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Terrorism Risk Insurance: Is It Really Working?, Rebecca Demarest
Terrorism Risk Insurance: Is It Really Working?, Rebecca Demarest
Honors Projects in Mathematics
This paper investigates terrorism risk insurance in the United States as well as those programs offered in other countries throughout the world. In the United States, particular attention is devoted to the interaction of government with private insurers to maintain an effective insurance program. An analysis is performed comparing terrorism insurance before and after the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. The paper looks into actual terrorist events that have occurred focusing on 56 world-wide events that are associated with property losses greater than $10 million. This paper not only investigates the losses that were incurred …
A Tale Of Two Standards: An Exploration Of Us Gaap And Ifrs, Allyson Lagasse
A Tale Of Two Standards: An Exploration Of Us Gaap And Ifrs, Allyson Lagasse
Honors Projects in Accounting
The research in this paper has two objectives. Beginning with an examination of the historical development of how financial reporting standards are set in the United States and around the world, the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board will be studied. Setting financial reporting standards in the United States is currently a responsibility of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, while many countries abroad utilize International Financial Reporting Standards, maintained by the International Accounting Standards Board. After detailing the historical development of each of the two boards and the sets of standards they maintain, the paper continues …