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Property Valuation: The Five Methods
by Sylvia Osborn Douglas ScarrettThe third edition of Property Valuation: The Five Methods introduces students to the fundamental principles of property valuation theory by means of clear explanation and worked examples. An ideal text for those new to the subject, the book provides 1st year undergraduate students with a working knowledge and understanding of the five methods of valuation and the ways in which they are interlinked.In this fully revised edition, the new author team have: restructured the chapters to ensure a more logical order outlined the economic theory of value and the rules and constraints under which a valuer works provided detailed consideration of each of the five recognised approaches placed a larger emphasis on the Discounted Cash Flow approach These revisions are all written in the concise and accessible style which has made previous editions of the book so successful. The new edition of this textbook will be essential reading for undergraduates on all property, real estate, planning and built environment courses.
Property and Finance on the Post-Brexit London Stage: We Want What You Have
by Michael MeeuwisA guide to the contemporary London stage as well as an argument about its future, the book walks readers through the city’s performance spaces following the Brexit vote. Austerity-era London theatre is suffused with the belief that private ownership defines full citizenship, its perspective narrowing to what an affluent audience might find relatable. From pub theatres to the National, Michael Meeuwis reveals how what gets put on in London interacts with the daily life of the neighbourhoods in which they are set. This study addresses global theatregoers, as well as students and scholars across theatre and performance studies—particularly those interested in UK culture after Brexit, urban geography, class, and theatrical economics.
Property and Liability Insurance Entities 2019 (AICPA Audit and Accounting Guide)
by AICPAStay up−to−date on current GAAP and statutory accounting and audit guidance for property and liability insurance entities. This guide provides a good grounding on the industry, its products and regulatory issues, and the related transaction cycles that a property and liability insurance entity is involved with. Relevant guidance contained in standards issued through September 1, 2019, is covered, including the following: FASB ASU No. 2017−12, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities SSAP No. 26R, Bonds SSAP No. 43R, Loan-backed and Structured Securities SSAP No. 97, Investments in Subsidiary, Controlled and Affiliated Entities Revised for SSAP No. 101, Income Taxes, and NAIC INT 18−03, Additional Elements Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Key topics covered: Understand current GAAP and statutory accounting for property and liability insurance entities. Get authoritative accounting and auditing guidance applicable to property and liability Understand current GAAP and statutory accounting for property and liability insurance entities. Get authoritative accounting and auditing guidance applicable to property and liability insurance entities. Properly develop an audit plan for auditing loss reserves. Easily educate your staff on property and liability insurance.
Property and Political Order in Africa
by Catherine BooneIn sub-Saharan Africa, property relationships around land and access to natural resources vary across localities, districts and farming regions. These differences produce patterned variations in relationships between individuals, communities and the state. This book captures these patterns in an analysis of structure and variation in rural land tenure regimes. In most farming areas, state authority is deeply embedded in land regimes, drawing farmers, ethnic insiders and outsiders, lineages, villages and communities into direct and indirect relationships with political authorities at different levels of the state apparatus. The analysis shows how property institutions - institutions that define political authority and hierarchy around land - shape dynamics of great interest to scholars of politics, including the dynamics of land-related competition and conflict, territorial conflict, patron-client relations, electoral cleavage and mobilization, ethnic politics, rural rebellion, and the localization and 'nationalization' of political competition.
Property and Prophets: The Evolution of Economic Institutions and Ideologies
by E. K. Hunt"Property and Prophets" is a concise history of the rise and subsequent triumph of capitalism. Focused primarily on England until 1800 and the United States since 1800, the book's economic history is interspersed with the history of ideas that evolved along with the capitalist system.
Property for Life: Using Property to Plan Your Financial Future
by Mark Armstrong David JohnstonProperty for Life is an essential guide to the property and finance decisions that Australian homebuyers and investors face throughout the various ages and stages of their lives. Property for Life is the story of Jim and Jane and their property decisions. The book follows them as they buy their first property, have a family, upgrade to a new home, buy an investment property, downsize to a lower maintenance home when their children leave the nest and finally use property as a source of income in their retirement years. As Jim and Jane reach the various property milestones in their lives, the investing principles and general property and financial options available and the pros and cons of these are covered. Issues covered include: saving for a deposit securing a mortgage mortgage insurance researching the market scouting the market negotiating the purchase preparing your home for sale developing an investment strategy reducing debt tax effective investment asset protection maximising cashflow planning for retirement dealing with life changes eg having children, working for yourself Through Jim and Jane's story, Property for Life brings a human dimension to property investing that other books lack. Regardless of whether you are part of a couple, or what age and stage you are at in your life, all readers will be able to identify with Jim and Jane's situation and draw knowledge for their own property investing journey.
Property vs Shares
by Peter Koulizos Zac ZachariaA comparison of property versus shares and how to find the right mix for a profitable portfolioAlmost every investor eventually considers the question: which is the better investment, property or shares? The answer isn't as simple as one or the other, since both asset classes offer different benefits and risks. And if the best answer is a mix of the two, how do you strike the right balance for sustained returns? This book takes an unbiased look at these two asset classes, explaining the risks and benefits of each, dispelling stubborn myths, and giving you the facts you need to find what's best for you and your portfolio. Offering a point-by-point comparison of shares versus property, this easy-to-read guide argues that a combined strategy is smartest and safest for most investors. It then goes on to give you the information you need to tailor your portfolio to your own level of acceptable risk versus desired reward.Offers a simple, in-depth side-by-side comparison of the two most vital asset classes in any portfolioPeter Koulizos is a popular speaker and commentator on property investing and the author of The Property Professor's Top Australian SuburbsZac Zacharia is founder and managing director of financial services company, The Centra Wealth Group, and is a lecturer in share investment, a regular speaker and media contributorIncludes helpful tips on what and when to buy, as well as how to avoid both property and share scamsEvery portfolio should be different, depending on your own individual goals and needs. With this handy guide, you can find the right mix of assets to achieve healthy and consistent returns.
Property, Institutions, and Social Stratification in Africa (Cambridge Studies in Stratification Economics: Economics and Social Identity)
by Franklin Obeng-OdoomIn this book, Franklin Obeng-Odoom seeks to carefully explain, engage, and systematically question the existing explanations of inequalities within Africa and between Africa and the rest of the world using insights from the emerging field of stratification economics. Drawing on multiple sources - including archival and historical material and a wide range of survey data - he develops a distinctive approach that combines key concepts in original institutional economics, such as reasonable value, property, and the distribution of wealth, with other insights into Africa's development and underdevelopment. While looking at the Africa-wide situation, Obeng-Odoom also analyzes the experiences of inequalities within specific countries. Comprehensive and engaging, Property, Institutions, and Social Stratification in Africa is a useful resource for teaching and research on Africa and the Global South.
Property, Place and Piracy (Routledge Complex Real Property Rights Series)
by Martin Fredriksson James ArvanitakisThis book takes the concept of piracy as a starting point to discuss the instability of property as a social construction and how this is spatially situated. Piracy is understood as acts and practices that emerge in zones where the construction and definition of property is ambiguous. Media piracy is a frequently used example where file-sharers and copyright holders argue whether culture and information is a common resource to be freely shared or property to be protected. This book highlights that this is not a dilemma unique to immaterial resources: concepts such as property, ownership and the rights of use are just as diffuse when it comes to spatial resources such as land, water, air or urban space. By structuring the book around this heterogeneous understanding of piracy as an analytical perspective, the editors and contributors advance a trans-disciplinary and multi-theoretical approach to place and property. In doing so, the book moves from theoretical discussions on commons and property to empirical cases concerning access to and appropriation of land, natural and cultural resources. The chapters cover areas such as maritime piracy, the philosophical and legal foundations of property rights, mining and land rights, biopiracy and traditional knowledge, indigenous rights, colonization of space, military expansionism and the enclosure of urban space. This book is essential reading for a variety of disciplines including indigenous studies, cultural studies, geography, political economy, law, environmental studies and all readers concerned with piracy and the ambiguity of property.
Property, Power and the Growth of Towns: Enterprise and Urban Development,1100-1500 (Routledge Explorations in Economic History)
by Mark Casson Catherine CassonLocal enterprise, institutional quality and strategic location were of central importance in the growth of medieval towns. This book, comprising a study of 112 English towns, emphasises these key factors. Downstream locations on major rivers attracted international trade, and thereby stimulated the local processing of imports and exports, while the early establishment of richly endowed religious institutions funnelled agricultural rental income into a town, where it was spent on luxury goods produced by local craftsmen and artisans, and on expensive, long-running building schemes. Local entrepreneurs who recognised the economic potential of a town developed residential suburbs which attracted wealthy residents. Meanwhile town authorities invested in the building and maintenance of bridges, gates, walls and ditches, often with financial support from wealthy residents. Royal lordship was also an advantage to a town, as it gave the town authorities direct access to the king and bypassed local power-brokers such as bishops and earls. The legacy of medieval investment remains visible today in the streets of important towns. Drawing on rentals, deeds and surveys, this book also examines in detail the topography of seven key medieval towns: Bristol, Gloucester, Coventry, Cambridge, Birmingham, Shrewsbury and Hull. In each case, surviving records identify the location and value of urban properties, and their owners and tenants. Using statistical techniques, previously applied only to the early modern and modern periods, the book analyses the impact of location and type of property on property values. It shows that features of the modern property market, including spatial autocorrelation, were present in the middle ages. Property hot-spots of high rents are also identified; the most valuable properties were those situated between the market and other focal points such transport hubs and religious centres, convenient for both, but remote from noise and pollution. This book takes an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on expertise from the disciplines of economics and history. It will be of interest to historians and to social scientists looking for a long-run perspective on urban development.
Property, Predation, and Protection
by Stanislav MarkusWhat threatens the property rights of business owners - and what makes these rights secure? This book transcends the conventional diagnosis of the issue in modern developing countries by moving beyond expropriation by the state ruler or by petty bureaucratic corruption. It identifies "agent predation" as a novel threat type, showing it to be particularly widespread and detrimental. The book also questions the orthodox prescription: institutionalized state commitment cannot secure property rights against agent predation. Instead, this volume argues that business actors can hold the predatory state agents accountable through firm-level alliances with foreign actors, labor, and local communities. Beyond securing ownership, such alliances promote rule of law in a rent-seeking society. Taking Russia and Ukraine between 2000 and 2012 as its empirical focus, the book advances these arguments by drawing on more than 150 qualitative interviews with business owners, policy makers, and bureaucrats, as well as an original large-N survey of firms.
Prophetic Activism: Progressive Religious Justice Movements in Contemporary America (Religion and Social Transformation #2)
by Helene Slessarev-JamirWhile the links between conservative Christians and politics have been drawn strongly in recent years, coming to embody what many think of as religious activism, the profoundly religious nature of community organizing and other more left-leaning justice work has been largely overlooked. Prophetic Activism is the first broad comparative examination of progressive religious activism in the United States. Set up as a counter-narrative to religious conservatism, the book offers readers a deeper understanding of the richness and diversity of contemporary religious activism.Helene Slessarev-Jamir offers five case studies of major progressive religious justice movements that have their roots in liberative interpretations of Scripture: congregational community organizing; worker justice; immigrant rights work; peace-making and reconciliation; and global anti-poverty and debt relief. Drawing on intensive interviews with activists at all levels of this work—from pastors and congregational leaders to local organizers and the executive directors of the national networks—she uncovers the ways in which they construct an ethical framework for their work. In addition to looking at predominantly Christian organizations, the book also highlights the growth of progressive activism among Jews, Muslims, and Buddhists who are engaged in reinterpreting their religious texts to support new forms of activism. Religion and Social Transformation series
Prophetic City: Houston on the Cusp of a Changing America
by Stephen L. KlinebergSociologist Stephen Klineberg presents fascinating and groundbreaking research that shows how the city of Houston has emerged as a microcosm for America&’s future—based on an unprecedented thirty-eight-year study of its changing economic, demographic, and cultural landscapes.Houston, Texas, long thought of as a traditionally blue-collar black/white southern city, has transformed into one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse metro areas in the nation, surpassing even New York by some measures. With a diversifying economy and large numbers of both highly-skilled technical jobs in engineering and medicine and low-skilled minimum-wage jobs in construction, restaurant work, and personal services, Houston has become a magnet for the new divergent streams of immigration that are transforming America in the 21st century. And thanks to an annual systematic survey conducted over the past thirty-eight years, the ongoing changes in attitudes, beliefs, and life experiences have been measured and studied, creating a compelling data-driven map of the challenges and opportunities that are facing Houston and the rest of the country. In Prophetic City, we&’ll meet some of the new Americans, including a family who moved to Houston from Mexico in the early 1980s and is still trying to find work that pays more than poverty wages. There&’s a young man born to highly-educated Indian parents in an affluent Houston suburb who grows up to become a doctor in the world&’s largest medical complex, as well as a white man who struggles with being prematurely pushed out of the workforce when his company downsizes. This timely and groundbreaking book tracks the progress of an American city like never before. Houston is at the center of the rapid changes that have redefined the nature of American society itself in the new century. Houston is where, for better or worse, we can see the American future emerging.
Proposal Writing for Business Research Projects (Routledge Focus on Business and Management)
by Peter SamuelsThis book helps students with the initial phases of their business research project, offering a clear step-by-step approach from defining aims and research questions through to conducting literature reviews and writing a methodology. Features to aid learning include chapter objectives, plentiful real-life examples to demonstrate good practice, exercises to apply the concepts and further reading for proactive investigation. A self-contained guide to every stage of writing an effective business research proposal, this text should be recommended reading for all advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students studying Business Research Methods and embarking on a research project of their own.
Proposing to Redesign a Global Investment Bank
by David G. FubiniA major, NYC-based, global investment bank is looking to rethink its Systems strategy amid a rapidly evolving digital landscape. Your firm has served the client across most of its major geographies on a range of substantial Systems and IT efforts, but is facing competition from two other leading firms who have also supported the client. As you work to develop a proposal, your firm must balance voices from a number of Senior Partners, each of whom has supported the client and has a unique perspective, incorporate the right specialists with technical expertise, and chart a way forward. How should your firm organize to win the work?
Propriety and Prosperity
by Leslie Marsh David F. HardwickThis book is a collection of specially commissioned chapters from philosophers, economists, and political scientists, focusing on Adam Smith's two main works Theory of Moral Sentiments and Wealth of Nations with a view to bringing Smith to a mainstream philosophy audience while simultaneously informing Smith's traditional constituency.
Propuestas del Bicentenario: Rutas para el desarrollo institucional
by Videnza ConsultoresVidenza Instituto presenta Propuestas del Bicentenario: Rutas para el desarrollo institucional, un libro cuyo foco está en cómo mejorar la institucionalidad de los sectores público y privado, y en cómo lograr poner al ciudadano en el centro de la toma de decisiones. Las crisis económica y política que persisten en el Perú pospandemia reflejan un Estado que ha dejado de funcionar con eficencia y eficacia. De no implementarse cambios estructurales, este contexto presagia una mayor precarización de la calidad de vida de la población.Propuestas del Bicentenario: Rutas para el desarrollo institucional propone medidas para fortalecer el Estado y atender las necesidades básicas de todos. Su foco está en cómo mejorar la institucionalidad de los sectores público y privado, y en cómo lograr poner al ciudadano en el centro de la toma de decisiones. Este libro reúne a un destacado grupo de expertos que plantean las estrategias y reformas institucionales que el Perú requiere. Abordan temas tan apremiantes como la lucha contra la corrupción, la necesidad de una reforma política y la implementación de un régimen meritocrático en la administración pública. Igualmente, se abordan los requerimientos por establecer un sistema nacional de salud que solucione las necesidades del ciudadano, un servicio de educación moderno y centrado en el estudiante, el uso correcto de los recursos hídricos y cómo mejorar los niveles de seguridad ciudadana ante el aumento de la delincuencia.
Propuestas del bicentenario: Rutas para el desarrollo regional
by Videnza ConsultoresVidenza Consultores presenta su segundo tomo de Propuestas del Bicentenario con la absoluta certeza de que el desarrollo regional es el gran reto del Estado peruano Con la absoluta certeza de que el desarrollo económico en cada una de las regiones del país es el gran reto del Estado peruano, Videnza Consultores presenta el segundo tomo de Propuestas del Bicentenario. En Propuestas del Bicentenario: Rutas para el desarrollo regional, un grupo de especialistas, con amplia experiencia en la gestión pública, despliega un conjunto de estrategias y soluciones que contribuyan a generar oportunidades de crecimiento de forma más homogénea en el territorio nacional. Para ello, se identifican y analizan algunos de los principales factores transversales requeridos para promover el avance económico y la inversión pública y privada en las regiones: descentralización, conectividad física y digital, viabilidad social, desarrollo productivo del ámbito minero, agricultor y forestal, entre otros. Asimismo, se estudian casos exitosos que, en su mayoría, conviven con otras experiencias que parecen haberse detenido en el tiempo. En un contexto en el que la pandemia, la corrupción y la inestabilidad institucional han agudizado la crisis en el país, este libro ofrece alternativas viables y esperanzadoras que permiten romper las barreras de crecimiento de las regiones, con el fin de mejorar la calidad de vida de todos los peruanos.
Pros and Cons of China and the Chinese in Africa
by Sabella Ogbobode AbiddeThis volume offers a critical evaluation of China&’s programs and projects on the African continent, zooming in on: (a) whether China is preying on states and societies on the continent or, if indeed, she is a benevolent partner on the continent; (b) whether many of the projects are undeniably integral to the growth and development of the continent, or are mostly white elephant projects; (c) examine the cost-benefit of China&’s involvement on the continent economic and political space; and (d) why Euro-America countries complain about the role and place of China in Africa? Bringing together mostly African scholars, the research underlines the key pros and cons of China and the Chinese involvement in the continent.
Prosecuting Political Violence: Collaborative Research and Method (Political Violence)
by Michael LoadenthalThis volume unpacks the multidimensional realities of political violence, and how these crimes are dealt with throughout the US judicial system, using a mixed methods approach. The work seeks to challenge the often-noted problems with mainstream terrorism research, namely an overreliance on secondary sources, a scarcity of data-driven analyses, and a tendency for authors not to work collaboratively. This volume inverts these challenges, situating itself within primary-source materials, empirically studied through collaborative, inter-generational (statistical) analysis. Through a focused exploration of how these crimes are influenced by gender, ethnicity, ideology, tactical choice, geography, and citizenship, the chapters offered here represent scholarship from a pool of more than sixty authors. Utilizing a variety of quantitative and qualitative methods, including regression and other forms of statistical analysis, Grounded Theory, Qualitative Comparative Analysis, Corpus Linguistics, and Discourse Analysis, the researchers in this book explore not only the subject of political violence and the law but also the craft of research. In bringing together these emerging voices, this volume seeks to challenge expertism, while privileging the empirical. This book will be of much interest to students of terrorism and political violence, criminology, and US politics.
Prosecutors and Democracy: A Cross-National Study (ASCL Studies in Comparative Law)
by Máximo Langer Sklansky David AlanFocusing squarely on the relationship between prosecutors and democracy, this volume throws light on key questions about prosecutors and what role they should play in a democracy. Internationally distinguished scholars discuss how prosecutors can strengthen democracy, how they can undermine it, and why it has proven so challenging to hold prosecutors accountable while insulating them from politics. Drawing on experiences from the United States, the UK and continental Europe, the contributors show how different legal systems have addressed that challenge in very different ways. Comparing and contrasting those strategies allows us to assess their relative strengths - and to gain a richer understanding of the contested connections between law and democratic politics. Chapters are in explicit conversation with each other, showing how each author's perspective informs, or differs from, that of the others. This is an ideal resource for legal scholars and reformers, political philosophers, and social scientists.
Prosecutors in the Boardroom: Using Criminal Law to Regulate Corporate Conduct
by Rachel E. Barkow Anthony S. BarkowWho should police corporate misconduct and how should it be policed? In recent years, the Department of Justice has resolved investigations of dozens of Fortune 500 companies via deferred prosecution agreements and non-prosecution agreements, where, instead of facing criminal charges, these companies become regulated by outside agencies. Increasingly, the threat of prosecution and such prosecution agreements is being used to regulate corporate behavior. This practice has been sharply criticized on numerous fronts: agreements are too lenient, there is too little oversight of these agreements, and, perhaps most important, the criminal prosecutors doing the regulating aren’t subject to the same checks and balances that civil regulatory agencies are. Prosecutors in the Boardroom explores the questions raised by this practice by compiling the insights of the leading lights in the field, including criminal law professors who specialize in the field of corporate criminal liability and criminal law, a top economist at the SEC who studies corporate wrongdoing, and a leading expert on the use of monitors in criminal law. The essays in this volume move beyond criticisms of the practice to closely examine exactly how regulation by prosecutors works. Broadly, the contributors consider who should police corporate misconduct and how it should be policed, and in conclusion offer a policy blueprint of best practices for federal and state prosecution.Contributors: Cindy R. Alexander, Jennifer Arlen, Anthony S. Barkow, Rachel E. Barkow, Sara Sun Beale, Samuel W. Buell, Mark A. Cohen, Mariano-Florentino Cuellar, Richard A. Epstein, Brandon L. Garrett, Lisa Kern Griffin, and Vikramaditya Khanna
Prospect Research for Fundraisers
by Helen E. Brown Jennifer J. FillaEssential tools for implementing right-sized prospect research techniques that help nonprofit organizations reach their fundraising goalsWritten especially for front-line fundraisers, Prospect Research for Fundraisers presents a practical understanding of prospect research, prospect management, and fundraising analytics, demonstrating how research can be used to raise more money. Filled with examples, case studies, interviews, and stories, this unique book is structured around the fundraising cycle and illustrates the myriad of current and ever-changing prospect research tools and techniques available to boost an organization's fundraising effectiveness. From essential overviews to how-to-search skills, this practical book gives development officers the tools to understand how to use prospect research in ways that best fit their goals for each stage of the fundraising cycle.Provides practical insight to understand the best use of each prospect research tool and techniqueFeatures a companion website with a variety of online tools to help readers implement key conceptsPart of the AFP Fund Development SeriesProspect Research for Fundraisers provides fundraisers with an understanding of what prospect research is and which resources are available to small organizations that have limited internal capacity, medium-sized organizations building capacity, and large organizations wanting to maximize their strengths. It offers a practical understanding of the relevant tools at the disposal of development officers and managers responsible for hiring, outsourcing, purchasing, managing, and implementing prospect research within their organizations.
Prospect Theory
by Peter P. WakkerProspect Theory: For Risk and Ambiguity provides the first comprehensive and accessible textbook treatment of the way decisions are made both when we have the statistical probabilities associated with uncertain future events (risk) and when we lack them (ambiguity). The book presents models, primarily prospect theory, that are both tractable and psychologically realistic. A method of presentation is chosen that makes the empirical meaning of each theoretical model completely transparent. Prospect theory has many applications in a wide variety of disciplines. The material in the book has been carefully organized to allow readers to select pathways through the book relevant to their own interests. With numerous exercises and worked examples, the book is ideally suited to the needs of students taking courses in decision theory in economics, mathematics, finance, psychology, management science, health, computer science, Bayesian statistics, and engineering.
Prospective Financial Information
by AicpaThis resource provides interpretive guidance and implementation strategies for all preparation, compilation examination and agreed upon procedures on prospective financial information: Helps with establishing proven best-practices. Provides practical tools and resources to assist with compliance. Exposes potential pitfalls associated with independence and ethics requirements. SSAE No. 18 SSARS No. 23 Preparation and compilation engagements now fall under the SSARSs The attestation engagements require an assertion from the responsible party