"The Banks: The Ongoing Battle for Control of Canada's Richest Business": A Review of the 1999 Book By Les Whittington:
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A 10 page overview of the book by financial journalist Les Whittington. Describes Whittington's exceptional ability to gather and regurgitate economic facts in a readable and extremely informative manner. Concentrates on the infrastructure of Canadian banks and the recent proposals for mergers. Details Whittington's concerns over these mergers, concerns which were evident as well in the governmental and public response to the proposals. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PPwhitng.wps

(The) Exchange Rate Regime
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A 15 page paper discussing issues concerning trade and the exchange rate regime in a rapidly-changing post-Communist world. Various sub-issues such as the effects of exchange rate-fixing are examined in depth. This research paper is significantly more complex than excrate2.wps (above) and should only be considered by those knowledgeable of advanced economics/finance issues. Bibliography lists 27 sources.
Filename: Excrater.wps

(The) G.D.P.
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5 pages on late 1995/early 1996 trends in the G.D.P. Interest rates, housing starts, retail, etc; are examined. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: GDP.wps

/E and Book to Price Ratio Calculations
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PThis 5 page paper uses data supplied by the student to calculate the price earnings ratio and the book to price ratio. The calculations are shown and the paper examines what may cause the ratio variations seen over the years. The bibliography cites 1 source.
Filename: TEPECalc.rtf