Don't Tax the Net

Electronic commerce has the potential to reduce transaction costs drastically. It is the most dynamic sector of the world economy. Governments should restrain themselves from extending taxes to electronic commerce or they will reduce the gains from innovation.     

Tax Competition between Unitary and Federal Countries

We analyse taxation of capital in a two-country model, where one country is unitary while the other one is federal, consisting of two identical regions. Both national and regional governments levy a tax on capital. The countries play a noncooperative game between them, with the government of the federal country acting as a Stackelberg leader with respect to its regional governments. We show under what circumstances, at equilibrium, the federal country sets its tax rate inefficiently low, while the unitary country sets it inefficiently high.We are deeply grateful to three anonymous referees for their comments, and especially to one of them for extremely helpful suggestions. We also wish to thank participants at ESEM 2004 for fruitful discussions     

财富巨子话财富

就在2001年10月,有一个英国人给中国人排名,一本叫<福布斯>的杂志排了100个最有钱的人,然后就一直争论不断,有的人说排得好,有的人说排得不好.但是不管排名怎么排的,大家满意不满意,至少这100人在某种程度上代表了中国经济发展的最中坚的力量,他们每个人都有辛酸的成功故事,他们企业发展的经历对所有创业的,或者正在造就一番大事业的人都有很多值得借鉴的经验和可以和他们探讨的地方.     

Wealth of a Nation

A bstract . In order to determine whether the distribution of wealth in American society uncovers deeper fault lines of inequality than income alone, data from the 1984 Survey of Income and Program Participation is examined. The findings indicate that: (1) aggregate shares of wealth held by households are distributed far more unevenly than income shares, with extreme concentrations at the upper levels; (2) the data on wealth shows that the condition of black America is far more precarious, marginalized, and unequal than was thought previously; (3) single and separated women hold few assets in comparison with their male from SIPP using the weights provided by the U.S. Census which approximates the U.S. population. Parallel analyses conducted on the weighted and unweighted samples showed similar results. 3. For a detailed analysis of black-white differences in wealth see Oliver and Shapiro (1989).     

贫富差距拉大挑战构建和谐社会

贫富差距令人瞩目 1.社会成员之间的贫富差距在拉大.据统计,2004年收入最高的10%家庭的财产总额占城镇居民全部财产的比重接近一半,收入最低的10%家庭的财产比重只有1%左右.而且,高收入家庭收入的增长明显快于低收入的家庭.经济学家认为,根据其他国家的经验,人均GDP达到1 500美元左右,基尼系数(国际上通用的反映居民之间收入差异程度的指标)才开始下降.     

Obstacles to Federal Tax Reform: An Exploratory Inquiry Into the Fiscal Attitudes of a Small Group of Taxpayers

A bstract . An exploratory inquiry was conducted to identify legislative goals of Washington-based tax reformers and to learn bow a small group of taxpayers (n = 54) from various socio-economic backgrounds felt about some of these goals. On a general level most informants claimed they supported elimination of tax loopholes. However, on a more specific level informants tended not to see any tax provision they used to avoid taxes as a "loophole," According to these semi-structured conversations, these taxpayers held no allegience to any particular principle of tax equity or tax justice except that, believing that other taxpayers engage widely in avoiding taxes, they are anxious to lose no importunity to do so.     

财富客户的金融消费统计分析

近年来,由于客户的理财意识越来越强,同时商业银行所提供的理财产品也越来越多,使得客户资产波动的频率也明显扩大了。本文将在数据统计分析的基础上着重分析研究财富客户的金融消费特征,并在此基础上提出一些相关的建议与策略。     

递延所得税会计信息的价值相关性研究

2007年开始实施的我国新会计准则要求上市公司按照资产负债表债务法确认所得税费用,由此产生了递延所得税会计信息。文章以Ohlson(1995)的价值相关性模型为基础,以2008年-2009年沪深A股上市公司为研究样本,检验了递延所得税会计信息在股票定价中的作用。结果发现:(1)递延所得税会计信息具有显著的价值相关性,能够提供额外的增量信息;(2)公司所得税税率的变化会削弱递延所得税的价值相关性。研究表明,递延所得税会计信息改善了投资者对公司资产价值质量和未来盈利能力的合理估计,提高了会计信息在股票定价中的作用。     

股市财富效应对消费的影响研究

首先从理论上阐明了股市财富效应形成的机理以及股市财富效应影响消费的条件。然后,通过对中国数据的经验分析,利用相关性检验和因果检验,指出我国股市财富效应对消费存在着一定的影响;并提出了完善股市财富效应的消费传导机制的建议,以及通过调控股市来调控消费、稳定经济金融的观点。     

地产大亨黄如论的财富境界

尽管拥有着巨大的财富,黄如论仍然是集团里最繁忙的人,“去年全年搭乘航班139次,平均2.7天就到一个地方出差。”但对于这位富豪而言,不论是事业还是慈善都是自己人生不断提升和追求品质的过程     

个人所得税减税的最佳策略

随着中国居民贫富差距的逐渐加大,通过个人所得税减税减轻中低收入群体的税负成为政府"削高补低"政策的着力点.在个人所得税的诸多要素中,"起征点"的上调有着直接、透明等优点,但也容易产生累退性的不利结果;与之相比,税率和级距的调整则更利于发挥个人所得税的收入分配调节作用.因此,中国个人所得税的修订应将"起征点"的上调和税率、级距的调整结合起来,只有这样,才能使减税的好处真正落到中低收入阶层头上.     

节能减排的环境税收政策影响分析

节能减排已成为我国经济社会发展的一项重要任务.本研究分析了能源和环境税收政策的影响.研究结果表明,单纯地实施能源税和环境税来实现一定的污染减排目标将会给宏观经济带来负面影响;对污染物征税对于经济活动造成的负面影响要小于对能源消费征税;在征收能源税/环境税的同时,实施相应配套政策,如降低服务业营业税以促进服务业发展,可以抵消其负面影响,并带来双重红利.     

股市“财富效应”对我国货币政策的影响

伴随着中国证券市场的长足发展 ,股市的“财富效应”也日益显著。本文从分析股市“财富效应”及“财富负效应”影响货币政策的机制入手 ,进而探讨了其对我国现行货币政策的冲击 ,并相应提出了几点政策建议。     

The Share Price Collapse—Analysing the Wealth Effect

Alan Budd and Geoffrey Dicks, of the London Business School, analyse the importance of the'Wealth Effect'and conclude that the decline in stock market prices should have little effect on the rate of economic growth.     

上市公司控制权转移的财富效应分析

上市公司控制权的转移会改变投资者对目标公司的预期,从而引起目标公司股价的变化,进而使得目标公司股东的财富发生变化。本文采用事件研究法,分行业对2002年我国资本市场上第一大股东发生变更的目标方公司股东财富进行了实证研究。结果表明:对于整个资本市场而言,控制权转移能为目标公司带来显著的财富增加;而对于不同行业控制权转移的财富效应存在着较大的差别,只有原材料企业在公告日前可以获得显著的正财富效应,而工业企业和消费企业的财富效应并不明显。