ways to differentiate them from other industries and thus increasing its competitiveness. The form of environmental regulation used includes eco-taxation‚ emissions trading and pollution charges (Brueckner 2010‚ 85). Eco-taxes are also known as green taxes. This form of policy has been introduced in various countries. Emission trading is a market-based scheme that enables the polluters
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critical currents Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation Occasional Paper Series Carbon Trading How it works and why it fails no.7 November 2009 critical currents no.7 November 2009 Carbon Trading How it works and why it fails Tamra Gilbertson and Oscar Reyes Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation Uppsala 2009 The Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation pays tribute to the memory of the second Secretary General of the UN by searching for and examining workable alternatives for a socially and economically
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Aidoo in 1989‚ an attempt had been made in 1971 to set up the Accra Stock Exchange based on the recommendation of the 1989 Pearl Report. In spite of these efforts the stock markets never took off. However‚ before the operation of the GSE in 1990‚ trading in shares of some multinational companies in the mid 1970s was conducted over-the-counter by two non-bank financial institutions‚ namely National Trust Holdings Company and National Stockbrokers Limited (GSE Brochure‚ 1997). The GSE was incorporated
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FOREIGN TRADING SYSTEMDATE:SRSINTRODUCTION This project emphasizes about the Foreign Trade System which is an interface between the Accountholder and the market. In the initial phase details about the various currencies and the profit and loss of currency hold is collected PROBLEM STATEMENT: The practice of currency trading is also commonly referred to as foreign exchange‚ Forex or FX for short.All currency has a value relative to other currencies on the planet. Currency trading system uses
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Under Kyoto Protocol‚ Emission Trading Scheme has been set up for the purpose of reducing greenhouse gases. It allows emission rights to be traded between countries to help governments meeting the gas emissions reduction target (Evans‚ 2012). However‚ how to report the value of emission rights held by public and private sectors has been a stubborn question to accounting regulation setting board. This article consists of three parts‚ in the first part‚ Emission Trading Scheme will be simply explained
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sale of their firm’s stock‚ within two business days following the date of the trade. This information‚ once reported to the SEC‚ is subsequently made available to the public almost immediately‚ allowing outsiders to see exactly how insiders are trading. When insiders trade based on material non-public information and earn abnormal returns‚ it is a violation of the strong form of the Efficient Market Hypothesis‚ which itself is not backed by any significant empirical evidence. However‚ if outsiders
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High frequency trading According to Wikipedia‚ high frequency trading is a type of algorithmic trading which uses sophisticated technological tools and computer algorithms to rapidly trade securities. ! High frequency trading is a quantitative trading. It produces very small profits in each trade but huge profits when it has a large volume. The ability to process a large volume of information by computer contributes to HFT. Computerized quantitative models make all the decisions in a rapid
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Case 3: The Insider I. Brief Summary In 2011‚ a stock trader of a well-known investment firm along with two alleged accomplices was convicted of insider trading. The lawyers allegedly browsed around their law firm picking up information regarding corporate deals and would provide it to a person who would then pass the inside information to the trader. This information was then used by the trader for him to earn millions of dollars. Since the information came from the lawyers‚ the trader would thank
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Internet Stock Trading in India Work? Chandana Goswami presents articles focusing on managerial applications of management practices‚ theories‚ and concepts. Executive Summary KEY WORDS E-finance Online Trading Online Brokerage SEBI Internet trading started in India on 1st April 2000 with 79 members seeking permission to do so. Geojit Securities was the first to go online. On 1st .ebruary 2000‚ the National Stock Exchange (NSE) opened up the internet-based trading system for its members
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A REPORT ON A STUDY ON INVESTOR’S PERCEPTION TOWARDS ONLINE TRADING BY ANKEM LAKSHMI PRADEEP RELIGARE SECURITIES LTD MATS School of Business & IT BANGALORE 2006-2008 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: The satisfaction that is generated by the successful completion of a task would remain unfulfilled without mentioning people who have encouraged and guided at every step toward the completion of the task. I express my sincere thanks to Prof. NVH Krishnan and Prof. Udayachandra‚ Deans of MATS School
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