The effect of banking market structure on the lending channel: Evidence from emerging markets

This paper analyses the extent to which the level of bank competition influences monetary policy transmission. Using a large panel dataset of 978 banks from 55 countries, and employing the Lerner index model as a measure of market structure, our results show that an increase in banking sector competition weakens the effectiveness of monetary policy on bank lending. The findings are robust to a broad array of sensitivity checks including control of alternative measurements of the Lerner index, different samples and different methodological specifications. By extension, these results have important policy implications for regulators in assessing the effectiveness of monetary policy transmission mechanisms.     

The information content of option-implied volatility for credit default swap valuation

Credit default swaps (CDS) are similar to out-of-the-money put options in that both offer a low cost and effective protection against downside risk. This study investigates whether put option-implied volatility is an important determinant of CDS spreads. Using a large sample of firms with both CDS and options data, we find that individual firms’ put option-implied volatility dominates historical volatility in explaining the time-series variation in CDS spreads. To understand this result, we show that implied volatility is a more efficient forecast for future realized volatility than historical volatility. More importantly, the volatility risk premium embedded in option prices covaries with the CDS spread. These findings complement existing empirical evidence based on market-level data.     

刍议“药品零差价销售”模式下公立医院危机管理

2014年我国医药卫生体制改革工作已经进入深水区和攻坚阶段,药品零差价销售改革、实现医药分开是医改工作的重点和难点。公立医院面对药品零差价改革,应采取积极、主动态度,分析医院面临的挑战和管理困境,配合国家一系列政策补偿措施以及逐步完善的医疗保障体系,改善医院管理运行机制,提高医疗服务质量,以专业、优质的技术为人们提供可信赖的医疗、保健服务,成为得到社会信赖和尊重的医院。     

财务会计档案管理中存在的问题和对策

随着我国社会主义市场经济的进一步发展,会计档案工作中新情况,新问题不断出现,如何管理好财务档案,以及在管理过程中如何采取相应的措施,寻求解决的办法,是财务档案管理中所面临的一个重要问题.     

高校设备招标中供应商选择存在的问题与对策探讨

招标采购作为一种科学高效的方式已被高校设备购置广泛采用,然而我国高校设备招标工作起步较晚,各环节不够完善,目前存在诸多问题。本文从四个方面界定供应商选择的标准与审核工作,在分析现阶段供应商选择存在问题的基础上,给出相应的解决办法。     

Resource abundance and economic growth in China

This paper revisits the resource curse phenomenon in China and differs from the previous studies in four respects: (i) City-level data is used; (ii) A spatial variable is constructed to estimate the diffusion effect of natural resources among cities in the same province; (iii) The impact of resource abundance on economic development is investigated not only at the city level but also at the prefectural level in China; (iv) We use a functional coefficient regression model to deal with city-specific heterogeneity and, at the same time, analyze the transmission mechanism of the resource curse phenomenon. Our empirical results show that there is no significant evidence to support the existence of a resource curse phenomenon in China. On the other hand, we find that the degree of natural resource abundance in a city has a positive diffusion effect on the economic growth of neighboring cities within the same province at the city level, but not at prefectural levels. We attribute this to the urban bias policy.     

创新思维创造中国奇迹——纪念中国共产党成立90周年

中国共产党的成立,改变了人类历史进程。尤其是改革开放后的33年,超越了发达国家发展需要上百年的时间,跻身于世界经济强国之列,令全球震惊不已。实践证明：中国共产党人的创新思维能力体现在每一个历史转折关头,因此创造出无数的中国奇迹,并引领着未来前进的方向。