Interest rate rules, inflation and the Taylor principle: an analytical exploration

Summary. The purpose of this article is to characterize optimal interest rate rules in the framework of a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model, and notably to scrutinize the “Taylor principle”, according to which the nominal interest rate should respond more than one for one to inflation. This model yields explicit solutions for the optimal rule. We find that the elasticity of response depends on numerous factors, such as the degree of price rigidity, the autocorrelation of the underlying shocks, or which measure of inflation is used. In general the optimal elasticity of the interest rate with respect to inflation needs not be greater than one.Received: 6 November 2003, Revised: 17 August 2004 JEL Classification Numbers: E5, E52, E58.J.-P. Bénassy: I wish to thank Daniel Laskar and an anonymous referee for their perceptive comments on earlier drafts of this paper. Of course all remaining deficiencies are mine.     

Augmented serial rules for an excludable public good

Summary. We present a new class of rules named augmented serial rules for the provision of an excludable public good. First, we characterize this class by the four axioms of strategy-proofness, envy-freeness, access independence, and nonbossiness. Second, we identify two important subclasses by imposing an additional axiom: (i) anonymous augmented serial rules by anonymity, and (ii) Moulins serial rule by individual rationality.Received: 31 December 2002, Revised: 9 June 2004, JEL Classification Numbers: D71, D82, H41.This paper is a substantial revision of Serial cost sharing with simple games. I would like to thank Hervé Moulin, Yoshikatsu Tatamitani, an associate editor, and three anonymous referees for helpful suggestions and detailed comments. This research was partially supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology in Japan (Grant-in-Aid for 21st Century COE Program Microstructure and Mechanism Design in Financial Markets).     

关于制订《经济责任审计条例》的思考

本文通过对新修订的《中华人民共和国审计法》和现有的省级《审计监督条例》中关于经济责任审计规定的比较分析，结合中国审计现实情况，提出国务院制定《经济责任审计条例》应明确的一些问题，并提出现阶段应采取的措施。     

"非市场经济国家"在国际反倾销中对我国的影响

我国改革开放20多年，已成功地从计划经济转向市场经济。但在国际反倾销中，何为市场经济国家与非市场经济国家，并无一个统一的客观标准。一些国家(特别是欧美)基于经济和政治利益，根本不考虑客观实际情况，常把我国视为“非市场经济国家”，对我国实行不公平，不合理的贸易待遇和不平等的反倾销规则。这在过去，已经使我国对外贸易遭受了很大损失，在将来一段时间内还会进一步严重影响我国的对外贸易的发展。     

数据挖掘技术在企业薪酬设针中的应用研究

现代企业薪酬设计过程中要面对数量众多、关系复杂的信息和数据,而数据挖掘技术在有效处理大量数据方面具有独特的优势。本文以薪酬设计中的数据分析过程为主线,探讨如何应用分类、聚类以及关联规则等数据挖掘技术来分析和处理数据,为薪酬设计提供强有力的决策支持。     

借鉴法律要素构成:科学制定会计准则的新思路

当前对于会计准则制定模式的讨论仍然保持比较高的热度，取得了一系列的研究成果。但是，综观已有的研究成果，似乎都没有跳出有关导向（规则导向、原则导向以及美国新近提出的目标导向或概念导向）选择的圈子。这也就预示着现有研究并没有从根本上解决会计准则制定中存在的问题。借鉴法律界制定法律规范的经验，可找到会计准则制定的一条新思路，即把会计规则、会计原则和会计概念都作为会计准则的构成要素。这对我国会计准则制定和运行具有指导意义。     

品牌进入消费者考虑集的决策规则——基于牙膏产品品牌的实证研究

消费者考虑集是消费者决策过程中的重要阶段，品牌只有进入考虑集才有可能被最终购买。本研究在上海以牙膏作为测试对象检验了牙膏品牌进入考虑集时消费者所依据的决策规则。实证结果显示，消费者主要使用排除式决策规则、非权重的补偿式决策规则和权重的补偿式决策规则。     

规范农（副）产品批发市场建设的对策

农（副）产品批发市场的历史成因和现存问题,不利于调动农民的生产积极性,对于扩大内需,拉动经济,构建社会主义市场经济体系也都是极其不利的,因此确定政府主管部门,彻底解决“群龙治水”的局面,通过税费改革以及提高市场管理人员素质,增强现代管理设施的投入,指导产地生产,疏通流通渠道,加强市场管理,健全法律法规等项综合治理措施,是规范农（副）产品批发市场建设的必然选择。农（副）产品批发市场的规范建设,是开拓     

The macroeconomic determinants of technology stock price volatility

Stock prices reflect the value of anticipated future profits of companies. Since business cycle conditions impact the future profitability of firms, expectations about the business cycle will affect the current value of firms. This paper uses daily and monthly data from July 1986 to December 2000 to investigate the macroeconomic determinants of US technology stock price conditional volatility. Technology share prices are measured using the Pacific Stock Exchange Technology 100 Index. One of the novel features of this paper is to incorporate a link between technology stock price movements and oil price movements. The empirical results indicate that the conditional volatilities of oil prices, the term premium, and the consumer price index each have a significant impact on the conditional volatility of technology stock prices. Conditional volatilities calculated using daily stock return data display more persistence than conditional volatilities calculated using monthly data. These results further our understanding of the interaction between oil prices and technology share prices and should be of use to investors, hedgers, managers, and policymakers.