This research investigated the general association between corporate environmental performance and the firms’ annual returns independent of any particular environmental event. The association analysis was based on the most recent environmental data for the years 2006, 2007, and 2008. The results indicated that while some environmental variables were significantly associated with firms’ returns, the majority were not. The results also indicated that environmental concerns were more likely to be associated with increase in the firm value than were environmental strengths; however, there were no mean differences between firms whose environmental performance increased as compared with those whose performance deteriorated. Overall, the results provided support for the perspective that environmental strengths require firm expenditures that place additional financial burdens on firms, resulting in lower stock returns.

The real property tax has a major impact on real property owners in all Canadian municipalities. As with all systems of taxation it is important that the burden of this tax be distributed fairly and equitably. Legislators have attempted to ensure equitable treatment among real property owners by requiring that the basis of assessment should be 'actual value'. However, due to the large numbers of properties to be valued, assessors have not been able to use the market approach to value, a valuation technique known to produce 'actual values'. Rather, they have resorted to the more subjective cost approach to value. While the mechanics of the cost approach lend themselves to the mass valuation problem, they rarely produce values that can be equated with actual market values. The application of multiple regression analysis is presented as a solution to this valuation problem. Multiple regression analysis enables the assessor to produce objectively the 'actual value' of all single family homes in a municipality. After presenting multiple regression analysis as a modern application of the market approach to value, the applicability of this valuation technique is tested on actual sales data. A sample of approximately four hundred recently sold single family homes is subjected to valuation by multiple regression analysis. Various experiments, including means of stratifying the data are presented in an attempt to produce high standards of solution. While the statistical results of the experiment are not of sufficient calibre for practical assessment purposes, they do reveal how continued experimentation can improve the applicability of this valuation technique to mass appraisal. Multiple regression analysis is the assessor's tool of the future. It facilitates the application of a valuation technique that will permit the assessor to meet his statutory obligation while still allowing him to adhere to sound appraisal methodology. / Business, Sauder School of / Graduate

This Diploma thesis "Evaluation of BOVA Březnice, spol. s r.o." is formed as an expert opinion. The goal of this thesis is to find investment value for the needs of owners to the date 1. 1. 2014. Valuation of company is compiled mostly from internal available data. As a main valuation method was used DFC entity. The thesis consists of complex strategic analysis, the financial analysis, value drivers, financial plan and a final valuation.

Thesis on topic "Guarantee Valuation" aims to describe methods of valuing a guarantee. In first part of the document the guarantees, guarantee transaction structure and factors affecting the value of guarantees are defined. The second part describes four methods of guarantee valuation. In the last practical part, selected methods are used to estimate the value of a hypothetic guarantee. Emphasis is also put on the related topics as tax impacts of guarantees and special situations. Rating methodologies are used to estimate the risk of the borrower.

In the theoretical part of the work, firstly, the basic concepts of the property valuation are defined and there are also described the primary basis information types for valuation. Furthermore, this part describes the system of property valuation in the Czech Republic and abroad. The theoretical part is concluded with the retrieval of the main valuers umbrella organization. The analytical part deals with market and administrative valuation of an apartment building in Prague. The thesis is focused to the issue of "regulated" rents in the property valuation process and proposes its own market valuation method concept. Finally the author points out the main differences between the market and administrative system of property valuation.

The aim of the thesis is to establish the value of company Okna Rabien for its current shareholders. Okna Rabien is a manufacturing company active in the field of plastic windows and doors production. The thesis is divided into two parts. The first part summarises the key valuation theory concepts. The second applies chosen valuation techniques on the case of Okna Rabien. It contains strategic and financial analysis, value drivers part, financial plan and the final valuation. The value of the company was established by Discounted Cash Flow to the Firm method.

The subject of this thesis is to analyze the financial health of the company Syner, and determine the market value of the company based on publicly available information. The value of the company should provide important information for owners, whether access to the proposed takeover of foreign investors or reject the offer. The theoretical part of the thesis describes the processes and methodology of valuation, then in the practical part is introduction of company, financial and strategic analysis and valuation of the company itself.

In 2004, the Municipal Property Rates Act 6 of 2004 (MPRA) was promulgated which repealed all the Valuation Ordinances that existed in South Africa. This introduced a single piece of legislation for the purposes of conducting municipal valuations. This study concentrated on the Cape Town Metropolitan 2006 General Valuation that, at the time, was the first local authority to conduct municipal valuations in terms of the new legislation. The research explored the extent to which local authorities intervened in the valuation process, the in dependent judgment of property valuers as well as non-co-operation by oil companies during the valuation process, which was evident by them not responding to the survey questions. The manner in which petrol filling stations were valued, the most frequently used methodology applied and the application of the MPRA in the process were explored. The research was supplemented with a survey of property valuers employed by the local authorities as well as in private practices. This culminated in a holistic overview of the shortcomings in the legislation, the methodology and practice by interested parties in arriving at the municipal valuation in order to provide a critical review. From the critical review, the shortcomings in the valuation processes were identified, the methodology was addressed and recommendations made to the local authority.

Does the way a question is asked affect the answer given? This thesis looks at this question from two perspectives. First, using contingent valuation data for water quality in the Monongahela River in Western Pennsylvania, an analysis is performed to test for differences in responses across four different formats of the willingness-to-pay question. This analysis shows that the question format has some systematic relationship with the valuation responses given. Specifically, iterative bidding games with high starting points lead to higher willingness-to-pay values than other formats. This result appears to arise from information relayed to the respondent from the question format. That is, since the bidding begins at a high value the respondent interprets that information as a cue to what the value of the commodity should be. The four different question formats are then re-interpreted in a referendum context. Referendum campaigns can be characterized by the amount of information provided to the voters and the degree of focus of that information. For example, some referendum campaigns give the voters a great deal of data, and that data all gives a consistent message. Other campaigns provide very little information for the voters to use in their decision. By transforming the willingness-to-pay data into a discrete-choice format, referendum models are simulated. Then, an analysis shows how the characteristics of the information content affect the vote. Also, the value of the median voter is calculated. This median shows the value at which the referendum just passes. This analysis shows that the campaign associated with the high starting point bidding game yields that highest percentage of yes votes and the highest median voter value. / Master of Arts

Master’s thesis deals with real estate valuation in Australia. The introductory part deals with the definition of the terms used in the work, for its better understanding. Furthermore, it discusses the development of valuation theory and its relation to economic ideas and various aspects that have influenced its development. The thesis then deals with methods of real estate valuation, their division and specific features. The thesis also discusses the current state of the real estate market on the Australian continent and outlines its possible future development. The experimental section describes the valuation of a particular property in Australia and describes which particular properties affect its cost.