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Finance for Academics

A Guide to Investment for Income

By: Ronald A. Francisco

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Finance for Academics

A Guide to Investment for Income

By: Ronald A. Francisco

The purpose of this book is to provide a hands-on guide to finance and investment for academics with an objective of providing strategies to maximize income, minimize fees, and legally minimize taxes. There are many risks in finance and investment such as stock market crashes, inflation, corruption, fees and interest rates. This book stresses that stocks and bonds are the mainstay of most investors. Dividend-growth stocks mitigate the risk of inflation. In addition, they cost nothing once they are purchased, unlike mutual funds that have constant fees. The author explains how to find dividend-growth stocks whose payout increase exceeds inflation and how to compound quarterly in order to make projections for future growth in the number of shares or in the value of the capital itself. The author, in addition, discusses the value of bond funds and master-limited partnerships for an investment portfolio. Retirement income is a major concern for senior academics and the median level of retirement savings for those 55 to 64 is only $145,000, which is insufficient. The author stresses the need to mix dividend-growth stocks and closed-end bond funds to fund retirement as well as explains Roth IRAs, 401(k)s and other such tax-free forms of retirement financing. Finally, the book examines financial risks and shows how to mitigate them to the extent possible. This book is a must-have for any professor or academic approaching retirement age or looking to secure their future income.

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139

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461432448

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Dynamics of Conflict

By: Ronald A. Francisco

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Dynamics of Conflict

By: Ronald A. Francisco

The mechanisms of protest and revolution have been the subject of theoretical research for over a century, yet the lack of data has hindered the empirical validation of conflicting theories. In this book, the author presents a unique new set of sub-daily data from over thirty countries and seven civil wars and uses them to test two models of conflict, the predator-prey model and the competing species model. The dynamic nature of the data modelling and the novelty of the dataset make this work a unique contribution to the field of conflict research. Dynamics of Conflict will help to re-evaluate existing theories and chart a new course towards the formal and statistical modelling of conflict.

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0387752420

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9780387752426

The Politics Of Regime Transitions

By: Ronald A Francisco

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The Politics Of Regime Transitions

By: Ronald A Francisco

This volume evaluates political and economic reforms that occurred during the forty regime transitions. It provides a historical overview and considers the collapse of the regime, the early transition, democratization and economic reform.

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Routledge

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1000304817

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Collective Action Theory and Empirical Evidence

By: Ronald A. Francisco

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Collective Action Theory and Empirical Evidence

By: Ronald A. Francisco

This book comprises empirical tests of the theoretical implications of collective action theory specifically with regard to mobilization. It is based on the author’s European Protest and Coercion Data, which won the Comparative Politics Section of American Political Science Association award for the best data set in 2007. The data is supplemented by historical investigations as well as other research. The volume is divided into six chapters. The introduction covers the theory of collective action in its many manifestations as well as the process of drawing out theoretical implications. The second chapter goes to the core of the mobilization issues, especially with regard to the role of leadership, which is inextricably linked to mobilization. The third chapter applies the concept of adaptation to the development of more productive tactics that promote mobilization in support of a public good and minimize the possibility of repression. In chapter four, five spatial hypotheses based on rationality and formal theories are developed and the role of time in protests is addressed. The fifth chapter focuses on the fundamental problems of terror with evidence from the Basque region of Spain and France from Ireland against the Provisional Irish Republican Army. The final chapter surveys the empirical evidence and summarizes the support of collective action theory. Testing collective action theory implications with empirical evidence will appeal to political scientists, sociologists, economists and researchers concerned with mobilization.

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123

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1441914765

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9781441914767

Building Health Coalitions in the Black Community

By: Ronald L. Braithwaite,Sandra E. Taylor,John N. Austin

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Building Health Coalitions in the Black Community

By: Ronald L. Braithwaite,Sandra E. Taylor,John N. Austin

Examines a wide range of problems and issues associated with the phenomenon of coalition building for health promotion.

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211

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SAGE Publications

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1452261989

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9781452261980

Book's by Ronald A. Francisco

Finance for Academics

Finance for Academics

Dynamics of Conflict

Dynamics of Conflict

The Politics Of Regime Transitions

The Politics Of Regime Transitions

Collective Action Theory and Empirical Evidence

Collective Action Theory and Empirical Evidence

Building Health Coalitions in the Black Community

Building Health Coalitions in the Black Community

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