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“…In the heart of Brazil, amidst the sublime setting of the Chapada Diamantina (a natural reserve in the state of Bahia), a diver stumbles upon a few strange bones at the bottom of a flooded cave baptized 'Poco Azul' (the blue cave)…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…8.1.2 Contributed Data Sets -- 8.2 Reading in External Data Files -- 8.2.1 The Table Format -- 8.2.2 Spreadsheet Workbooks -- 8.2.3 Web-Based Files -- 8.2.4 Other File Formats -- 8.3 Writing Out Data Files and Plots -- 8.3.1 Data Sets -- 8.3.2 Plots and Graphics Files -- 8.4 Ad Hoc Object Read/Write Operations -- Exercise 8.1 -- Part II: Programming -- Chapter 9: Calling Functions -- 9.1 Scoping -- 9.1.1 Environments -- 9.1.2 Search Path -- 9.1.3 Reserved and Protected Names -- Exercise 9.1 -- 9.2 Argument Matching -- 9.2.1 Exact -- 9.2.2 Partial -- 9.2.3 Positional -- 9.2.4 Mixed -- 9.2.5 Dot-Dot-Dot: Use of Ellipses -- Exercise 9.2 -- Chapter 10: Conditions and Loops -- 10.1 if Statements -- 10.1.1 Stand-Alone Statement -- 10.1.2 else Statements -- 10.1.3 Using ifelse for Element-wise Checks -- Exercise 10.1 -- 10.1.4 Nesting and Stacking Statements -- 10.1.5 The switch Function -- Exercise 10.2 -- 10.2 Coding Loops -- 10.2.1 for Loops -- Exercise 10.3 -- 10.2.2 while Loops -- Exercise 10.4 -- 10.2.3 Implicit Looping with apply -- Exercise 10.5 -- 10.3 Other Control Flow Mechanisms -- 10.3.1 Declaring break or next -- 10.3.2 The repeat Statement -- Exercise 10.6 -- Chapter 11: Writing Functions -- 11.1 The function Command -- 11.1.1 Function Creation -- 11.1.2 Using return -- Exercise 11.1 -- 11.2 Arguments -- 11.2.1 Lazy Evaluation -- 11.2.2 Setting Defaults -- 11.2.3 Checking for Missing Arguments -- 11.2.4 Dealing with Ellipses -- Exercise 11.2 -- 11.3 Specialized Functions -- 11.3.1 Helper Functions -- 11.3.2 Disposable Functions -- 11.3.3 Recursive Functions -- Exercise 11.3 -- Chapter 12: Exceptions, Timings, and Visibility -- 12.1 Exception Handling -- 12.1.1 Formal Notifications: Errors and Warnings -- 12.1.2 Catching Errors with try Statements -- Exercise 12.1 -- 12.2 Progress and Timing -- 12.2.1 Textual Progress Bars: Are We There Yet?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Des possibilités d'optimisation fiscale existent dans tous les pays de l'OCDE -- Legs à certains héritiers et transmission de certains actifs -- Expatriation dans un lieu où les successions ne sont que peu ou pas taxées -- Détention d'actifs privés par l'intermédiaire d'une entreprise ou exploitation des règles de valorisation -- Donation de la nue-propriété et réserve d'usufruit jusqu'au décès -- Articulation entre l'impôt sur les successions, l'impôt sur les donations et l'impôt sur les plus-values -- Traitement préférentiel des dons aux organismes caritatifs -- Utilisation de trusts -- 3.13.2. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Causes des pénuries de main-d'œuvre -- 3. Les réserves de main-d'œuvre disponible et les difficultés pour les mobiliser rapidement -- B. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Limites prudentielles sur l'exposition des banques au risque de change -- Tableau VI.3. Réserves de change en pourcentage de la dette extérieure à court terme -- Tableau VII.1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Conservation des écosystèmes -- 3.1 Écosystèmes terrestres -- Figure 4.2 Zones protégées -- Tableau 4.4 Évolutions relatives aux zones protégées -- Tableau 4.5 Types de zones protégées, 2001 -- Tableau 4.6 Désignation de réserves de la biosphère et de zones humides -- 3.2 Écosystèmes aquatiques…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Le won a connu d'importantes fluctuations -- Graphique 5. Les réserves de change sont trois fois plus importantes que la dette extérieure à court terme -- Recommendations de politique macroéconomique -- Un nouveau paradigme économique pour la Corée : encourager une économie créative -- Graphique 6. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…4.1.2.2.2 Conditional MRP -- 4.1.2.3 Research discussions on ERP -- 4.1.2.4 Variations in risk premium estimations -- 4.1.2.5 Risk premiums in other markets -- 4.1.2.5.1 Estimation of country risk premium from default spread -- 4.1.2.5.2 Country risk premium from volatility of stock prices -- 4.1.2.5.3 Estimation of default spread from bonds -- 4.1.3 Estimation of cost of equity -- 4.1.4 Beta estimation -- 4.1.4.1 Historical beta estimation -- 4.1.4.1.1 Regression beta calculation -- 4.1.4.2 Fundamental beta estimation -- 4.1.4.2.1 Fundamental beta -- 4.1.4.2.2 Determinants of beta -- 4.1.4.2.3 Bottom-up approach for beta estimation -- 4.1.4.2.4 Steps in bottom-up beta estimation -- 4.1.4.3 Accounting betas -- 4.1.5 Cost of equity -- 4.1.6 Cost of capital -- 4.1.6.1 Cost of debt calculation -- 4.1.6.2 Cost of preferred stocks -- 4.1.6.2.1 Estimation of Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) -- 4.1.6.2.2 Estimation of values of capital components -- 4.1.6.2.3 Estimations of components of debt capital -- 4.1.7 Estimation of cost of capital-industry practices -- 4.1.8 Estimation of WACC-Johnson &amp -- Johnson -- 4.1.8.1 Estimation of cost of capital of Chevron corporation -- References -- 5 Principles of cash flow estimation -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Adjustments to financial statements -- 5.2.1 Invested capital -- 5.2.2 Debt -- 5.2.3 Equity -- 5.2.4 Return on Invested Capital -- 5.2.5 Free cash flow -- 5.2.6 Operating working capital -- 5.2.7 Net capital expenditure -- 5.2.8 Provisions and reserves -- 5.2.9 Earnings adjustments -- 5.3 Adjustments of expensed investments -- 5.3.1 Adjustment for financing expenses: case of operating leases -- 5.3.2 Adjustment for operating lease: case of IBM in 2013 -- 5.3.3 Summary of adjustments for operating income -- 5.4 Reflections on managed earnings -- 5.4.1 Tax effect on valuation…”