Willingness to Pay to Reduce Mortality Risks: Evidence from a Three-Country Contingent Valuation Study

Valuing a change in the risk of death is a key input into the calculation of the benefits of environmental policies that save lives. Typically such risks are monetized using the Value of a Statistical Life (VSL). Since the majority of the lives saved by environmental policies are those of older persons, there has been much recent debate about whether the VSL should be lower for the elderly to reflect their fewer remaining life years. We conducted a contingent valuation survey in the UK, Italy and France designed to answer this question. The survey was administered in these three countries following a standardized protocol. Our results suggest that the VSL is €1.022 million or €2.264 million, depending on whether we use median or mean WTP. The VSL is not significantly lower for older persons, but is higher for persons who have been admitted to a hospital or emergency room for cardiovascular and respiratory problems. Income is positively and significantly associated with WTP. The income elasticities of the WTP increase gradually with income levels and are between 0.15 and 0.5 for current income levels in EU countries. We use the responses to the WTP questions to estimate the value of an extension in remaining life expectancy. The value of a loss of one year’s life expectancy is €54,000 or €163,000.     

论我国商业银行金融风险预警指标体系

当今，我国金融体制改革日益深化，商业银行风险日趋增大，因此，建立健全商业银行金融风险预警机制已成为当务之急，所探讨的预警指标体系正是借鉴了国外的先进经验，并结合我国商业银行的实际业务而设计的，它共包含八大部分，涵盖了商业银行的主要经营业务，对于有效监控我国商业银行金融风险，提高其抵御风险的能力具有重要意义。     

投资选择权约束、意见分歧与中国股市风险

特定的股票总是被市场上特定的投资者群体持有 ,以反映该投资者群体对投资资产价格的评估意见。投资者意见的分歧会导致股票市场的资产出清价格偏离均值 ,股票价格趋于均衡的波动幅度也会变大。中国股市上投资者投资选择权的约束加大了投资者的意见分歧。扩大投资者的投资选择权来促进投资者意见分歧程度的缩小能有效降低中国股市的风险。     

反向抵押贷款风险研究

反向抵押贷款作为一种金融产品,其核心问题是风险管理,但目前国内对于反向抵押款风险的研究仅仅停留在简单对国外文献的翻译上,并未结合中国实际进行具体分析.结合中国具体实际对反向抵押贷款中的三级风险作了详细分析,并对反向抵押贷款中的风险防范提了几点建议.     

论房地产开发风险

明确了房地产开发风险的涵义及其特征，阐述了房地产开发面临的主要风险；并剖析了导致房地产开发风险的诸多因素，提出了处置房地产开发风险的具体措施。     

医药营销战略风险评价与控制

本文通过A-FA法评价了医药企业在营销战略实施过程中的风险,建立了相应的风险等级,并提出了风险防范措施。     

OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE AND FIRM EXIT ROUTES

ABSTRACT

Our study presents empirical evidence about the role of ownership structure for firm exit probability by explicitly differentiating between distinct exit routes (bankruptcy and forced liquidation, voluntary liquidation, mergers and acquisitions – M&A, and removal from the court register). Based on the population of Slovenian firms in the 2006–2012 period and using multinomial probit, our findings support the predictions of agency theory. Ownership concentration, share of the largest owner, and the difference in shares between two largest owners all decrease the likelihood of exit for all studied exit routes but M&A. The magnitude of their impact is largest for exits, in which owners play a decisive role, i.e. voluntary liquidation and removal. The link between the number of primary owners and exit likelihood is U-shaped with the lowest exit probability for firms with around two owners.     

高外贸依存度下的出口退税政策

改革开放初期,我国外汇短缺,为此国家实施“创汇战略”,实行出口退税。近年来,我国已成为全球第一大外汇储备国,形成一种全新的外贸环境。但另一方面也显现出我国经济对国际市场的依赖大大提高,外贸依存度不断上升。因此,我国对现行的出口退税政策进行了调整,此次调整将有利于进一步优化产业结构,促进外贸增长方式转变,推动进出口贸易均衡发展。     

我国中西部县域实施PPP模式的风险探究

在问卷调查的基础上，构建我国中西部县域PPP模式的风险因素评价指标体系。经过风险指标权重的计算，从19个风险中筛选出9个制约中西部县域PPP项目的关键风险因素，并通过相关检验和因素分析将其划分到4个关键风险组群，分别为政治风险、经济风险、市场环境风险和合作风险。结果显示：政治风险为制约PPP发展的最主要风险组群，而项目收益不足则是评分最高的单项风险因素。     

我国企业海外直接投资的法律保护

与我国海外直接投资快速增长相适应,构建完善的海外投资保险体系已经迫在眉睫。本文从我国企业海外直接投资面临的风险入手,分析了我国现行国际法和国内法对海外直接投资保护的不足,提出制定《海外投资保险法》,设立海外投资保险基金、建立海外投资保险中介机构等完善措施。