Capital Structure Decisions: Which Factors Are Reliably Important? Murray Z. Frank and Vidhan K. Goyal∗ This paper examines the relative importance of many factors in the capital structure decisions of publicly traded American firms from 1950 to 2003. The most reliable factors for explaining market leverage are: median industry leverage (+ effect on leverage)‚ market-to-book assets ratio (−)‚ tangibility (+)‚ profits (−)‚ log of assets (+)‚ and expected inflation (+). In addition‚ we find
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Capital Punishment is defined as the legal authorization of killing a person as a punishment of a serious crime. This act has been around since the beginning of civilization‚ and even though the methods of punishment have changed throughout time‚ the idea is still the same. It is a way of punishing someone for a heavy offended crime. In this essay‚ I will discuss both sides of this ethical issue using the consequentialist theory. The C1 theory states that punishment as a response to crime is morally
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and Economics Available online at www.managementjournal.info RESEARCH ARTICLE An Empirical Analysis of Capital Structure on Firms’ Performance in Nigeria Taiwo Adewale Muritala* Department of Economics and Financial Studies‚ Fountain University Osogbo‚ Osun State‚ Nigeria. *Correspondence E-mail: muritaiwo@yahoo.com Abstract This paper examines the optimum level of capital structure through which a firm can increase its financial performance using annual data of ten firms spanning a five-year
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Isaac Degaetano & Thomas Abela Jacques Poot‚ Matthew Roskruge (2013). “ Internationalisation of Education and Returns in the Labour market” Education delivered in any given country undoubtedly contributes to human capital that is employed in another country. This could happen in the form of a person obtaining education in his/her home country and subsequently works abroad‚ or vice versa. A person may even seek to obtain the highest returns to education by both studying and working abroad. This paper
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Social Structure Theory Research Paper Benjamin Rodriguez Crime Theory and Causes 2041 May 8‚ 2013 The easiest way that I can explain social structure theory is by using examples from my own life. I grew up in the projects with my single drug addict mother and my little sister. From birth I was raised surrounded by drugs‚ violence‚ prostitution and many other crimes. My mom has never worked and we grew up on nothing but government aid. All these things were the perfect
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Running head: SOCIAL STRUCTURE THEORY PAPER 1 Social Structure Theory Paper Laquita Taylor Criminology 314 Instructor JP January 18‚ 2015 Running head: SOCIAL STRUCTURE THEORY PAPER 2 Introduction In this paper‚ I am going to discuss about the video of social structure theory‚ with covering the following topics. I will discuss how the video supports a social structure theory‚ the primary subject and the content‚ social issues discussed. Social structure is created by the distribution
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Theory of traditional Chinese social structure which is called the “Differential Mode” by professor Fei which comes from the blood differential‚ used in social relations. Among it‚ there is a basis for designated "community circle". This "community circle" not only from the overall pattern of differential mode which divided into "inner" and "outer ring". This closeness of the two most obvious‚ impact on people’s social interaction is very huge‚ but also evolved into a concept of culture‚ exists in
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The Impact of the Concept of “Tank (Wewa)-Stupa (Dagaba)‚ Village (Gama) - Temple (Pansala)” (TSVT) to an Integrated Tourism Promotion System: A study in Anuradhapura District‚ Sri Lanka Dayangana K T L U S a‚ Gamlath G R M b a Lecturer‚ Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management‚ Faculty of Management Studies‚ Rajarata University of Sri Lanka. udaya8199@gmail.com b Project Accountant‚ National Post Consumer Plastic Waste Management Project‚ Central Environmental Authority‚ Sri Lanka.
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UNIVERSAL AXLE COUNTER SYTEM 1.0 INTRODUCTION : 1. The track circuits are considered as the vital component of signaling system to achieve safety of train operations. Various Accident Enquiry Committees have recommended to bring more and more tracks under track circuiting to safeguard against reception of trains on occupied lines. The track circuiting could not achieved desired progress die to virtual scarcity of wooden sleepers‚ prohibitive costs and environmental consciousness in the country
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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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