The Importance of Corporate Foreign Debt in Managing Exchange Rate Exposures in Non‐Financial Companies

This empirical study of the exchange rate exposure management of Danish non‐financial firms listed on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange shows that debt denominated in foreign currency (‘foreign debt’) is a very important alternative to the use of currency derivatives. The results show that the relative importance of foreign debt is positively related to (1) the extent of foreign subsidiaries, (2) the relative value of assets in place, and (3) the debt ratio. The pivotal role of time horizon is emphasised. These findings are important to firms in other countries with open economies.     

Debt financing and tunneling of Chinese listed firms

Unique institutional structure of Chinese stock market often leads to the distortion of corporate financing behavior, which is a phenomenon widely documented in the literature. However, most previous studies in this field have concentrated on equity financing, especially rights offering, while ignoring debt financing as an important alternative. This paper examines the debt financing behavior of firms after making the decision to utilize rights offering. Empirical findings suggest that debt financing increases significantly after rights offering, which results in a higher leverage ratio. Changes in leverage are positively influenced by rights offering scale, which is consistent with the ＂money encirclement＂ hypothesis. Our evidence also indicates that with the increase in ownership concentration, the leverage also increases.     

浅议银行不良资产证券化

分析了银行不良资产证券化的内涵；对不良资产证券化中债转股的股权方案进行了初步分析；提出了发展我国不良资产证券化市场的政策建议。     

Financial Structure: Theories and Stylized Facts for Six Eu Countries

The article provides a survey of one of the most important elements of financial structure, namely credit to firms and households, by means of five distinguished theoretical issues. It is complemented by a survey of relevant stylized facts for six European countries. A cross-country comparison across Europe shows that indirect credit markets with banks as the main players are far more important than direct credit markets, and that the most striking difference in financial structure among the countries considered relates to debt maturity.     

Euro adoption and Maastricht criteria: Rules or discretion?

In connection with the prospective euro adoption by the new EU members, the issue of how strictly to enforce the Maastricht criteria for joining the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) has been discussed for some time. Arguments have been made in favor of a more flexible interpretation of some Maastricht criteria to take into account the specific conditions of the new member states (NMS). This paper makes a case for a more flexible interpretation of the Maastricht inflation criterion and proposes a different specification. Further, it examines the compatibility of inflation and exchange rate Maastricht targets and argues that under the specific circumstances of euro adoption, and taking into account the way these targets are defined, meeting both of them during a limited period of time should not pose a problem. Finally, the paper argues that both for short-term cyclical and long-term sustainability reasons, the NMS may aim at somewhat more ambitious fiscal targets before euro adoption than required by the Maastricht fiscal criteria.     

我国财政风险及其防范对策(之一)

“财政风险”相对于“金融风险”而言 ,人们颇为陌生 ,其因是它的隐蔽性。财政、金融、国有企业有着特殊关系 ,但它们的问题最终解决 ,都得由财政最后兜底。文章对我国财政风险表现、原因进行研究 ,并提出防范对策。     

国有企业富余现金流量规制及其国际比较

大部分国有企业利润本质上是垄断利润,国有企业未分配利润是国有企业管理者支配的富余现金流量。比较各国运用负债工具规制企业富余现金流量的实践发现,垄断行业国有企业杠杆率偏低是国有企业拥有过多富余资金的重要原因,要解决国有企业未分配利润过多引发的过度投资、资本配置效率不高等问题,可以适当提高垄断行业国有企业杠杆率。     

基于面板结构方程的上市公司债务资本内生决定研究

文章以2000—2005年沪深股市的568家上市公司为样本,采用两阶段最小二乘法估计结构方程,从资本结构与债务期限结构内生决定的角度考察了中国上市公司债务资本的决定。实证研究表明,当杠杆和债务期限结构同时决定时,两者之间是正相关的关系,结构模型和单方程回归结果存在一定的差异。     

债转股的风险分析及其制度创新目标建议

债转股潜在着较大的风险。宏观经济环境尚未完全向好 ,资本市场仍不成熟 ,金融资产管理公司对债转股企业的产权约束不力以及自身性质的不确定性 ,其职能、组织机构、资产处理方式的欠缺等是债转股的外部风险。债转股的两个层次目标在实践中面临矛盾 ,债转股以AMC作为金融风险“隔火墙”的做法在理论和实践上都存在较多局限性 ,AMC退出通道未必通畅 ,及其内部人能力及道德风险等是债转股的内部风险。参与者各方均以债转股为契机 ,彻底改革现行的制度 ,促进结构调整或职能转换 ,方能化解债转股的风险 ,真正达到债转股的终极目标