emissions‚ reducing pollution and at the same time providing jobs to people. This kind of a design leads to the Green Economy which is a clean energy economy. It aims in providing: Renewable energy sources such as wind and solar energy and the efficient use of it. Green buildings which uses environment friendly and recyclable materials Recycling of waste-to-energy‚ recycling of water and it also encourages the production and marketing of cleaner technologies such as less power consuming fluorescent
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Energy conservation refers to reducing energy through using less of an energy service. Energy conservation differs from efficient energy use‚ which refers to using less energy for a constant service. For example‚ driving less is an example of energy conservation. Driving the same amount with a higher mileage vehicle is an example of energy efficiency. Energy conservation and efficiency are both energy reduction techniques. Even though energy conservation reduces energy services‚ it can result in
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Efficiency of Stock Market According to Andrei Shleifer‚ Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) does not require that every investor be fully rational‚ however‚ investor required to have rational expectations. Efficient market hypothesis has the following implications for investor: Rationality It assumes that investors act rationality. It means that everyone in the stock market will adjust their expectation on the stock price in a rational way after new information announced. Independent Deviations
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Petrus – An “efficient” shock therapy for criminalities? In the beginning of 1980s Jakarta was shocked with findings of the dead bodies in bags floating in the river. Most of the bodies were decorated with tattoos. Mass media at the time almost entirely featuring widely the discovery of the bodies with bullet holes on tattooed chest or head. Within a day‚ in various cities in Java‚ there were several other bodies found in state of tied hands or put in a sack‚ and left on display such as front
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building where maximum energy is used. An energy audit will pinpoint those areas and identify the most effective measures for cutting the energy costs. It is estimated that buildings could save 10-15 percent on their energy bills by implementing energy efficient
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lucrative business‚ the company will need to undergo drastic infrastructure modifications to offset the increasing utility costs associated with operating a company in Southern California and other high cost energy areas. Companies that implement energy-efficient measures outperform their competitors by as much as 10% (Flex Your Power‚ n.d.). The company is presently considering various restructuring options and renewable energy retrofits to ensure that it remains a profitable and successful company in the
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equipment at the consumer’s site or by having pricing options for the electricity that can fluctuate depending on time of use. One way that GE helps their customers is by offering a rebate or a low interest loan to pay for the extra cost of energy efficient actions. GE has also been involved with the market
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“The contribution of behavioural finance theory is said to be of critical importance in understanding investor behaviour in modern finance” INTRODUCTION According to Gregory Curtis (2004‚ pg 16)‚ Sometime we behave like perfect economic beings. But other times we behave like‚ well‚ human beings. We make decisions on the basis of biases that don’t reflect real world facts. We allow our responses to decisions to depend on how the questions are framed. We engage in complex mental accounting‚ ignoring
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dollar earned today is worth more than a dollar received a year from now. This is why we invest. Keown‚ A.J.‚ Martin‚ J.D.‚ & Titman‚ S. (2013). Financial Management: Principles and Applications (12th ed.). Upper Saddle River‚ NJ: Prentice Hall. Efficient market a market in which all the available information is fully incorporated into securities prices‚ and the returns investors will earn on their investments cannot be predicted. Investors respond to new information by buying and selling such
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Investment Advisors (RIA). Principle of DFA’s investment philosophy - Efficient markets DFA was founded on the premise on efficient market hypothesis (EMH) and that no one could consistently outperform the market. This passive approach to investments is contradictory to Wall Street where the belief is that through expert stock selection‚ one can out-maneuver the market. Since DFA believed that markets were efficient‚ their fees were lower than most actively managed funds but higher than pure
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