Do foreign companies earn more and distribute more than domestic companies in India？

There is a prevalent opinion in the corporate arena that the foreign companies are earning more but are less concerned with reinvesting their earnings in the foreign countries in which they operate and are more concerned in profit appropriations for quick repatriation of their investments by way of declaring high dividend payments. As compared to the foreign companies, domestic companies in India are relatively more concerned for reinvesting their profits and help to trigger the capital accumulation and industrial growth. This practice of comparatively paying higher dividend by foreign companies in India, if proved, supports the view that foreign companies are least concerned with the industrial growth of the country in which they operate. Hence the analyses of the dividend payments and the retained earnings of foreign and domestic firms assume economic importance. Considering the above hypothesis and the importance of the study, this paper made an attempt to empirically test the opinion and bring out any significant differences in the profitability and dividend payments between the two groups often pharmaceutical companies operating in India for the period of last 20 years.     

Influence of International Openness on Corporate Environmental Performance in China

This paper examines how international openness influences China's corporate environmental performance. A unique firm‐level dataset is constructed by combining two databases: the Annual Industrial Survey and the China GreenWatch Program Rating System. The empirical results obtained from a series of ordered probit models indicate that openness has a positive relation to corporate environmental performance in China. However, the two main market‐opening strategies in China, exporting and attracting foreign investment, have different effects on environmental performance. The results reveal that foreign investment plays a substantial and positive role that can support the environmental spillovers in China. However, the effect of exporting is insignificant. The environmental pressure from foreign customers to improve Chinese firms' environmental performance presents a challenge. Our study indicates that China could make environmental quality improvements through increased international openness, as is likely the case for other developing countries.     

区域分工视域下产业协调发展研究——以环首都经济圈为例

从区域产业分工角度出发,明确河北省的产业承接优势是推进环首都经济圈建设的当务之急。文章运用区位熵方法对区域产业的专业化程度进行衡量,并在系统分析产业比较优势基础上,运用区域分工理论探索了产业分布新格局,提出了区域经济协调发展的政策建议,以期实现环首都经济圈内相关产业的健康稳定发展。     

人民币资本帐户对外开放的战略分析

东南亚金融危机的爆发 ,使我国对实现人民币在资本项下可兑换问题进行更加深入的思考成为必要。本文主要分析在实行资本项目下人民币可兑换的过程中为减少金融风险而必须注意的问题     

国民财富变化与可持续发展

当代的经济学家认为可持续发展就是创造、保持和管理财富的过程。结合1995~2005年的国民财富变动数据,分析当前世界与中国的国民财富变化特征,可以从变化中对当前世界不同发展程度国家及中国的可持续发展现状做出评价。     

再论公司社会责任

公司社会责任理论被我国公司法学界和经济学界广为倡导，并且为2005年《公司》第5条明文确认。公司承担社会责任确实有利于推动社会文明的进步，然而这是否就意味公司应当承担法律上的社会责任？公司社会责任入法化对公司和社会究竟是福还是祸？追问公司社会责任的本质，并引导公司社会责任回归其本源的路径，正是本文宗旨所在。     

Analysis on Balance Gap between Saving and Credit Account in China

In China, the balance gap of credit and saving account emerged in 1995, and its amount enlarged since then. By the end of Dec. 2005, with 28.7 trillion RMB saving balance and 19.5 trillion RMB gross credit account balance, the gap between saving and credit account was as large as 9.2 trillion RMB, which indicated a 67.8% of credit/saving ratio. Some believed this phenomenon was resulted from on one hand, the rapid growth of saving account; and on the other hand, relatively slower expanding of credit account. Some believed cooling down cash demand was behind the gap, while others claimed the balance gap caused dead capital and inefficiency service of saving account. In fact, the balance gap between credit and saving account might not necessarily relate to dead bank capital. And the phenomenon itself could not indicate the down-tendency of finance power that underlay economy. Nevertheless, it was liquidity not the balance gap should be regarded an index of capital situation in financial organizations. Therefore the balance gap between saving account and credit account could not be viewed as criteria against liquidity position. Solution of this problem should lay in boosting financial innovation among commercial banks, expending capital market and encouraging or permitting commercial banks as well as state-owed funds to enter share market and so on.     

我国风险投资资本市场及相关要素分析

积极稳妥地推进我国的风险投资业，从而促进风险资本市场的繁荣与发展，通过对我国风险资本市场相关要素分析，提出了相关建议。