On transaction efficiency and China’s Urban-Rural disparity

It is recommended for economists to examine China’s Urban-Rural disparity from the perspective of transaction efficiency, in that it can provide us with a systematic explanation to both the cases of different countries and development stages. China’s Urban-Rural disparity is special and virtually a demonstration of its special transaction efficiency structure. Exploration of China’s Urban-Rural disparity from such perspective indicates that, different from those in countries with a market economy, China’s case involves many exogenous and contrived factors. Therefore, the solutions are to improve the whole transaction efficiency in the economy, which includes eliminating its regionally unfavorable policies and institutions, and enforcing more favorable and regionally balanced institutional reforms. __________ Translated from Fudan Journal (复旦学报, Social Science Edition), 2006, (1) (in Chinese)     

基于交易成本经济学的企业业务外包分析

企业业务外包是近年来在国外兴起的一种经营行为,它的目的是降低成本,提高企业的竞争力。目前中国很多企业也纷纷在尝试这一做法。然而不是任何企业,任何业务都适合外包。本文将从交易成本经济学的角度来对企业业务外包这一行为进行分析,提出适宜进行业务外包的情况,并说明进行业务外包时应该注意的问题。     

资产专用性与交易成本节约——论企业是信用的载体

企业的功能不仅在于节约要素(中间品)交易成本,是要素的"间接定价装置",还在于节约最终产品交易成本.信息不对称的产品市场上,企业在交易中"制造"了一个重复博弈机制,这使其更关心长远利益.它用自身专用性资产--从价值和数量两个维度--来作为其产品是合格品的担保.专用性资产单位价值越大,数量越多,企业越有谋求长远利益、放弃短期机会主义行为的激励.市场上理性的买方考虑到这一点,总是认为效益越好、规模越大的企业越有可能提供合格品.企业是信用的载体,它一定程度上避免了产品市场由于信息不对称所引致的逆向选择,从而节约最终产品交易成本.我们的分析补充和完善了企业的交易成本理论.     

Multinational firms, international trade and international telecommunications

The study analyses the determinants of international telephone, telex, telegram and leased lines communication between the United States and 46 countries. It focusses on the role of multinational firms, international trading firms and new information technologies within the framework of the theory of transaction costs.Results of the econometric estimates suggest that: (a) technological conditions of telecommunication infrastructure, i.e., international diffusion lags of new information technologies, play an important role in the explanation of international telephone and telex telecommunication flows but not in the demand for telegraph and leased lines, (b) multinational firms use international telecommunication to reduce the coordination costs and are strong customers of leased lines and telephones, but less so of telex and telegrams, (c) international trading firms exhibit less clear preferences in the use of the different media to reduce transaction costs.     

Comparing Environmental Policy Instruments in the Presence of Imperfect Compliance – A Case Study

In this paper, we aim to include rule making, implementation, monitoring and enforcement costs into the cost comparison of policy instruments. We use a simple partial equilibrium model and apply it to the textile industry. The model includes discrete abatement functions and costly monitoring and enforcement. The case study uses individual firm data to simulate the differences in abatement costs and compliance decisions between firms. We compare combinations of regulatory instruments (emission taxes, emission standards and technology standards) and enforcement instruments (criminal fines, civil fines and transaction offers). We show that the inclusion of information, monitoring and enforcement costs indeed alters the relative cost efficiency of the different instruments.     

亳州中药材市场电子商务发展模式研究

随着网络和通讯技术不断提高,互联网向商业化、社会化发展,中药材的交易市场也迎来了电子商务时代。在电子商务环境下,缩短中间交易环节,降低交易成本,提高交易速度,减少税收流失,构建中药材的电子交易平台是本文的研究内容。分析了中药材的交易现状,并从四个层面论述了建设中药材电子交易平台的支撑环境;最后从中药材交易的电子商务化角度出发,针对目前亳州中药材交易现状和出现的问题,提出解决方法和电子商务发展模式。     

从演进经济学视角解读城市形成原因

从经济学演进变迁的视角,梳理不同时期经济学家对城市形成原因的不同解说,可以内在统一地解释城市的形成规律,也能给当前我国的城市发展和城市化进程以理论启示.     

安徽省林业产权改革实践及理论思考

通过对安徽省林业产权实践改革的分析，运用经济学的理论分析得出，虽然林业产权转换是改革的大方向．但林业资源的特殊性又使得这种制度变迁显得底气不足，而且在目前林业集体所有制的前提下，仅盘活经营权的林业产权结构转换，很难保证长效激励。     

浅析资本弱化与外资避税

随着现代资本结构理论的发展,国内外企业都在学习如何在实务中对其加以灵活应用,使企业价值最大化.资本弱化就是这样一种应用,其目的在于企业通过资本结构安排,改变其纳税义务,起到避税的作用.目前,来自发达国家的外资企业在这一避税手法的使用上已达到了十分成熟的阶段,再加上我国现行税制框架尚未对资本弱化进行识别、规范和控制,造成了我国大量的税收利益流失.另外,在我国已逐渐认识到问题的紧迫性的情况下,如何进行监管和控制也是一个很大的技术难题.     

企业转让制度之比较研究

企业转让是指为了一定的营业目的通过签定合同将企业作为一个有机组织体的全部财产或部分重要财产进行有偿转让的活动。它是企业的所有权在不同的市场主体之间的移转,既不同于货物买卖也不同于企业财产的转让。企业转让制度在《德国商法典》、《日本商法典》和《韩国商法典》中都有专门规定,但在《澳门商法典》中规定的更为全面,主要涉及商号、债权债务关系、竞业禁止和劳动关系内容。建立企业转让制度是市场经济的内在体现,对我国发展经济和解决就业有着重要的现实意义,同时也符合我国建立现代产权制度的要求。