Report of the Editor‐in‐Chief

2007 has seen a further increase in submissions to the Journal, with an increasingly international pattern, though no corresponding increase in accepted papers. Response times continue to meet our target of 4 months, with some regrettable lapses. The citation impact factor has slipped a little from last year but continues to be strong relative to our historical performance. Wiley‐Blackwell continue to provide a strong publishing platform, and will soon mount our full archive on‐line in Blackwell Synergy, which is to be merged with Wiley Interscience in January 2009.     

Report of the Editor‐in‐Chief

Submissions to the Journal continue to increase strongly (up 35% since last year), with a strong international pattern, while our response times are also improving. The JAE's citation impact factor declined slightly in 2012 from the record high in 2011 (1.55) to 1.5. However, current data on 2013 citations imply a significant decline in 2013 (due to be published in June 2014). Wiley‐Blackwell continue to provide a strong publishing platform with our full archive generating rapidly increasing numbers of downloads.     

Report of the Editor‐in‐Chief

Submissions to the Journal have increased again and continue a strong international pattern. Our response times continue to meet our targets, with regrettable exceptions, for which our apologies. The JAE's citation impact factor has recovered to 1.8 in 2016 with current indications that our 2017 score will be similar. Wiley continue to provide a strong publishing platform with our full archive generating a continuing increase in the number of downloads.     

Report of the Editor‐in‐Chief

Submissions to the Journal continue to increase steadily, with a strong international pattern, while our response times are also improving. The JAE's citation impact factor has recovered to 1.3 in 2014. Current indications are that 2015's score will be similar. Wiley‐Blackwell continue to provide a strong publishing platform with our full archive generating a continuing increase in the number of downloads.     

Report of the Editor‐in‐Chief

The year 2010 saw a substantial increase in submissions to the Journal, which show an increasingly international pattern, though with no corresponding increase in accepted papers. Response times continue to meet our target of four months, with fewer regrettable lapses, though with some increase in mean time to decision from 2009. The JAE’s citation impact factor has slipped a little to 1.15 in 2009, though we retain second place in the peer group ranking. Wiley‐Blackwell continues to provide a strong publishing platform with the full archive of JAE papers now on line.     

Report of the Editor‐in‐Chief

Submissions to the Journal continue to show an increasingly international pattern, with the submission rate apparently stabilising after a recent rapid increase. Our response times still mostly meet our target of four months, with some regrettable lapses. The JAE’s citation impact factor has slipped again in 2010, though indications from data on 2011 citations strongly suggest a significant improvement in the 2011 impact factor (due to be published in June 2012). Wiley‐Blackwell continue to provide a strong publishing platform with our full archive generating rapidly increasing numbers of downloads.     

Report of the Editor‐in‐Chief

Submissions to the Journal continue to increase, with a strong international pattern, while our response times are also improving. The JAE's citation impact factor reached a record high in 2011 at 1.55, with data on 2012 citations suggesting a modest decline in 2012 (due to be published in June 2013). Wiley‐Blackwell continues to provide a strong publishing platform with our full archive generating rapidly increasing numbers of downloads.     

Report of the Editor‐in‐Chief

Submissions to the Journal continue to increase steadily, with a strong international pattern, while our response times are also improving. The JAE's citation impact factor has declined from the record highs of 2011 & 2012 (1.55 & 1.5) to 0.97. Current data suggest that 2014's score will be little better. Wiley‐Blackwell continue to provide a strong publishing platform with our full archive generating a continuing increase in the number of downloads.     

Report of the Editor‐in‐Chief

2009 has seen a further increase in submissions to the Journal, which continue to show an increasingly international pattern, although with no corresponding increase in accepted papers. Response times continue to meet our target of four months, with fewer regrettable lapses, and an improvement in mean time to decision from 2008. The JAE’s citation impact factor has improved to 1.2 in 2008. Wiley‐Blackwell continue to provide a strong publishing platform with the full archive of JAE papers now online.     

Report of the Editor‐in‐Chief

Submissions to the Journal appear to have stabilised, but continue a strong international pattern. Our response times continue to meet our targets. The JAE's citation impact factor has recovered to 1.5 in 2015 with current indications that 2016's score will be similar. Wiley continue to provide a strong publishing platform with our full archive generating a continuing increase in the number of downloads.     

The impact of safety nets on technology adoption: a difference‐in‐differences analysis

This article contributes to a growing body of empirical literature relating credit constraints and incomplete insurance to investment decisions. We use panel data from rural Ethiopia to investigate whether participation in a safety net program enhances fertilizer adoption. Using a difference‐in‐differences estimator and inverse propensity score weighting, we find that participation in Ethiopia's food‐for‐work (FFW) program increased fertilizer adoption in the short run, but not in the long run. Results also indicate that the intensity of fertilizer usage increased with livestock holdings for FFW‐participant households, providing some evidence that the intervention helped asset‐rich farm households more than asset‐poor households. We find no significant effects of free distribution on fertilizer adoption or intensification. Our results are consistent with the hypothesis that safety nets can be viewed as mechanisms that allow households to take on more risk to pursue higher profits. The results highlight the importance of safety net programs, their effectiveness in ensuring farmers that they will be protected against uninsured shocks, and how that assurance can translate into productivity‐enhancing behavior.     

Eliciting Willingness‐to‐Pay through Multiple Experimental Procedures: Evidence from Lab‐in‐the‐Field in Rural Ghana

This paper has the objectives of (a) comparing estimated willingness‐to‐pay (WTP) across three elicitation mechanisms (a Becker‐DeGroot‐Marschak [BDM] auction, a kth price auction, and a choice experiment [CE]) and (b) examining how these vary by participation fee. The product under consideration is kenkey made with nutritious maize, biofortified with vitamin A, which gives it a distinct orange color, in contrast to the white and yellow varieties that are traditionally consumed. We use an experiment consisting of 14 treatment arms, conducted in rural Ghana. Our estimation strategy explicitly accounts for the censored (typically at the market price) nature of the bids in the auctions, and the apparently lexicographic choices of several individuals in the CE. We find no evidence of economically meaningful (defined by the minimum currency unit of five pesewas) differences in WTP (although they may be statistically significant) across elicitation mechanisms, or by participation fee, a result that is in contrast to that found in much of the literature. A secondary finding is that the provision of nutrition information positively and significantly affects the marginal WTP for the new maize.     

完善财务总监制度的新设想

向国有企业派遣财务总监是针对国有企业中国有资产大量流失、内部人控制现象严重以及会计信息失真现象采取的一种措施。它是在借鉴国外有关财务总监制度的基础上结合我国实际形成的具有中国特色的管理制度。应该说财务总监制度的实行有喜有忧,本文提出了财务总监制度的完善新设想,目的在于更好地发挥财务总监制度的作用。     

建立完善财务总监制度的若干思考

当前,在我国企业中普遍存在会计工作秩序混乱,会计监督弱化,会计信息失真现象,造成大量国有或集体资产流失及浪费.为改变这种状况,在企业中实行财务总监制度,可解决会计信息失真、维护资产所有者的正当权益、使集体资产保值增值等问题.笔者最近了解到企业推行财务总监制度取得了一定效果,同时,也暴露出一些问题:①财务总监取代原有总会计师;②财务总监与总会计师工作范围模糊不清,混为一谈;③把二者的地位作用等同看待,认为重复设置;④无规范的、统一的财务总监法规制度.笔者认为,要想充分发挥财务总监的职能作用,必须解决好以下几个问题.