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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1. The sampling frequency of the following analog signal‚ s(t)=4 sin 150πt+2 cos 50πt should be‚ a) greater than 75Hz b) greater than 150Hz c) less than 150Hz d) greater than 50Hz 2. Which of the following signal is the example for deterministic signal? a) Step b) Ramp c) Exponential d) All of the above 3. For energy signals a) The energy will be finite and power will be infinite b) The energy will be finite and power will be zero c) The energy will be zero and power will be infinite d) Both energy
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Introduction: In this study‚ potential pros and cons are considered to determine the proper rating scheme for Active Component (AC) Career Counselors within an organization. Currently‚ Career Counselors are rated by either the Senior Career Counselor in an organization or the Command Sergeant Major. The Senior Rater would either be the Command Sergeant Major (CSM) of the organization the Career Counselor assigned to or the Commander. A Command Career Counselor is assigned at a majority of installations
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Name(s): Cruz Victor Sandoval III Date: 11/26/2012 Per: 07 Credit and Debt Complete each sentence by typing the correct word in the space provided. credit credit bureau credit rating collateral finance charges annual percentage rate Truth in Lending laws 1. If you use your car as _collateral___ (property used to secure a loan)‚ and you do not pay the loan back‚ the creditor has the right to repossess your car. 2. When a bank extends you _credit___‚ it
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Experiencing MIS‚ 3e (Kroenke) Chapter 12: Information Security Management Multiple Choice 1) Which of the following is an example of a security threat resulting from malicious human activity? A) an employee who misunderstands operating procedures B) an employee who accidentally deletes customer records C) an employee who inadvertently installs an old database on top of the current one D) an employee who intentionally destroys data or other system components Answer: D Page Ref: 282 Difficulty:
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[pic] [pic] 1.1 Background of the problem: Banking concept has been evolved since the rapid development of information technology. Nowadays almost all over the world‚ retail banking concept is well-orchestrated name which has indeed added a new feather to the gamete of banking lexicon. The introduction of retail banking in Bangladesh has led the banking industry to the doorstep of embryonic prospects and potentials. Consequently‚ several local and foreign banks came
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of life‚ and sustainable development of society. A complete public governance system with all its strengths will help to build a great and potential culture and society. Like public governance‚ corporate governance is governance of affairs of a company by its stakeholders. As public governance is people’s democracy‚ corporate governance is stakeholders’ democracy. Corporate governance looks at the complete governance of corporations from their very beginning in entrepreneurship‚ through their governance
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question. ____ 1. Which of the following statements does not describe force? a. Force causes objects at rest to remain stationary. b. Force causes objects to start moving. c. Force causes objects to stop moving. d. Force causes objects to change direction. ____ 2. Which of the following forces arises from direct physical contact between two objects? a. gravitational force c. contact force b. fundamental force d. field force ____ 3. A newton is equivalent to which of the following quantities? a. kg
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•Presidential approval ratings fluctuate over the course of each presidential administration. –A. Identify two factors that decrease presidential approval ratings‚ and explain why each factor has that effect. –B. Identify two factors that decrease presidential approval ratings‚ and explain why each factor has that effect. 2003 AP US Government & Politics FRQs 2 Loading... Essential Questions •What factors increase and decrease presidential approval ratings? •How or why do these factors change presidential
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The problems right now is that ESRB is not strong enough. ESRB should be more restrictive in rating violent video games. According to Whiting‚ the ESRB’s decision to start hiring new gamer raters instead of non-gamer raters because “Previously‚ the ESRB’s hiring policy has been to avoid recruiting from the ranks of actual gamers‚ the theory being that people soaked in game culture and aesthetics might not be the best judges of character when it came to what’s appropriate for little Johnny”. Often
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