Taxation and the Environment–Health–Poverty Trap: A Policy Experiment Perspective

Under pressures related to economic growth and environmental protection, China is facing an increasingly severe “environment–health–poverty” trap risk. Fuel taxation is generally considered an effective policy to counter such a risk. Since 2009 China has raised the fuel tax rate many times to enhance tax reform. However, the effects of this policy remain unknown. Therefore, it is vitally important to estimate the impacts of China's current fuel taxation policy on environment, public health and the national economy. As the first attempt in existing literature on China, this paper builds a general equilibrium framework with the feedback effect of public health on economy. We find that that the fuel tax policy benefits the adjustment of the economic structure and improves human health; however, it is detrimental to economic growth, public welfare and price stability. In this sense, it plays a limited role in reducing the trap risk and might not be sustainable in the long term.     

VIX term structure and VIX futures pricing with realized volatility

Using an extended LHARG model proposed by Majewski et al. (2015, J Econ, 187, 521–531), we derive the closed-form pricing formulas for both the Chicago Board Options Exchange VIX term structure and VIX futures with different maturities. Our empirical results suggest that the quarterly and yearly components of lagged realized volatility should be added into the model to capture the long-term volatility dynamics. By using the realized volatility based on high-frequency data, the proposed model provides superior pricing performance compared with the classic Heston–Nandi GARCH model under a variance-dependent pricing kernel, both in-sample and out-of-sample. The improvement is more pronounced during high volatility periods.     

社会网络视角下的创客资本研究

揭示创客资本的内涵与特征，有助于深层次挖掘创客与经济社会发展之间的关系。运用关键词共现、社会网络分析和扎根理论方法，对148篇文献、21位由创客与众创空间负责人等构成研究对象的访谈资料和网络文本资料展开分析。社会网络分析发现互联网、数字经济、分享经济等是创客发展的重要驱动力，创客可借助众创空间社会网络跳出时空局限，运用网络资源参与大众创新活动，并与社会网络形成价值共创关系，推动协同创新和平台生态系统构建；扎根理论分析结果表明，创意制造、开放协同、网络共生、边际非稀缺是创客资本的4个核心特征，并印证了社会网络分析结果。基于上述分析结果，进一步基于社会网络理论界定了创客资本的内涵，提出未来需要深度挖掘创客资本与网络场景之间的交互机制及其结果效应。     

不同技术密度部门工业智能化的就业效应——来自中国制造业的证据

本文通过引入智能化资本重构任务模型,刻画不同技术密度部门中工业智能化升级对就业人数变动的影响机理,利用省级面板数据检验智能化升级对高、低技术密度部门就业的净影响效应,同时结合企业面板数据验证了智能化就业效应的传导渠道.研究表明:在中国当前发展阶段的高、低技术密度部门工业智能化升级都能够显著促进就业增加,且高技术密度部门的就业增加效应要明显高于低技术密度部门;在低技术密度部门工业智能化升级能够激发其利用技术扩散,而在高技术密度部门则倾向于通过生产规模扩张渠道,促进部门内部不同规模的就业增加;智能化升级的正向就业效应在非国有控股企业和东部地区企业中最为突出.     

长江经济带人才集聚水平测度及时空演变研究——基于价值链视角

基于价值链视角，构建涵盖人才资源在区域空间层面集聚生成、地区配置、效能产出3个维度在内的区域人才集聚水平评价指标体系，采用专家咨询AHP-信息熵组合赋权法构建综合评价模型和耦合协调度模型，对2010—2018年长江经济带沿线省市人才集聚水平进行测度与时空演化特征分析。结果表明，就长江经济带整体而言，考察期内地区人才集聚水平总体呈现逐年上升态势，但仍处于低水平状态；沿线省市人才集聚水平差异显著，缩小趋势渐缓，整体呈现局部高水平、全局低效率的不利境况；各省市人才集聚水平关键维度的耦合协调度整体呈显著波动递增态势，但内部耦合协调度存在不平衡发展问题，影响地区人才集聚水平整体提升。为提升长江经济带人才集聚水平，推进沿线地区协调发展，需强化区域人才合作机制，采取差别化精准策略破解沿线地区人才集聚低水平、不协调的短板因素。     

Online channel introduction under contract negotiation: Reselling versus agency selling

This study investigates manufacturers' online channel introduction strategies by considering two typical retailing formats, namely, reselling and agency selling. Online spillover effect and contract negotiation are considered to make the model more consistent with practice. We find that with a strong bargaining power, the manufacturer will always be profitable when it introduces online channels, whether it is reselling or agency selling. Meanwhile, agency selling is always profitable for the manufacturer than reselling. Interestingly, we find that an incentive alignment exists when two online channels are introduced, where agency selling is profitable for both the manufacturer and the e-commerce platforms (EPs).     

The association between charitable giving and happiness: Evidence from the Chinese General Social Survey

Quality & Quantity - Using the 2012 Chinese General Social Survey data set and the ratio of charitable giving at the community level as the instrumental variable, we investigated the...     

Do goodwill impairments affect audit opinions? Evidence from China

There has been a steady growth of goodwill impairments in the Chinese stock market since the adoption of the impairment approach in accounting. The influence of goodwill impairments on a firm’s financial position and profitability give reason to doubt its current and future performance. We examine whether auditors, as a crucial external monitor, identify the information risks of goodwill impairments and express their concerns about financial reporting quality in their audit opinions. Using a sample of firms listed on China’s A-share market from 2007 to 2017, we test the association between goodwill impairments and the type of audit opinion received in the same financial period. Our findings are as follows. First, the probability of receiving a modified opinion increases with the amount of goodwill impairments. Second, the positive association between goodwill impairments and modified audit opinions is driven primarily by earnings management risks. Third, this positive association is more salient when auditors are industry experts and there is no auditor–client mismatch. Fourth, auditors are more sensitive to the amount of goodwill impairments than to their mere existence. Overall, we document that auditors perceive goodwill impairments as a signal of information risks and communicate their concerns to investors to avoid litigation.     

国内军队后勤研究热点主题及趋势分析

军队后勤是决定战争胜负的重要因素之一,先进、完善的后勤保障,是奠定我军胜利的基石.理顺军队后勤的研究脉络,对后续理论研究和实践工作具有十分重要的意义.运用知识图谱分析软件,以CNKI收录的309篇军队后勤的相关学术论文为对象,利用关键词共现图和突现词分析等方法揭示军队后勤研究领域的研究重点和发展方向.从分析结果上看,我国军队后勤研究趋于缓慢,研究视角较为狭窄.今后应充分利用社会资源,加强军民融合,改变目前重理论、轻分析、重顶层设计、轻基层实践的学术氛围,深入分析目前军队后勤发展所遇到的实际困难,为提高我军后勤保障力量提供支持和帮助.     

城市创新行为改善生态效率了吗？——基于空间关联与溢出视角的考察

文章在理论层面探讨了创新对生态效率的影响机制，并基于城市空间关联与溢出视角，采用我国2007-2016年260个城市面板数据，运用空间计量模型检验了创新对生态效率的影响效应及多维度的城市异质性。进一步地，文章还通过对不同距离阈值上的创新空间溢出效应进行估计，测算了创新空间溢出的距离边界，检验了创新空间溢出驱动城市绿色发展的最佳地理距离区间，从而为增强区域创新合作以提升区域整体绿色发展水平提供了可供参考的量化依据。研究发现：总体而言，创新具有的增长效应、资源与环境效应、结构优化效应是促进城市生态效率改善的重要途径，且产出端创新对生态效率的驱动效应强于投入端创新；但创新对生态效率的影响具有显著的城市异质性，依赖于城市区位、所在城市群、环境政策、资源禀赋、创新能力和市场化水平；城市创新行为具有显著的空间溢出效应，但空间溢出随距离变化呈衰退趋势，350公里以内为创新活动的密集溢出区；生态效率也具有明显的空间溢出效应，经济越发达且联系越紧密、要素流动越自由、创新对生态效率驱动效应越强的地区，生态效率的空间溢出也越强。因此政府应完善创新激励政策、为创新外溢创造良好条件、注重引导创新的方向，并根据区域及城市发展实际，采取差异化的创新驱动绿色发展策略。