欧债危机的根源及对策分析——基于最优货币区内生性理论

根据最优货币区内生性理论,加入最优货币区的决定取决于一体化、对称性和劳动力市场弹性三种内生性。美国次贷危机导致欧元区对称性下降,金融一体化、劳动力市场弹性不足和财政转移支付等补偿机制的缺失,使得欧元区未能形成最优货币区。欧元区必须通过要素市场改革和推进财政一体化等措施,才能走出困境。     

水环境治理PPP项目合同柔性对项目融资风险的影响

为降低水环境治理PPP项目融资风险,结合合同柔性、PPP项目预期收益、信任与融资风险构建理论模型,探究合同柔性对项目融资风险的影响机理。研究结果表明:合同价格柔性、再谈判柔性、激励柔性均显著负向影响融资风险;PPP项目预期收益在价格柔性与融资风险关系中起完全中介作用,在再谈判柔性、激励柔性对融资风险影响中起部分中介作用;善意信任能增强价格柔性与激励柔性对融资风险的负向影响,但会减弱再谈判柔性的负向影响;能力信任在价格柔性与再谈判柔性对融资风险关系中起负向调节作用。研究从优化合同条款、创新回报机制、评估信任水平等方面为降低项目融资风险提供可行性建议。     

工作—家庭平衡的企业制度安排

工作已经通过网络渗入家庭,员工面临严重的工作—家庭冲突,影响组织绩效和生活质量。工作—家庭平衡作为企业家庭伦理理论的核心问题已成为制度设计的中心问题。对工作—家庭平衡制度安排的理论与实证研究发现,工作—家庭平衡还没有成为政府、企业和员工的共享信念,制度设计失去社会价值观基础;弹性工作制是有效的正式企业制度;家庭照顾福利是无效的正式企业制度;经理须持之以恒支持员工平衡工作—家庭需要、控制因享用工作—家庭平衡福利而带来的负面职业生涯后果。两者是有效的非正式制度安排。据此提出的政策建议是:政府要在全社会倡导、培育以工作—家庭平衡为核心的企业家庭伦理管理哲学、提供家庭照顾福利作为公共制度供给;企业进行系统的组织文化改造;员工培育照顾家庭的应得权利感。     

人民币汇率弹性的增大对利率稳定性的影响

汇率改革前后,汇率与利率之间的动态关系发生了系统性的改变。在均值意义上讲,人民币汇率弹性的增大降低了利率波动的幅度,利率对汇率的反馈机制有了一定的加强。实证检验证明,汇率改革后人民币汇率弹性的增大能稳定利率波动的假设只在长期内存在,而短期内人民币弹性的增大实际上加剧了利率的波动。     

基于大规模定制下的企业柔性评价实证研究

随着消费者日益强化的个性化需求以及激烈的市场竞争,大规模定制正成为一种有效的生产模式。从企业组织系统方面研究柔性问题,对大规模定制企业柔性制造系统的柔性加以分析,在对其他柔性方面分析的基础上,建立企业系统柔性系统评价模型,该评价系统具有适用性。     

组织柔性:内涵、理论演化与未来的研究方向

在动态不确定环境下,柔性是成功组织的一个基本特征。在对各种不同的组织柔性定义进行对比分析的基础上,归纳了组织柔性的内涵。同时对组织柔性研究的理论演化过程进行了分析。提出了组织柔性研究领域中值得探讨的一些研究方向。     

Multinational capital structure and financial flexibility

We address multinational capital structure decisions when firms have varying degrees of financial flexibility for shifting income and/or tax shields between subsidiaries. We find: (1) firms can use leverage to dramatically reduce negative valuation effects from operating in a high-tax country; (2) financial flexibility is a key determinant of optimal capital structure, acting as both a substitute and a complement for leverage; (3) multinational firms derive a synergistic effect from financial flexibility, which can enhance their value beyond that for a single-country firm from a low-tax jurisdiction; and (4) optimal capital structure typically differs substantially across subsidiaries, with each having positions in multiple currencies.     

Top management incentives and financial flexibility: The case of make‐whole call provisions

Consistent with the premise that make‐whole call provisions enhance value‐creating financial flexibility, we find that higher sensitivity of managerial wealth to stock price (delta) increases the likelihood that corporate bonds contain make‐whole provisions. Building on the results of related research, post‐issue financial performance of make‐whole callable bond issuers increases in delta. In line with prior findings that demonstrate financial flexibility can be costly to bondholders, we find that managerial equity incentives impact the incremental effect of make‐whole provisions on the pricing of corporate debt securities. Consistent with the flexibility explanation, we also find that the market response as measured by abnormal trading volume to the issuance of make‐whole callable debt varies in equity incentives. Overall, our results suggest that managerial incentives play a role in the choice, pricing, and market response to make‐whole options in corporate debt securities.     

COVID-19 impact on firm investment—Evidence from Chinese publicly listed firms

The COVID-19 outbreak had a significant impact on business cash flows and investment activities. This paper examined the COVID-19 impact on Chinese business investment in 3326 A-share listed quarterly financial reports, from which it was found that the negative relationship was more pronounced in the large, eastern Chinese state-owned firms. Using a propensity score matching method and difference-in-differences estimation, corporate financial flexibility was also examined, with the results indicating that high cash flexibility provided a buffer that allowed firms to better deal with adverse external shocks as the firms that had high cash flexibility were able to significantly increase their investments after the COVID-19 outbreak. Various robustness tests were conducted, all of which verified the robustness of the results. Overall, the empirical results provided evidence that the COVID-19 pandemic in China had a negative impact on Chinese listed firms, and verified the vital role of flexible financial reserves for firm survival and development during crises.