The Wealth Effect of Domestic Joint Ventures: Evidence from Taiwan

This study presents important international evidence by examining the wealth effect of domestic joint ventures by Taiwanese firms. In opposite to United States evidence, we find that announcements of domestic joint ventures by Taiwanese firms are, on average, associated with significantly negative abnormal stock returns. We also find that the stock market response to announced domestic joint ventures is significantly positively related to the announcing firms' investment opportunities, size of investment and debt ratio, and is significantly negatively related to the business relatedness variable. In contrast, free cash flow, firm size, relative firm size and managerial ownership are found to have no significant power in explaining the market response. Our results support the investment opportunities, synergy and complementarity hypotheses as well as a broad interpretation of the free cash flow hypothesis, but reject the absolute size, relative size and alignment-of-interests hypotheses. This study makes valuable contributions to the literature by providing the first direct evidence on the role of investment opportunities, synergy and alignment-of-interests in explaining the wealth effect of domestic joint ventures     

Value of Multinationality: Internalization, Managerial Self-interest, and Managerial Compensation

In this paper, we examine the impact of managerial self-interest on the value of multinationality. Since agency theory also suggests that a divergence between the interests of managers and shareholders can be aligned by effective managerial incentive, we also examine the effect of managerial compensation on the value of multinationality. Our results show that for high- Q (Tobin's Q > 1 ) firms, investors do not associate the spending of free cash flow on multinationality with the problem of overinvestments. For high- Q firms, it is also found that the value of multinationality can be enhanced by effective managerial incentives. For low- Q firms (Tobin's Q < 1 ), it is found that the concern of managerial self-interest overwhelms the benefits of internalization, making multinationality a value-decreasing event. For low- Q firms, managerial compensation is also ineffective in promoting value-enhancing foreign direct investments.     

GATT/WTO与管理贸易

现实中的国际贸易不是自由贸易，国际贸易体制中一直都是自由贸易和贸易保护同时并存，以1GATT／WTO也不是自由贸易组织。管理贸易是指介于纯粹自由贸易和完全贸易保护之间的各种情形，其特点是规则导向、有较大兼容性以及可塑性。管理贸易的发展可以有两个完全相反的方向，而GATT／WTO倡导的贸易自由化实质上是在自由贸易和贸易保护两种成分并存的国际贸易体制中抑制贸易保护、提高贸易自由的程度。     

论中日韩自由贸易区建立的制约因素

建立中日韩自由贸易区，既符合经济全球化与区域经济一体化迅猛发展的时代潮流，也是打破东北亚区域经济合作难以取得实质性进展的可行途径。但它的建立需要经历一个复杂而又充满挑战的过程，这主要是由于中日韩三国不仅在政治、经济方面存在着差异与差距，并且在开放各自敏感产业部门上也面临着巨大困难。美国的态度也将产生重要的影响。     

区域经济一体化、中国-东盟自由贸易区与广西边境贸易研究

区域经济一体化、中国-东盟自由贸易区与广西边境贸易是三个具有密切关系的三个问题。其中区域经济一体化是世界经济一体化的重要组成部分；中国-东盟自由贸易区则是区域经济一体化在亚洲的具体表现形式。广西边境贸易经过了起步、快速增长等阶段，既有着自己独特的优势，也面临着资金困乏、政策影响、投资环境不佳等新问题。必须通过政策改进、环境改善、加强合作等措施来增加边境贸易的竞争力。     

“脱媒”与商业银行业务模式转型

扩大直接融资，降低对于以银行贷款为主导的间接融资的依赖，是未来中国金融结构调整的一个基本趋势。近年来，在投资基金、企业债、短期融资券等创新金融工具的冲击厦资本充足监管的约束下，商业银行传统的业务模式正面临着调整。商业银行只有通过提高风险控制能力、开发多样化金融产品、拓展新的收入来源渠道，并借助金融创新应时贷款质量和信用等级的下降等，才能降低“脱媒”所带来的影响。     

中国上市公司过度投资行为、程度与形成机理

通过建立投资计量模型进行实证研究,发现相当一部分中国上市公司存在过度投资行为,而且近年来有不断加剧的倾向。并且发现,上市公司过度投资程度与自由现金流量水平显著正相关,说明自由现金流充足的上市公司更容易发生过度投资行为。     

东亚经济合作现状及前景

本文从东亚经济合作的基本框架入手，分析了在当前全球经济发展中东亚经济合作的机遇和面临的挑战．并提出了建立自由贸易区促进经济合作的模式。     

中韩自由贸易区的可行性与障碍分析

中韩自由贸易区作为推动中日韩乃至整个东亚地区经济合作的有效途径,它的建立十分重要.在建立中韩自由贸易区是必要的这一前提下,从中韩政界和企业界的态度、经贸文化交流、经济互补性和建立后的贸易效应四方面论证建立中韩自由贸易区是可行的;同时,指出建立中韩自由贸易区的障碍并提出了相应的对策.     

中国-东盟自由贸易区内劳动力市场的共享

中国与东盟建立了“10＋1”自由贸易区，近期内由于产业结构相似度高，会对自由贸易区内各国的经济造成一定的影响，尤其是会加大中国对东盟的贸易逆差。但从长期来看，双方相似的产业结构形成了共享的劳动力市场，贸易区内劳动力的国际流动，会促进贸易区内各国经济的发展。