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Obesity, Educational Attainment, And State Economic Welfare, Martin W. Sivula Ph.D.

MBA Faculty Conference Papers & Journal Articles

For the first time in history, estimates of the overweight people in the world rival estimates of those malnourished. The World Health Organization (WHO, 2002) ranked obesity among the top 10 risks to human health worldwide. In the early 1960s, nearly half of the Americans were overweight and 13% were obese. Today some 64% of U.S. adults are overweight and 30.5% are obese. Even more alarming, twice as many U.S. children are overweight than were twenty years ago, a 66% increase. Non-communicable diseases impose a heavy economic burden on already strained health systems. Health is a key determinant of development …

Sampling Concepts, Paul Boyd, Ph.D.

MBA Faculty Conference Papers & Journal Articles

The usefulness of any research is dependent upon how well the group studied represents the group about which decisions are to be made or conclusions drawn. That is, it depends upon how well the sample reflects relevant characteristics of the population. When it is possible to study every member of that group there is no problem, for on these occasions we can easily calculate the exact attribute (parameter) of interest for our population.

For example, if we were interested in determining the average number of gallons of gasoline sold to customers at our service station yesterday, we …

Financial Information Resources For Special Librarians, Di Su

Publications and Research

Speed has always been a competitive factor and corporate asset in business world. The growth of the Internet has created an equal opportunity for information service professionals in both big and small companies to improve their efficiency. The prominent advantages of Web source are currency, accessibility, and thus, the speed. You are provided with instant updates on issues like rules, official statements, interpretations, statistics, etc., and these documents can be accessed twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. There are so many valuable Web sites on the Internet that it is impossible to include them all in this article, …

Direct Payment Of Taxes Through Designated Banks., Mallam I. Usman

Bullion

This paper examine the Federal Government policy on direct payment system of tax through designated Nigerian Banks. The main objective of the scheme is to improve the administration of taxation in Nigeria by making it more convenient to tax payers in terms of time saving, reducing the incidence of fraud which has, over the years, depraved Government of needed revenues, minimizing the risk of carrying cash, providing transparency and -improved accountability, and of course, enhancing revenue yield substantially.

The Effect Of Estate Taxes On Family Business: Survey Results, Joseph H. Astrachan, Roger Tutterow

Faculty Articles

A survey of 1,003 businesses examined the effect of estate taxes on family business behavior, including investment, employment, and strategic decisions. The results strongly suggest that estate taxes have marked effects on business behavior. These effects are more pronounced in larger firms where their potential impact is of a greater magnitude.

Halting A Rise In A Town's Tax Structure Through Ppbs, Harold I. Steinberg, James D. Carney

Management Adviser

No abstract provided.

The Payroll - A Text & Practice Set, Robert Hendrick

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Statement of the problem:

This problem involves the following divisions:

1. The laws, rules and regulations governing payrolls.
2. Application of the law in payroll accounting.
3. The accounting principles and procedure.
4. A detailed practice set.

The Advisability Of A Sales Tax In Wisconsin, Edward J. Kulig

Bachelors’ Theses

This dissertation is closely confined to an analysis of a sales tax in the United States and excludes a thorough consideration of the other forms of taxation. For this reason much that might seem to have a close relation to the material under consideration has been omitted. Data which have been incorporated into this thesis are the latest available at the time of writing. The European and Canadian sales taxes as applied in the respective foreign nations have not been drawn into comparison with our sales taxes, because, to do justice to such a comparison all phases, political, social, and …