Progress in the quantity of financial information in the public sector in Mexico following the LGCG

This work evaluates the amount, quality, and harmonization of the financial information published by Mexico City, the states, and the Federal Government during the period of 2008–2012, following the approval of the General Law of Government Accounting (LGCG). Firstly, the requirements indicated by the CONAC and subsequently by the International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) are used to evaluate the publication of financial statements. Secondly, the compliance of the publication of the accounts indicated by IPSAS 1, 2 and 17 is reported. Finally, the harmonization of the financial statements is studied through the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) to determine if the financial statements are comparable with one another. The results indicate that the public sector has increased the amount, quality, and harmonization of the financial information published during the study period.     

Recent Trends in the Size and the Distribution of Inherited Wealth in the UK

In this paper, we use HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) estate statistics and micro data from four UK household surveys to examine changes in the size, the composition and the distribution of inherited wealth in the UK over the period 1985?2010. Our findings indicate that the period under examination is characterised by a substantial increase in the flow of inheritance. This increase, which was particularly marked in the early 2000s, was mainly driven by an increase in housing inheritance, which in turn reflected the rise in house prices and, to a lesser extent, the increase in the proportion of inheritances that included housing assets. The distribution of inheritance amongst recipients became more unequal over this period. However, the inequality‐increasing effect from the greater dispersion in the distribution of inheritance was counterbalanced by the increase in the percentage of the population who received an inheritance, resulting in a small decrease in the inequality of inheritance for the population overall. Analysis of the distribution of inheritance by socio‐economic status suggests a positive association between inheritance and socio‐economic status, with some evidence suggesting that this association might have strengthened over time. Overall, however, the value of inheritance for most people is rather small and the differences across groups rather moderate.     

把握农村剩余劳动力西移的契机

本文认为，近些年，农村剩余劳动力日益膨胀，消化吸收困难，而西部大开发恰恰为农村剩余劳动力带来了新的发展契机，各级政府必须因势利导，下大力气，共同研究，协调行动，不失时机地引导经济发达地区的农村剩余劳动力有序地向西部转移，并使其在转移过程中不断发展完善。     

Self-reliance and participation of the poor in the development process in the Third World

A self-reliant approach to Third World economic development provides a new orientation in development strategy. Its central emphasis is on meeting the basic needs of the poor and in encouraging them to participate in the development process. The author argues that this participative process is not only the answer to Third World problems but also a global necessity.     

在发展中调整 在调控中优化——江西省部分行业产能过剩问题及信贷状况的调研报告

当前江西十大行业产能过剩的经济特征不明显,在这些行业中银行信货资金风险不突出,但国家宏观调控政策对于江西经济可持续发展具有重大的意义,对金融优化与支持经济发展、防范信贷风险具有重要的指导作用。要牢固树立在发展中调整,在调控中优化的指导思想,促进十大行业中已经成为江西支柱产业的稳步发展,推动江西经济加速崛起。     

The demand for the audit in small companies in the UK

A recent development of the big GAAP/little GAAP debate in the UK was the proposal to raise the audit exemption thresholds for small companies to EC levels. This paper is based on a survey of the directors of 385 companies conforming to the EC definition of ‘small’. The study investigates whether the three size criteria in company legislation (turnover, balance sheet total and number of employees) are appropriate and sufficient proxies for the demand for the audit by developing and testing a number of theoretical models. The results found that 63% of companies would choose to have their accounts audited if they were exempt, which suggests that the majority of those affected by the proposed increase consider the benefits outweigh the costs. It was found that turnover alone could represent size, but that size was less important than the directors' perceptions of the value of the audit in terms of improving the quality of information and providing a check on internal records. Agency relationships with owners and lenders were also found to be significant influences on the demand for the audit in companies of the size studied.     

基于政府视角下的民营公路BOT项目监管问题研究

努力拓宽融资渠道，坚持筹融资主体多元化是交通运输部李盛霖部长在2009年全国交通运输工作会议上提出加快交通基础设施建设要求措施之一。公路BOT融资项目的运行和政府监督在我国属于探索阶段，本文在充分肯定其优越性的同时，通过对我国公路BOT融资项目实施、监管现状的分析、研究，提出具有针对性的、可供操作的加强政府对公路BOT融资项目监管的措施和建议。     

Corporate income taxation in Lithuania in the context of the EU

This paper explores Lithuania's competitiveness in the area of corporate income taxation. In order to assess how much freedom of action the country has in designing its own corporate income tax policy, the process of EU tax harmonization is analyzed by evaluating justification for tax harmonization, the major developments and the main outcomes of this process. Lithuania's corporate income tax system is compared with the systems in the other EU countries. Following a macro backward-looking approach, the paper calculates the measures of effective profit tax burden. Effective tax burden measures are computed for the whole enlarged EU. Such calculations are still rare in the economic literature.     

旅游管理专业实践教学的几个问题探讨

实践教学是设有旅游管理专业高校非常关注的一项教学内容。但现行的旅游管理专业实践教学都不同程度的存在着问题,我们有必要对旅游管理专业的实践教学进行重新审视。本文将从旅游管理专业实践教学的作用、存在的问题和应采取的措施进行探索。     

2004年上半年国际国内宏观经济金融走势分析

本文对2004年上半年国际国内经济金融形势进行了较为全面和深入的分析.从全球经济走势来看,世界经济已进入新一轮的稳固增长期,美日欧等主要经济体以及亚洲国家和地区的经济复苏普遍有力,国际金融市场在经济复苏的有利影响下也呈总体向好态势,国际经济金融走势对我国经济的影响日益深化.从国内经济形势来看,当前宏观调控已经取得明显成效,但经济仍在高位运行,粗放的经济增长方式没有发生根本改变,消费增长缓慢制约了经济的健康发展,商业银行中长期贷款的增长速度偏快.本文还在国内经济形势分析的基础上对下半年的财政与货币政策走向进行了预测.     

Contracting in the shadow of the law

Economic models of contract typically assume that courts enforce obligations based on verifiable events (corresponding to the legal rule of specific performance). As a matter of law, this is not the case. This leaves open the question of optimal contract design given the available remedies used by the courts. This article shows that American standard form construction contracts can be viewed as an efficient mechanism for implementing building projects given existing legal rules. It is shown that a central feature of these contracts is the inclusion of governance covenants that shape the scope of authority and regulate the ex post bargaining power of parties. Our model also implies that the legal remedies of mistake, impossibility and the doctrine limiting damages for unforeseen events developed in the case of Hadley v. Baxendale are efficient solutions to the problem of implementing complex exchange.     

Forecasting the Public Finances in the Treasury

This article describes the methods used by the Treasury and other government departments for making forecasts of the public finances. A highly detailed approach is required because of the Treasury's budgetary role, but the aggregated results are subjected to careful ‘top-down’ checks. Forecasts have a necessary role in fiscal policy. But they are subject to large margins of error, and should be presented and used with caution. JEL classification: E6, H1, H6.     

Managerial Choices in the Valuation of Acquired Goodwill in the UK

During the 1980s the UK regulations affecting accounting for acquired goodwill allowed managers to make accounting choices affecting recorded goodwill that best served their particular interests. This paper develops and tests the hypothesis that the proportions of purchase price assigned to separable net assets and consequently to goodwill are affected by gearing (leverage) and other considerations.     

影响河南农民收入增长的因素分析

作为农业大省的河南,农民增收是解决"三农"问题的重中之重.模型分析显示,农民收入的影响因素中,向第二、三产业转移的劳动力比重的影响效果最大,其次是农作物的种植结构、农产品收购价格和大型机械总数.应有主次地对农民给予相关的支持,使政策最大限度地发挥作用.     

Accounting in the late medieval town: the account books of the stewards of Southampton in the fifteenth century

The fifteenth-century account books of the Southampton town officer known as the steward are the main source used here for a study of accounting in the late medieval town. The article considers internal and external influences on Southampton's early change to paper account books, improved presentation of accounting information and use of English in the stewards' books. It explores the links between writing materials, format and language in the preparation of town accounts at Southampton and other towns. The article concludes by suggesting that the classified account introduced in the steward's book of 1441-2 is evidence of a wider function for charge/discharge accounting than is normally attributed to it.     

Man,the city and the automobile in the future

The present day city mirrors the internal conflict of modern man. He wants to live in towns and preferably in towns which are pleasant to live in. But, at the same time, he does not wish to be deprived of his car and indeed cannot do without it. Yet the present day automobile has shown itself to be incompatible with the city, or at least with a city that is good to live in. Is there any hope of resolving this dilemma in the next generation, the 26 years which will take us to the year 2000, without endangering a powerful automobile industry, probably vital to the survival of our industrial society, and without destroying our civilisation which is essentially a civilisation of town dwellers ?     

新股发行、价格确定与信息效率

本文从新股发行价格对各类信息的反应效率这一角度来研究核准制下新股发行定价效率问题.针对影响新股发行定价的信息因素具有多层次、多维度的特点,本文建立了一个有内在逻辑关系、能够较全面反映新股发行价格影响因素的理论框架,并采用协方差结构模型分析方法进行实证研究.结果显示:在核准制下新股价格基本上反映了内在价值因素和市场环境因素,具有一定的信息效率;而对发行因素反映的较少,缺乏这方面的信息效率.总体而言,我国新股发行定价的信息效率仍较为有限.     

新股发行、价格确定与信息效率

本文从新股发行价格对各类信息的反应效率这一角度来研究核准制下新股发行定价效率问题。针对影响新股发行定价的信息因素具有多层次、多维度的特点,本文建立了一个有内在逻辑关系、能够较全面反映新股发行价格影响因素的理论框架,并采用协方差结构模型分析方法进行实证研究。结果显示:在核准制下新股价格基本上反映了内在价值因素和市场环境因素,具有一定的信息效率;而对发行因素反映的较少,缺乏这方面的信息效率。总体而言,我国新股发行定价的信息效率仍较为有限。     

构建湖北注册会计师行业新型管理体制的对策研究

随着我国社会主义市场经济体制的不断完善,注册会计师行业发挥着越来越重要的作用,但是目前行业的发展面临着诸多障碍因素,如何克服这些障碍因素,加快行业发展步伐,是行业内部需要研究的重要课题。本文拟在分析湖北省注册会计师行业现状的基础上,提出构建湖北注册会计师行业新型管理体制,推进行业快速发展的对策建议。湖北注册会计师行业的现状近年来,随着湖北省经济的快速发展,湖北省的注册会计师行业也得到了迅猛发展,2004年全省会计师事务所达到310家,业务收入达到3.4亿元,成为一支非常重要的社会中介力量,为全省的经济发展作出了突出的…