国内外醋酸生产应用及市场分析

对国内外醋酸生产技术发展动向和市场供需作了综述。认为醋酸作为重要有机原料品种之一，在我国发展前景看好。借鉴国外发展策略，应淘汰包括乙烯-乙醛法在内的落后工艺，发展先进的甲醇羰基合成工艺，同时还应重视规模效应，在有条件的地区建300-500kt／a规模的装置是可取的。     

人民币离岸货币规模的计量估计方法研究

关于人民币离岸货币规模问题,国内有关机构和学者通过调查和估算等方法进行了测算。本文在借鉴国内外研究,总结了相应的各种计量估计方法,并且有选择性地采用季节法和CR时间序列法等方法,对人民币离岸货币规模进行定量估测,并进一步对计量结果与调查结果存在的差异进行了分析。     

我国现行融资制度功能的理论及实证分析

内生于经济增长的融资制度应具备筹资功能、降低交易成本功能、价格发现功能、流动性功能和风险转移功能等五方面的功能.我国现行融资制度基本能够有效地进行储蓄动员,但在向资本转化方面存在着一定的障碍;作为公共资源的政府融资仍然发挥着相当重要的作用,但金融市场对经济的促进作用有进一步弱化的趋势;在地区间和企业间存在着资源的逆配置现象,总体上资本的运用效率较低,而非正规金融发挥了不可或缺的作用;严格的利率管制使中介的价格发现功能几乎没有,而市场的价格发现功能一直较弱;此外,存在较高的交易成本,流动性水平整体较低,风险转移功能也相对缺乏.     

国内现行长期债券投资核算与国际会计准则的比较分析

本文介绍了有关金融企业长期债券投资的会计核算问题上,目前我国所采用的金融企业会计制度与国际会计准则39号-“金融工具的确认与计量”的差异,并给出了具体实证分析。指出差异主要体现在1.持有债券时必须首先分类。2.摊消方法一律采用实际利率法。3.引入公允价值概念,用于期末重估确定损益。4.减值准备的计提主要靠专业判断。本文又分析了国际会计准则39号对于金融企业会计核算工作的启示,指出它对于会计人员的专业判断能力,资产负债比例管理和电子化应用等各方面提出的挑战,最后提出了我行从多方面进行具体实施准备的政策建议。     

国内外二苯基甲烷二异氰酸酯生产应用及市场分析

对国内外二苯基甲烷二异氰酸酯市场供需作了综述。认为二苯基甲烷二异氰酸酯作为重要有机原料品种之一．在我国发展前景看好。指出在现行工艺中，传统光气法对环境有污染，因而从人类社会可持续发展出发，应将以非光气法的二苯基甲烷二异氰酸酯合成作为今后技术开发目标。     

资产评估:不是"标准产品"

编者按: 资产评估业务承揽中的压价竞争,严重影响了资产评估服务市场的规范运行,也严重损害行业的形象.自然引起业内外人士的极大关注本期将就此问题展开讨论.     

Steward Effects of Target Founder-CEO in Takeovers

Built upon the agency theory and the stewardship theory, this study examines the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activities among Chinese publicly listed firms. Using a founder-CEO indicator, we separate steward effects from agency effects, and find that Chinese firms’ M&A activities are significantly influenced by the steward factors after controlling for the agency factors. Firms, of which CEO is a founder, enjoy relatively higher premium during M&A. Further investigation reveals that the steward effects vary in the power of CEO. The results show that steward effect is reinforced when founder-CEO is more powerful.     

Information congruity in scarcity appeal: A structural equation modeling study of time-limited promotions

Although market scarcity such as time restriction is widely used in retail advertisements, its impact on product message processing and product evaluation is still subject to controversy. In this study, analyses through structural equation modeling indicated that (i) scarcity had no impact on product message processing, (ii) scarcity had a direct impact on product evaluation as a heuristic cue when the value inferred from scarcity was congruous with the worth derived from product message, and (iii) scarcity lost its impact on product evaluation when the value inferred from scarcity was incongruous with the worth derived from product message, and the incongruity prompted scrutiny of product message, resulting in a mediated impact of product message on product evaluation through product message processing. In conclusion, the results supported an information congruity theory of market scarcity.     

A membership pricing policy to facilitate service scale-expansion

This paper proposes a multi-year membership pricing policy for a service business like a gym chain. In the pricing policy, the equivalent membership price per year is relatively low to attract customers, and the multi-year membership fees must be prepaid in full. The prepaid cash provides resources for scale-expansion by opening new stores. We develop a nonlinear mixed integer programming model to formulate the pricing decisions. Numerical experiments reveal that the multi-year membership pricing policy, from a long-term perspective, is substantially better than the business-as-usual pricing policy (1-year membership) in cash balance, profit, and market share. Yet, the performances of the two pricing policies do not differ much from a short-term perspective. These findings indicate that the multi-year pricing policy may be a good strategy, because it initially attracts less attention of competitors; suddenly it emerges and substantially outperforms its competitors in cash balance, profit, and market share.     

Timing earnings

Since the opening of China’s securities market, there have been a number of bull and bear cycles. This paper discusses how executives use the market timing approach to manage earnings in different cycles to maximize firm value. We find that Chinese listed companies choose to release more earnings during bull markets and this phenomenon is more evident in companies that are more profitable and have higher valuations. We also find that executives who do not release more earnings during bull markets are more likely to be dismissed.