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Front Section |
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Letter from The Dean, Letter from The Editor, Call for
Articles, Contents
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"An Index of Leading Economic Indicators
for the Fargo-Moorhead Statistical Area"
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Oscar Flores
The goal in this paper is to develop and test a Leading Economic
Indicators Index (LEI) to forecast the short-term behavior of the
economy in the Fargo, ND-Moorhead, MN Metropolitan Statistical Area
(FM)…All together [the] tests indicate that the index of local economic
indicators for the FM MSA performs a respectable job at predicting
changes in local employment conditions.
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"NASPAA Accreditation: Does Membership
Have Privileges?"
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Charles E. Menifield and Cal Clark
Overall, employers as well as MPA program faculty were not confident
that the benefits of NASPAA accreditation outweighed the efforts needed
to secure it.
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"The Impact of the USA PATRIOT Act on Business"
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Dan Davidson
The USA PATRIOT Act is an extremely controversial statute.
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"The Stock Price Reaction to Environmentally-
Related Company News" |
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Greg Filbeck, CFA and Raymond F. Gorman
Our results indicate that announcement of an environmental award
tends to produce the most consistent positive abnormal return, regardless
of the type of media outlet.
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"Diversification, Financing Decisions and
Performance: An Empirical Evaluation"
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Lateef A.M. Syed and Narendar V. Rao
Though the study could not find any strong evidence of a positive
relationship between diversification strategy and the performance, it is
observed that diversified firms are relatively better performers than their
counterparts in the focused group.
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"A Note on the Financing of Infrastructure Projects" |
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Narendar V. Rao
This note discussed the importance of getting an investment grade
rating and the ways in which an investment grade rating could be obtained.
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"Effects of English Grammar, Usage, Mechanics,
and Spelling Instruction in College Business
Communication Classes" |
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Brenda Sheets
Regardless of students’ gender, college ranking, or college grade point
average, it may be concluded from this study that the written grammar
exercises contributed no significant increase to students’ knowledge as
measured by the English Grammar, Usage, Mechanics, and Spelling
Test.
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