The Benefit of Frequent Corporate Philanthropy

Applying behavioural economic theory, we argue that the frequency of philanthropic activity is important in determining corporate philanthropy's economic outcome. Using Chinese data from 2003 to 2016, we find that firms with more frequent philanthropic activities obtain more government subsidies than firms that only engage in one-off charitable donations. Firms with better corporate governance, such as higher management ownership and more independent directors, are more likely to adopt a strategy of frequent donation. Furthermore, firms are more likely to be frequent donors when management or local government officers have a long tenure. Our findings provide insight into the giving process and suggest that firms can maximize the benefit of corporate philanthropy if they strategically consider the donation frequency and donation amount simultaneously.     

电气自动化在电气工程中的融合应用分析

电气工程控制系统对于工作人员的专业水平要求较高,如果出现操作失误的问题容易引发相关事故的出现.因此在电气工程中开始应用电气自动化技术,能够提升电气工程的应用效率以及安全性.本文分析了电气自动化和电气工程,探讨电气自动化技术在电气工程中设计理念,提出两者融合运用和发展趋势,以期可以为电气自动化在电气工程中的融合应用提供参考.     

某高速匝道桥跨铁路隧道施工安全性研究分析

为保证运营期间铁路的运行安全,分析解决高速匝道桥梁跨铁路隧道施工安全性,本文通过FLAC3D数值软件进行建模求解计算,结合相应规范的安全控制值分析既有铁路隧道的安全性.为高速匝道桥跨铁路隧道施工提供了新工艺、新方法.     

产业升级、金融分权与民营企业融资约束

本文在产业升级的框架下,分析了国有企业对民营企业存在的信贷挤入与挤出效应.产业升级过慢或过快都将使得信贷挤出效应占主导,金融分权(Ⅰ、Ⅱ)是产业升级影响民企融资约束的重要金融渠道,基于2007-2016年中小板上市公司数据和省级宏观数据,主要通过现金-现金流敏感性模型进行了实证检验.结果表明:(1)相对于产业升级速度适中地区,过慢和过快地区的民营中小企业融资约束更为严重;(2)国企产业升级通过决定金融分权影响民企融资约束,金融分权Ⅱ本身能缓解民企融资约束,但国企产业升级过快会降低金融分权Ⅱ,同时金融分权Ⅰ会刺激地方政府过度投资反而会加剧民企融资约束;(3)金融分权对民企融资约束的影响受到财政分权的显著调节作用,地方财政越宽松,金融分权的作用越显著;(4)对产业升级过慢地区,在金融措施配合下,充分发掘国企产业升级先导性作用是缓解民企融资约束的有效途径.     

会计信息质量、制度环境与企业创新绩效

创新是实现经济高质量发展的强大引擎,更是企业生存发展的重要因素,企业创新绩效是近年来学者们研究的热点话题之一.本文基于2008—2017年A股上市企业的数据,研究了会计信息质量能否促进企业创新绩效的提升,以及制度环境是否在二者之间发挥调节效应.研究发现:会计信息质量较高的企业能够提高企业的治理水平并缓解企业的资金压力,进而显著提高创新绩效;制度环境能对公司研发投资产生激励作用;此外,制度环境还在会计信息质量与企业创新绩效之间起到显著调节作用.从产权性质的角度进一步分析表明,上述结论仅在民营企业中成立,而在国有企业中不显著.从融资约束角度进一步分析表明,融资约束在会计信息质量与企业创新绩效之间起到了中介传导作用.     

Organizational structure and earnings quality of private and public firms

Review of Accounting Studies - We examine how heterogeneity in organizational structure affects private firm earnings quality in the European Union. Organizational structure refers to whether the...     

Inter‐firm R&D collaborations and green innovation value: The role of family firms' involvement and the moderating effects of proximity dimensions

The present paper investigates the relationship between the involvement of family firms in R&D collaborations aimed at developing green solutions and the value of resulting innovations. To dig into this relationship, the moderating effects of two proximity dimensions (i.e., geographical distance and technological relatedness) are also assessed. Analyses are based on a sample of 156 joint patents classified into the “Alternative energy production” field, as defined by the International Patent Classification Green Inventory and successfully filed at the United States Patent and Trademark Office in the period 1997–2010 by publicly listed companies. According to our conjectures, results reveal a positive relationship between the involvement of family firms and green innovation value. Moreover, our findings show that this relationship is hindered when partners are geographically distant or technologically proximate. Eventually, we contribute to the literature on green innovation by unveiling under which conditions inter‐firm R&D collaborations lead to more valuable innovations.     

An application of two-stage quantile regression to insurance ratemaking

Two-part models based on generalized linear models are widely used in insurance rate-making for predicting the expected loss. This paper explores an alternative method based on quantile regression which provides more information about the loss distribution and can be also used for insurance underwriting. Quantile regression allows estimating the aggregate claim cost quantiles of a policy given a number of covariates. To do so, a first stage is required, which involves fitting a logistic regression to estimate, for every policy, the probability of submitting at least one claim. The proposed methodology is illustrated using a portfolio of car insurance policies. This application shows that the results of the quantile regression are highly dependent on the claim probability estimates. The paper also examines an application of quantile regression to premium safety loading calculation, the so-called Quantile Premium Principle (QPP). We propose a premium calculation based on quantile regression which inherits the good properties of the quantiles. Using the same insurance portfolio data-set, we find that the QPP captures the riskiness of the policies better than the expected value premium principle.     

一种动态加权的LDPC译码方法

为了加快低密度奇偶校验（LDPC）码的译码速度，有效改善LDPC码的译码性能，针对校验节点更新过程中的对数似然比（LLR）值的大小，设计了一种LDPC码的动态加权译码方法。以IEEE 802.16e标准的奇偶校验矩阵为例，根据LLR值的变化规律，利用增长因子和抑制因子对和积译码算法和最小和译码算法进行动态加权。仿真结果显示，基于动态加权的译码方法相对于传统译码方法误码率都有明显改进，译码复杂度也有所降低。