Please submit a 1-2 page paper on the following statement " write a reaction paper on what you believe is the most meaningful contribution of the African diaspora to the US or any region of the world" . Please support your arguments with evidence from academic sources.

1. Explain how academic research has influenced the development of accounting theories and the need for accounting information. Give examples.

2. Discuss the goals objectives of the conceptual framework of accounting.

3. What are the major disciplines that have influenced the development of accounting theory?

Since January of 2002, there has been a marked increase in the number of claims against these insurance policies. In response to these claims, the insurance companies have raised premiums. Consequently, the number of travelers selecting this insurance is decreasing, with customers choosing to bear the risk instead. Discuss why IEI is losing the customers, and how do we fix it without decreasing profits?

Barber and Odean, in their 2002 Journal of Finance paper entitled “Trading Is Hazardous to Your Wealth: The Common Stock Investment Performance of Individual Investors” state that:

“Our most dramatic empirical evidence supports the view that overconfidence leads to excessive trading. On one hand, there is very little difference in the gross performance of households that trade frequently (with monthly turnover in excess of 8.8 percent) and those that trade infrequently. In contrast, households that trade frequently earn a net annualized geometric mean return of 11.4 percent, and those that trade infrequently earn 18.5 percent.” Attempt to explain these findings using the behavioural finance theory.

"The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the Criminal Justice System" Please respond to the following: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires the chief executive officer and the chief financial Officer of public companies to personally certify annual and quarterly SEC filings. These certifications require the CEOs and CFOs to take responsibility for their companies’ financial statements. From the e-Activity, assess the importance of the criminal certifications and the civil certifications, and determine whether or not such certifications will be effective in reducing and detecting fraud in corporations. Fraud may be prosecuted criminally or civilly. Anytime the legal issue at hand involves money or fraudulent activity, forensic accountants and fraud examiners can play an important role in the investigation. Compare and contrast the remedies available in the civil and criminal justice system, indicating which system is most effective.

In 2002, 5.6% of people used marijuana.

This year, a company wishes to use their employment drug screening to test a claim. They take a simple random sample of 1719 job applicants and find that 83 individuals fail the drug test for marijuana. They want to test the claim that the proportion of the population failing the test is lower than 5.6%. Use .10 for the significance level. Round to three decimal places where appropriate.

Hypotheses: H o : p = 5.6 % H 1 : p < 5.6 %

Test Statistic: z =

Critical Value: z =

p-value:

Conclusion About the Null:

A) Reject the null hypothesis

B)Fail to reject the null hypothesis

Conclusion About the Claim:

A)There is sufficient evidence to support the claim that the proportion of the population failing the test is lower than 5.6%

B)There is NOT sufficient evidence to support the claim that the proportion of the population failing the test is lower than 5.6%

C)There is sufficient evidence to warrant rejection of the claim that the proportion of the population failing the test is lower than 5.6%

D)There is NOT sufficient evidence to warrant rejection of the claim that the proportion of the population failing the test is lower than 5.6%

Do the results of this hypothesis test suggest that fewer people use marijuana? Why or why not?

In 2002, Worldclass Lighting launched an initiative to introduce the balanced scorecard into the Asia Pacific and Greater China regions, in order to provide a new management tool for its lighting business covering four perspectives-financial, customer, process, and learning and growth. The balanced scorecard ran successfully for a period of time until implementation issues surfaced that undermined its benefits, such as unquantifiable measures in target setting and the over-measurement of indicators. In 2009, a plan to terminate the balanced scorecard was presented to the Asia Pacific Chief Executive Officer ("AP CEO"). The AP CEO must now make a decision about whether to continue using the balanced scorecard.

1.What was the value proposition for World Class to continue the balanced scorecard?

2. Assess and evaluate the scorecard in terms of economics of information properties.Using the properties of performance measures, explain which properties wereimplicated in the implementation and failure of the balanced scorecard.

Stars tdaded a whirpool to the rangers for a smaller whirpool on january 2, 2002:

Stars:

- Cost of whirpool and related ACC-Depreciation $ 850,000 (cost) $640,000

- Cash received from rangers $37,000

- FV of star's whirpool $270,000

Ranger's

-Cost of whirpool & ACC-Depreciation $930,000 (cost) & 630,000$

- Cash paid to Stars $37,000

- FV of rangers whirpool $233,000

1. my question is, what would be the journal entries to record the exchange of these assets for both companies. I want to see if my J.Entries are correct. Thank you!

An investor buys three shares of XYZ at the beginning of 2002 for $100 apiece. After one year, the share price has increased to $110 and he receives a dividend per share of $4. Right after receiving the dividend, he buys two additional shares at $110. After another year, the share price has dropped to $90, but the investor still receives a dividend per share of $4. Right after receiving the dividend, he sells one share at $90. After another year, the share price has gone up to $95, the investor receives a dividend per share of $4 and sells all shares at $95 immediately after receiving dividends.

3. What are the arithmetic and geometric average time-weighted rates of return and what is the dollar-weighted rate of return of the investor in the above example (for the dollar-weighted return assume that (i) the cash flows from dividends received at the end of a given year are based on the number of shares held at the beginning of that year, and (ii) cash flows from dividends occur on the same day as the cash flows from buying and selling shares)?

4. Why is the dollar-weighted average rate of return in the above example lower than the geometric average rate of return?

From business accounting audit class:
The Sarbanes - Oxley Act of 2002 was a response to accountants' failures to sound the alarm about financial misconduct at Enron Corp and the subsequent demise of its auditor. Do you believe that the provisions of Sarbanes - Oxley Act are effective in preventing another Enron scandal?

Briefly explain at least 2 aspects.