中欧投资协定的深远影响

中欧投资协定有利于促进中欧双向投资增长,提振世界经济,强化中欧经贸合作:对中国而言,在推动改革开放与经济发展等方面也将具有积极影响。2020年12月30日,中欧领导人共同宣布如期完成中欧投资协定(China-EU Comprehensive Agreement on Investment.CAI)谈判。中欧在2013年11月宣布启动投资协定谈判,并于2014年1月开始第一轮谈判。     

海外投资：中国步入快车道

改革开放以来,中国不仅以高速发展的经济和巨大的市场潜力吸引了大量国外投资,而且也逐步开始对外直接投资,探索中国企业跨国经营之路。而“走出去”战略的实施,则更提速了中国企业开展海外投资的步代。请看     

初挂云帆济沧海因时分类实施“走出去”战略

9月初出版的美国《新闻周刊》的封面章，题为“中国公司的扩张”。该刊封面和内的插图将中国描绘成一只触须广伸到全世界投资建厂的大章鱼，正将各种电、电子、机械、鞋类等产品，“传输”到全球各地市场。章以成功地在美国和其他许多国家投资建厂的海尔、在越南和东南亚等地投资建厂的TCL等为例，认为中国的企业正在变成国际“玩家”。中国真到了像这福插图描绘的那般水平吗？     

进一步改善投资环境提高对外开放水平

全面提高对外开放水平，积极合理地利用外资，已成为我国对外开放政策的重要组成部分。针对我国对外开放发展的实际，如何改善投资环境，进一步加快对外开放步伐、形成对外开放新局面成为我们必须思考的问题。     

境外投资还缺什么

为了更好地支持中国企业走出去参与国际竞争,实施国务院关于"企业走出去"的战略,国家外汇管理局资本司和《外汇管理》杂志社举行研讨会,仲大军先生参会谈了自己的看法.大军经济观察研究中心给本刊发来研讨会简报.     

中国与东盟国家双边投资保护协定中的投资争端解决机制

“一带一路”倡议为中国与其他国家合作交流提供了平台。随着“一带一路”的实行,我国与“一带一路”沿线国家的交往日趋密切。其中,我国与东盟国家建立了良好的投资关系,双方的经济发展水平得到进一步提升。但是我国与东盟国家在投资过程中也发生了一些冲突,以致部分投资活动难以高效推进。构建完善的投资争端解决机制是增进中国与东盟国家关系,提高中国与东盟国家投资水平的重要途径。因此,可以立足当下中国与东盟国家在投资过程中出现的问题,了解投资争端解决机制的缺陷,从而加强投资争端解决机制建设。文章分析了中国与东盟国家双边投资保护协定中的投资争端解决机制构建的必要性以及可行性,提出了中国与东盟国家双边投资保护协定中投资争端解决机制的构建路径,旨在为投资争端解决机制的构建提供科学指导。     

澳大利亚的投资价值

中国企业"走出去"是中国正在实施的战略,鼓励有条件的中国企业能到境外拓展工程承包、投资办厂、共同开发资源.     

巴彦淖尔市对蒙投资存在的问题及建议

近年来,随着国家“走出去”发展战略的实施,巴彦淖尔市对蒙投资呈现出快速发展的态势。截至2008年一季末,经商务部门批准的对蒙投资企业共8家,项目协议投资总额8232．4万美元,中方协议投资总额6867．72万美元,其中现汇投资3017．54万美元,设备投资2593．18万美元,其他出资1257万美元。巴彦淖尔市民营企业成为对蒙投资的主力军,     

“走出去”战略:任重而道远—中国对外直接投资差距分析

<正>近年来,伴随着中国经济国际竞争力的不断增强和“走出去”战略的逐步实施,中国已成为新兴的对外直接投资来源地。2005年我国非金融类企业对外直接投资达到122．6亿美元,年底存量达到572亿美元,相当于中国1985年对外直接投资存量的437倍,1990年的22倍。2006年我国非金融类企业对外直接投     

企业：长袖善舞 多财善贾

对于正在“走出去”的中国企业而言，开放的政策无疑会助其一臂之力，正可谓“长袖善舞 多财善贾”……     

中美投资协定谈判：进程、焦点、意义

美国是当前对国际经贸规则影响最大的国家,与美国签订的双边投资协定有望成为中国与他国签订新的双边投资协定的范本,并将对区域经济一体化组织的相关规定产生影响,因此,中美投资协定谈判的重要性与意义远远超双边范畴中美两大经济体在全球经济格局中居于举足轻重的地位。伴随着不断发展的经贸关系,两国之间的经济相互依赖也日趋增强。在此过程中,中美双边投资协定谈判不断向纵深推进。     

平台企业从业人员保障方案:中欧对比及启示

平台经济的快速发展和平台从业者数量的急剧增加给我国社会保障事业带来新的挑战。本文从平台企业与平台从业人员间的劳动关系认定出发,在总结中欧平台从业人员保障实践的基础上,比较国内主要出行外卖平台企业(滴滴出行、美团外卖和饿了么)、吴江模式及优步欧洲的平台从业人员保障方案,提出建立“由政府提供基础保障、由企业提供辅助保障”的平台的设想。     

Dynamic spillovers between uncertainties and green bond markets in the US,Europe, and China: Evidence from the quantile VAR framework

This paper investigates the quantile connectedness between uncertainties and green bonds in the US, Europe, and China by using a quantile VAR model-based connectedness approach. The empirical findings suggest that the spillover effect under extreme market conditions is significantly higher than that under normal market conditions. We also show that stock market uncertainty (VIX) and oil market uncertainty (OVX) have a greater impact on green bonds, especially in extreme upward markets. In addition, the US is the dominant transmitter of spillovers in other green bond markets, while China is always the net receiver of spillovers. Further research, meanwhile, demonstrates that the connectedness between green bonds and uncertainties is time-varying and that the spillover effects at extreme upper and lower quantiles are asymmetric and heterogeneous, especially in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. These findings provide investors and policymakers with systematic insights into the risk resistance of different green bond markets.     

平台企业从业人员保障方案:中欧对比及启示

平台经济的快速发展和平台从业者数量的急剧增加给我国社会保障事业带来新的挑战。本文从平台企业与平台从业人员间的劳动关系认定出发,在总结中欧平台从业人员保障实践的基础上,比较国内主要出行外卖平台企业(滴滴出行、美团外卖和饿了么)、吴江模式及优步欧洲的平台从业人员保障方案,提出建立由政府提供基础保障、由企业提供辅助保障的平台的设想。     

Leverage and investment under a state-owned bank lending environment: Evidence from China

This study examines the relations between leverage and investment in China's listed firms, where corporate debt is principally provided by state-owned banks. We obtain three major findings. First, there is a negative relation between leverage and investment. Second, the negative relation between leverage and investment is weaker in firms with low growth opportunities and poor operating performance than in firms with high growth opportunities and good operating performance. Third, the negative relation between leverage and investment is weaker in firms with a higher level of state shareholding than in firms with a lower level of state shareholding. Overall, our results are consistent with the hypothesis that the state-owned banks in China impose fewer restrictions on the capital expenditures of low growth and poorly performing firms and also firms with greater state ownership. This creates an overinvestment bias in these firms.     

The association between human resource investment in IT controls over financial reporting and investment efficiency

This study investigates the association between human resource investment in information technology (IT) controls over financial reporting and its investment efficiency. To conduct the analysis, it uses novel hand-collected data on the number of IT control personnel. In particular, it uses the ratio of (1) the number of IT control personnel, (2) the number of IT control personnel who are certified public accountants to the total number of employees in a firm, and (3) the natural logarithm of average working experience of IT control personnel in months as a proxy for human resource investment in IT controls. This study finds that such investment is negatively associated with the firm's abnormal investment, suggesting that investing in IT control personnel enhances a firm's investment efficiency. Furthermore, not only quantitative but also qualitative investment in IT control personnel improves investment efficiency. We also find that the association between human resource investment in IT controls and a firm's investment efficiency is more pronounced for firms with lower financial reporting quality and information environment. The results of this study provide useful implications for management, regulators, and market participants, as they demonstrate the positive role of investment in IT control personnel on the firm's internal decision.     

Political uncertainty and corporate investment: Evidence from China

Using hand-collected data on changes of government officials in 277 Chinese cities, we examine how political turnover affects corporate investment in a transitional economy. We find that political turnover leads firms to significantly reduce corporate investment, particularly when the new official is an outsider appointed by a higher level government. The effect of political turnover on corporate investment is stronger for state-owned enterprises, capital intensive firms, and firms deemed locally important. Overall, the volatility of corporate investment increases with political turnover. Finally, the investment decline due to political turnover has significantly negative impact on the profitability of private firms, but not state-owned firms.     

Government intervention and investment efficiency: Evidence from China

The extant corporate investment literature has documented that information asymmetry and agency conflicts between managers and outside investors prevent firms from making optimal investment decisions. In this study, we investigate whether government intervention, as another form of friction, distorts firms' investment behavior and leads to investment inefficiency. Using Chinese data, we test this by measuring government intervention at two different levels. First, we compare investment efficiency between SOEs and non-SOEs. We find that the sensitivity of investment expenditure to investment opportunities is significantly weaker for SOEs. Second, we measure government intervention by whether a firm is politically connected through the employment of top executives with a government background. We find that political connections significantly reduce investment efficiency in SOEs. However, we do not find such evidence in non-SOEs. Taken together, our findings suggest that government intervention in SOEs through majority state ownership or the appointment of connected managers distorts investment behavior and harms investment efficiency.     

The association between legal regime and the value-relevance of accounting information: a Japan-U.K. comparison

Prior research has shown that there is an association between the legal regime of a firm’s country of domicile and the value-relevance of its accounting information. However, it is still unclear whether it is the difference in the properties of accounting information (“the supply effect”), or alternatively, if it is the difference in the way the investors in certain jurisdictions interpret and apply that information (“the demand effect”) that is mainly driving this phenomenon. Since the observed pattern in value-relevance is less likely to be observed in a particular capital market that belongs to a single legal regime (where the demand effect is assumed to be constant) in case the demand effect is mainly driving the association, I test for a marginal impact of the supply effect in a single capital market setting. Using U.S. stock price data, I find that the accounting numbers of U.K. firms, prepared under U.K. GAAP, are more value-relevant than those of Japanese firms, reported under Japanese GAAP. This result lends support to the supply hypothesis and suggests that the legal regime does have a marginal impact on the value-relevance of the accounting information.     

中欧机电产品产业内贸易影响因素实证分析

20世纪以来,中欧机电贸易合作进一步加强,贸易规模不断扩大的同时也加剧了两国的贸易竞争,尤其是欧债危机爆发后两国间贸易摩擦更为激烈。本文采用定性和定量相结合的方法分析影响中欧机电产品产业内贸易的因素,基于中欧机电产业内贸易的发展现状和存在的问题探讨了其发展策略。