An Evaluation of Contingent Claims Using the CKLS Interest Rate Model: An Analysis of Australia, Japan, and the United Kingdom

In this paper we apply a new efficient numerical method for valuing default free bonds and contingent claims within the CKLS interest rate model. Using historical parameter estimates of the CKLS model for Australia, Japan, and the United Kingdom we compare implied bond and contingent claim prices. Our results indicate that default free bond prices and contingent claim prices are sensitive to the underlying interest rate model used.     

An Internalisation‐based World Environmental Organisation

We evaluate the possibilities for a new World Environmental Organisation (WEO), with our discussion motivated both by recent calls for such an organisation in light of WTO trade and environment conflicts and the relative absence of internalisation of global externalities. We propose an organisation building upon the idea of facilitating Coasian deal on the global environment. We motivate the establishment of such an organisation by itemising the ways in which global environmental deals are presently restrained by various impediments, including free riding, property right ambiguities, and mechanisms for authentification and verification. We indicate how such a WEO might help in each of these areas, stressing the differences from the WTO which is a much narrower bargaining framework.     

Tax competition and the international distribution of firm ownership: an invariance result

How does the international distribution of firm ownership affect the outcomes of tax/subsidy competition for mobile plants? As corporate ownership becomes increasingly globalised, this question becomes increasingly important for policy. We prove a strong invariance result in the context of the tax/subsidy competition between two host countries for a monopoly firm’s plant. Both the equilibrium plant location and the equilibrium tax/subsidy offers are independent of the international distribution of the firm’s ownership. The reason is that the tax/subsidy competition equalises the firm’s post-tax profits across countries, making owners of capital indifferent towards the location of production.     

我国银行特许权价值的决定因素分析

本文从市场相关和银行相关角度,运用面板数据模型,对我国14家上市银行特许权价值的决定因素进行了实证检验.结果发现,决定我国上市银行特许权价值的主要因素包括以银行为导向的金融结构,银行业垄断性和宏观经济因素;但并没有发现银行控股股东性质对银行特许权价值的显著影响.     

2种不同来源的黑牛肝菌SOD酶活稳定性研究

本研究分别对野生种PH-16与栽培种PH-20黑牛肝菌进行SOD酶活稳定性研究,通过SOD酶对H2O2及乙醇-氯仿的化学敏感性差异,确定SOD酶类型,以没食子酸自氧化法测定酶活,通过温度、pH以及4℃保藏时间梯度对其SOD酶稳定性进行了探究.结果表明,硫酸铵-丙酮复合沉降法,SOD酶活性最高,PH-20菌丝体蛋白含量是...     

Emerging Market Multinationals: Coopetition for Global Growth

Since the dramatic geopolitical shift toward liberalization in the last century, emerging‐market multinational enterprises (EMNEs) have become major players in global markets and continue to account for an increasing share of global foreign direct investment (FDI) flows. Given this trend, the questions of how and why EMNEs pursue FDI deserve greater attention. This article builds on recent work that uses resource dependence theory (RDT) to explain EMNE internationalization strategies. We propose that EMNEs, while often resource deficient relative to their developed‐market competitors and, therefore, more dependent on others in the external environment, are uniquely positioned to overcome these deficiencies over time through simultaneous cooperation and competition—coopetition—with their global rivals and host‐ and home‐country governments. These propositions contribute to the EMNE internationalization literature by more fully incorporating RDT into current theories of internationalization, highlighting the importance of managing dependencies over time to maximize global growth. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

A framework for innovative service design

Drawing on research from design science, marketing, and service science, our paper provides an integrated framework for evaluating and directing innovative service design. The main goal of our review is to highlight the strengths of existing frameworks and to suggest how they can be enhanced in combination with design science principles. Based on our review, we propose a new framework for the design of innovative services that integrates several key paradigmatic approaches and identifies fundamental open research questions. Our approach is unique as it combines three service disciplines, namely services marketing, service science, and design science, and provides a new framework that describes step by step the procedure that needs to be taken and the conditions that need to be met for developing innovative services. We believe that providing such a framework is a valuable addition to the literature.     

How quickly is temporary market inefficiency removed?

I provide evidence on the length of time it takes for arbitrageurs to exploit attractive investment opportunities. A unique data set from the Internet sports betting market allows me to focus on the speed of investor response in an environment that is not affected by the joint hypothesis problem. The market does not instantly converge to an efficient level after mispricing occurs, but the adjustment process is rapid. Arbitrageurs remove many of these opportunities within minutes of them being created and the majority are gone within an hour. Arbitrage opportunities that are more difficult to find last for longer.     

人民币的远大抱负

北京与六个国家和地区的央行签订了货币互换协议,包括香港、印度尼西亚、韩国,马来西亚、白俄罗斯,还有阿根廷。根据协议,这些央行可以向希望购买中国商品的本地进口商出售人民币。中国早就希望人民币能在全球金融体系中扮演更重要的角色,这些货币互换协议正是在这样一个政策目标的大背景下产生的。这个更广泛的政策目标对降低中国出口企业的外汇风险敞口和交易成本有着更为现实的作用。2008年初人民币兑美元汇率升值是一些中国出口企业破产的原因之一,以人民币进行贸易结算将会在未来降低这类风险。     

人民币的远大抱负

中国正越来越多地参与商讨解决当前经济问题的对策。讨论大部分是围绕着钱的问题——无论是温家宝总理对中国持有的美国国债价值的担忧,还是中国央行提出的以超主权储备货币取代美元的国际货币体系。到目前为止,制约中国向全球货币改革贡献力量的一大因素一直是中国自身的货币政策,特别是人民币不可自由兑换的事实。不过,现在有初步迹象显示情况正在开始发生变化。