Fancy Bitcoin and conventional financial assets: Measuring market integration based on connectedness networks

We investigate the relationship between Bitcoin and conventional financial assets from a perspective on the connectedness of asset networks. We adopt the method of measuring connectedness proposed by Diebold and Yilmaz (2009, 2012, and 2014) in a VAR system to study the dynamic interdependence between returns in Bitcoin, stocks, oil, and gold. We find that the connectedness between bitcoin and conventional assets is weak. The separation of positive and negative returns in the Bitcoin market shows the existence of an asymmetric pattern of the spillover effects between Bitcoin and conventional assets. A rolling window analysis finds that although Bitcoin prices experience a rising link to other financial assets, the magnitude is proven to be moderate. However, connectedness via negative returns is much stronger than via positive ones and exhibits a clearly increasing trend in recent periods. Our results in application are generally robust to other popular cryptocurrencies, such as ETH and Ripple. The findings presented in this paper have important implications for financial market participants, policymakers, and researchers in light of projected increases in the adoption of Bitcoin, as well as the rapid development of cryptocurrency.     

Why does the peso-dollar exchange rate show a depreciation trend? The role of productivity differentials

Over the last three decades, Mexico's macroeconomic policy has been driven by a sound orthodox strategy: an open economy via many trade agreements signed since the mid-1980s, a nominal exchange rate under a flexible regime since 1994, central bank autonomy, and responsible fiscal policy, among other benchmarks. Nevertheless, the exchange rate has continued on a path of depreciation against the US dollar. In this paper, we show that although an equilibrium relationship exists between the exchange rate and prices in Mexico and the US (its main commercial partner), there are other forces affecting the former. The main factor in this relentless long-term depreciation is the loss of productivity in Mexico relative to the US. In addition, we show that the extraordinary liquidity supplied by the US during the 2008 crisis caused the Mexican peso to appreciate against the dollar.     

规范行政事业单位国有资产管理工作

行政事业是国家部门,其国有资产在社会发展中具有重要的作用,特别是能够为社会提供能够提高生活保障的公共服务。因此,行政事业单位的国有资产具有公共性和公益性等特点。鉴于这些因素,行政事业单位的国有资产必须创新管理工作方法。     

新型监管政策下我国保险资金的资产配置研究——基于大类资产监管和“偿二代”的政策背景

近年来我国保险资金运用监管开始实行“放开前端、管住后端”的政策理念，在前端实行的是资产大类监管政策，在后端实行的是“偿二代”政策。在此新的政策背景下，保险公司如何优化投资结构是一项非常重要的问题。考虑到我国保险业实际监管政策内容，以投资组合的风险最低资本的最小化为优化目标，以大类监管政策中的投资比例限制为约束条件，建立了一个新的投资组合模型，用来计算出各种最优投资组合比例。研究结果表明：在新监管政策下，协议存款、基础设施和不动产的理论配置比例较高, 债券类投资和权益类投资的理论配置比例较低。与理论投资比例相，债券类产品的实际投资比例偏高，而不动产类投资品的实际投资比例偏低，所以我国保险资金在今后的大类资产配置中，应当降低债券的投资比例，适当提高不动产的投资比例。     

浅谈固定资产管理技巧对企业节税的影响

固定资产管理是企业日常生产经营活动的重要组成部分，事关企业经营业绩。可以围绕固定资产取得方式选择、固定资产折旧方法选择、固定资产后续支出选择，以企业会计准则及企业所得税税法及其实施条例为基础，探讨在各种方式下对企业税收的影响，以达到节税的目的。     

Interaction between securitization gains and abnormal loan loss provisions: Credit risk retention and fair value accounting

This study investigates whether managers use asset securitization gains to substitute loan loss provision (LLP) management for earnings management, and, if so, whether the percentage of credit risk retained affects such a relationship. The literature provides evidence that managers have used securitization transactions to boost earnings. Using 2001?2014 data for a sample of bank holding companies, I find that managers use securitization gains and LLPs as partial substitutes and that earnings management from securitization gains grows at an increasing rate to substitute income increasing LLP management as the level of risk retention increases. These findings are consistent with the argument that the higher the level of risk retention, the greater the potential impact on achieving earnings targets, given banks’ exercise of discretion over securitization gains through estimation of fair value of retained interest. In addition, I document that the substitution effect between the two tools is non‐existent in the post‐SFAS 166/167 period. Taken together, the findings have timely implications for accounting standards by informing the effect of risk retention that I measure through earnings management techniques. Moreover, my findings provide additional support for improved disclosures on assets‐backed securities.     

Accounting for Cross‐Country Differences in Wealth Inequality

There is considerable cross‐country variation in levels of household wealth and in wealth inequality. This paper assesses the extent to which these differences can be accounted for by differences in the distributions of households' demographic and economic characteristics. A counterfactual decomposition analysis of micro data from five countries (Italy, U.K., U.S., Sweden and Finland) is used to identify the effects of characteristics on component wealth holdings, their value and their distribution. The findings of the paper suggest that the biggest share of cross‐country differences is not attributable to the distribution of household demographic and economic characteristics but rather reflect strong unexplained country effects.     

无形资产对公司资本结构的影响研究

针对无形资产是否可以起到有效的债务支持替代作用进而影响企业资本结构这一当前少有文献实证探讨的问题,结合我国实际融资环境实证分析无形资产对企业负债水平及资本结构的影响程度和机制.研究发现,企业无形资产投入与负债支持能力及资产负债率显著正相关,实际上发挥出了对有形资产债务支持的替代作用.