International Journal of Business‚ Economics and Law‚ Vol. 1 ISSN 2289-1552 2012 DETERMINANTS OF DIVIDEND POLICY: THE CASE OF VIETNAM Nguyen Thi Xuan Trang Accounting Department Da Nang University of Economics 71 Ngu Hanh Son Street‚ Ngu Hanh Son District‚ Da Nang City‚ Vietnam Email: trangatax@gmail.com ‚ Tel: (+84) 0 914 745 649 ABSTRACT There were several researchers who investigated dividend policy in developed countries like the USA (Chang and Rhee‚ 1990)‚ the UK (Al-Najjar
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References: 1. Stephen A. Ross‚ Randolph W.Westerfield "Modern Financial Management" 8th Edition2. W. Carl Kester‚ Richard S. Ruback‚ Peter Tufano "Case Problems in Finance" 12th Edition
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Health determinants can be divided into two categories: physical determinants and social determinants. These determinants are factors that contribute to a person’s overall state of health‚ and include biological‚ socioeconomic‚ psychological‚ social‚ and behavior factors. Typically‚ the physical determinants are broken down into biology and genetics‚ such as sex and age‚ individual behaviors‚ such as alcohol
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A social determinants of health is the economic and social conditions influencing the health of people and communities. Thus‚ affect by the amount of money‚ power and resources that people have‚ all influenced by policy choices (CDC‚ 2014). Furthermore‚ social determinants of health contribute to a person’s current health status‚ and whereas may be biological‚ socioeconomic‚ psychosocial‚ behavioral or social nature. Of these factors‚ five are well-recognized by majority of the populations: genes
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Cost of Capital Firms need to make capital investment i.e.‚ purchasing fixed assets such as factories‚ machineries‚ equipment‚ etc. After deciding what capital investments to make‚ they need to decide on the financing – sources of capital. The sources: Long-Term Debt‚ Common Stock‚ Preferred Stock and Retained Earnings. Then they need to find the cost of obtaining each source of financing today (not historical). Cost of Capital - The rate of return that a firm must earn on its investment
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2013 (http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/j/ijber) doi: 10.11648/j.ijber.20130206.13 Analysis of the determinants of trade balance: Case study of Tanzania Moses Joseph Shawa*‚ Yao Shen School of Economics‚ Shanghai University‚ Shanghai‚ China Email address: shamoses2002@yahoo.com(M. J. Shawa) To cite this article: Moses Joseph Shawa‚ Yao Shen. Analysis of the Determinants of Trade Balance: Case Study of Tanzania. International Journal of Business and Economics Researc. Vol. 2‚
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DETERMINANTS OF MODAL CHOICE FOR FREIGHT TRANSPORT: CONSEQUENCES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHORT-SEA SHIPPING BETWEEN SPAIN AND EUROPE María Feo-Valero a‚ Leandro García-Menéndez a‚ Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso b and Eva María Pérez-García a a Instituto de Economía Internacional. Universidad de Valencia. Spain b Instituto de Economía Internacional. Universidad Jaume I. Spain ABSTRACTi This paper presents a freight transport demand function consistent with the economic theory of modal choice in a
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A company’s capital structure is a very important component of a company’s financial health and longevity. The capital structure should maximize total net profit and overall shareholder wealth. An optimal proportion of equity and debt as a company’s capital structure is an indication of a well-managed and successful company and should be a goal for most corporations. Beverly Flax and Rick Rosenfield founded California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) in 1985 in Beverly Hills‚ California. It is a casual dining
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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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Cost of Capital Definition: cost of capital is the rate of return that a company must earn on its project investments to maintain its market value and attract funds. The cost of capital to a company is the minimum rate of return that is must earn on its investments in order to satisfy the various categories of investors‚ who have made investments in the form of shares ‚ debentures and loans. The cost of capital in operational terms refers to the discount rate that would be used in determining the
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