past several years and created and maintained budgets as well. All of my businesses were successful and I was able to sell all of them when needed because I could provide that I had a business model and budgets that worked. 2. Ability to develop and maintain
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Management and Budget and Congressional Budget Office The Office of Management and Budget and the Congressional Budget Office play a huge role in the U.S Government. The Office of Management and Budget is a part of the Executive branch whereas the Congressional Budget Office falls into the legislative branch. These two agencies have different responsibilities and powers‚ which are used to help our country run smoothly in the financial aspect. The OMB was created in 1921 through the Budget and Accounting
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