Dividend Policy and Firm Performance: Hotel REITs vs. Non-REIT Hotel Companies Executive Summary. This article investigates whether the greater reliance of real estate investment trusts (REITs) relative to non-REIT corporations on external equity financing suggests greater capital market discipline of REIT management‚ or greater access to capital‚ overpaying for assets‚ overbuilding and overinvestment. Our analysis is based on a sample of sixteen hotel REITs and fifty-one non-REIT hotel corporations
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BUOYANCY AND ELASTICITY: DETERMINANTS OF LOCAL TAX SYSTEM ’S PERFORMANCE By: Julhusin B. Jalisan Civil servants and priests‚ soldiers and ballet-dancers‚ schoolmasters and police constables‚ Greek museums and Gothic steeples‚ civil list and services listthe common seed within which all these fabulous beings slumber in embryo is taxation. Karl Marx Every citizen‚ whether young or old‚ wealthy or poor‚ property owners or property-less‚ pays taxes to help finance governmental functions
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0 BACKGROUND INFORMATION TO THE STUDY The study of profits is important not only because of the information it provides about the health of the economy in any given year‚ but also because profits are a key determinant of growth and employment in the medium-term. Changes in profitability are an important contributor to economic progress via the influence profits have on the investment and savings decisions of companies. This is because a rise in profits improves the cash
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of the Bush plan is to eliminate the taxes investors pay on dividend income. Currently‚ any money an investor receives when a stock she owns pays a dividend to its investors is added to her total income at tax time. So dividend income is treated the same way‚ and is taxed at the same rate‚ as income from working. If the Bush plan becomes law‚ dividend income will no longer be added to an investor’s total income. As a result the dividends become exempt from taxation. The exact details of the plan are
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DETERMINANTS OF STOCK PRICE FLUCTUATION IN NEPAL By GEETA SHRESTHA Shanker Dev Campus T.U. Regd. No. 7-2-38-2204-2001 Campus Roll No. : 289/061 A Thesis Submitted to: Office of the Dean Faculty of Management Tribhuvan University In partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree of Master’s in Business Studies (M.B.S) Kathmandu‚ Nepal February‚ 2009 RECOMMENDATION This is to certify that the Thesis Submitted by: GEETA SHRESTHA Entitled: DETERMINANTS OF STOCK PRICE FLUCTUATION
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India China - demographic dividend.txt Eye On: Demographics: India and China: Twin Stories of Progress? Posted by Adrienne Villani on September 24‚ 2010 This article was originally published in our new‚ redesigned fortnightly e-magazine. Sign up today! Three decades from now‚ China and India will have vastly divergent demographics. Demography underpins every segment of what is termed development – it drives the choices people make in their everyday lives‚ whether a country’s resources can sustain
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Social determinants of health are the circumstances in which people are born‚ developed‚ live and age‚ defined by The World Organization of Health (C. “Health equity‚” n.d‚ p.2). They include many factors such as financial and social status in regards to the situation in Attawapiskat. Financial problems stem from continuous improper use of funds and complete lack of documentation to support expenses. The scarcity of jobs creates an unemployed or almost‚ jobless economy and thus widens the margin
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The health of young people is determined by more than just biology and the lifestyle choices that each person makes. The health of individuals affected by a range of factors that have a positive and negative influences on health. There are four determinants of health these include; Individual‚ sociocultural‚ Socioeconomic‚ environmental. Individual Factors These factors are unique to each person‚ they are able to determine their level of health. knowledge and skills of a young individuals can have
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INTRODUCTION The concept of curriculum is as dynamic as the changes that occur in society. In its narrow sense‚ curriculum is viewed merely as a listing of subjects to be taught in school. In a broader sense‚ it refers to the total learning experiences of individuals not only in schools but in society as well. The first curriculum to be in existence was the saber tooth curriculum by Harold Benjamin in 1939 in the united states‚ which the young people were taught on how produce food‚ shelter and
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Marijuana is a popular and universal drug. It is easily accessible to most people and is the number one illicit drug used in North America. Although the availability and knowledge of this drug is fairly equal for all people in North America‚ marijuana tends to be more prevalent in teenagers and young adults. Maisto‚ Galizio‚ and Conners (2004) reported that "use of marijuana [in young people] was 8.0% among those aged 12-17; 16% among those aged 18-25‚" as compared to "6.8% among those aged 26-34;
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