Taylor Emma

A senior editor for The Mars that left the company to join the team of SenseCentral as a news editor and content creator. An artist by nature who enjoys video games, guitars, action figures, cooking, painting, drawing and good music.
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What is ‘Political Risk’

Political risk is the risk an investment's returns could suffer as a…

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Defining Time Value of Money

It is a mechanics which involve the compound interest factors to express…

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International Political Economy

International political economy studies problems that arise from or are affected by…

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Spreadsheets for economic analysis

In economic analysis spreadsheets may be helpful for a number of purposes:…

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Nominal and Effective Interest

An interest rate takes two forms: nominal interest rate and effective interest…

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Arithmetic Gradient Series

Suppose that there is a series of "n" payments uniformly spaced but…

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Uniform annual series and future value

Suppose that there is a series of "n" uniform payments, uniform in…

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Interest and Equivalence

Simple interest, as opposed to compound interest, is rare. With an investment…

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Making Economic Decisions

Selecting an appropriate criterion (or criteria) for selecting among competing alternatives is…

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Engineering Costs and Cost Estimating

An engineering economic analysis may involve many types of costs. Here is…

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