Chemicals and energy: The next 25 years

The chemical industry can no longer rely on a rapid expansion or production based on a single feedstock. New sources of raw materials and energy will have to be used. The uncertainties include costs, social and political factors, new competitors, and the developing botanical and biochemical technologies. The author examines energy use in the OECD area and discusses the factors affecting energy efficiency. He concludes that the chemical industry is likely to maintain a petrochemical base much longer than might be expected. Although competition from Eastern Europe is imminent, OPEC products are unlikely to have a significant impact before 1987. For the next decade the growth rate of the chemical industry in Western Europe will probably be around 5%. Options after petrochemicals include a return to the pathways used 30 years ago, and the new possibilities promised by the use of shale oil, nuclear power, and natural products. At present oil prices, coal is not competitive above about $\text{\$10}\text{ton}$, and for the rest of the century the upper limit is around $\text{\$20}\text{ton}$.     

合伙会计师事务所发展的体会

一、合伙制事务所规模化发展面临的问题尽管合伙制事务所承担无限责任,使合伙人个人利益(包括人力资本投资)与事务所和命运紧密相联,是一种好的事务所组织形式,可以进一步增强合伙人的风险、责任、质量和品牌意识,为事务所的良性和可持续发展奠定了     

European transport over the next 25 years

Despite the slow-down in economic growth rates it seems clear that the volume of traffic in Europe will have approximately doubled by the year 2000. A simple doubling of the existing infrastructure to cope with this increase is seen as unlikely for a number of reasons, mainly because of environmental factors, and the long lead times required. The author looks at two possibilities: restrictions on road use, and a major restructuring of the railways —namely to reserve the main lines of the existing rail system for goods traffic. The latter would triple current peak goods-carrying capacity. A new high-speed transport system should be constructed to cope with the passenger traffic. This would be much cheaper than constructing new motorways and would consume less energy.     

The influence of economic research on financial mathematics: Evidence from the last 25 years

This is an attempt to review some of the breakthroughs in economic research as they impacted the nascent field of financial mathematics over the last 25 years. Because of the prominent role of Finance and Stochastics in the definition of this emerging field, I try to view things through the lens of its published papers, and I try to stay away from financial engineering applications.

     

刘仲藜会长会见马来西亚会计师协会会长尼克先生一行

7月17日上午,杨志国副秘书长会见了来访的特许公认会计师公会(ACCA)中小事务所代表团一行。会谈中,杨副秘书长向ACCA特别项目总监吉塞普·梅西纳先生(Mr.Giuseppe Messina)一行介绍了中国注册会计师行业     

New development: Putting a 25-year experiment to the test

This article explains the current state of accounting by the US federal government. Key hurdles for the US reporting model and financial management are discussed. An open data system, able to aggregate cost by programme, would greatly improve the usefulness of cost information and facilitate integration of cost with performance information.     

Perspectives Articles: Exploring Stakeholder Perspectives on What Is Affordable Health Care

Health care expenditures have accounted for increasing proportions of the U.S. gross domestic product, and the rate of growth of health care expenditures has increased over the past two decades. These two measures of assessing whether the level of health care expenditures is affordable may be appropriate in the aggregate for the United States but are not appropriate to assess whether individual stakeholder groups can afford their particular level of spending on health care. Health care is an economic good that differs from other economic goods, as it involves life and death issues, and invokes a call for a moral authority. This article explores definitions of what is affordable health care from the perspective of different stakeholders and suggests that other measures are needed to assess whether or not health care is affordable for stakeholders as one definition is not appropriate for all stakeholders.     

Introduction to the Special Issue: The Bank Structure Conference through the years

This is a special issue dedicated to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s annual Conference on Bank Structure and Competition. Invited articles are from financial economists that have had long standing relationships with the conference. Additionally, the effectiveness of the conference in influencing public policy and the financial and economic literature is evaluated.     

银行问市场经纪业务发展现状与建议

我国银行间市场自2006年正式引入货币经纪制度以来,经纪业务发展势头良好,市场参与者应用经纪业务的深度和广度不断提高。该文通过分析国内外经纪业务发展现状与动态,揭示了进一步推动经纪业务发展的重要作用和意义,并针对我国银行间市场经纪业务存在的不足,提出了相关政策建议。     

中国创业投资走过十年发展历程

中国创业投资发展走过十年历程,创业投资规模曾占GDP0．1％,尤其东部地区创业氛围浓厚,发展至今创业投资受国际市场影响已经缩小,和股票市场关联越来越大     

Perspectives on changing times: implications for insurance medicine

Profound changes are occurring in medicine. These changes are in both medicine itself and also in the economic and social context. The driving forces for change include health care reform, sophisticated consumers, new technology, information explosion and ethics of controlling human biology.     

Morgan Stanley Perspectives on Sustainable Investing: Acceleration and Integration

The CEO of Morgan Stanley's Institute for Sustainable Investing discusses recent developments in the field since the founding of the Institute three years ago. The position of the Institute, which works across Morgan Stanley businesses as well as with external partners, provides a unique vantage point for assessing both the company's and the financial industry's progress in advancing the goals of sustainability. Since its inception, the Institute has focused on measuring investor interest and highlighting the performance realities of sustainable investing strategies, with the ultimate goal of helping to increase the adoption of such strategies by not only Morgan Stanley's clients, but throughout the industry. Drawing on its own survey data and on the research and views of the Institute's internal and external collaborators, the author describes not only the acceleration of investor interest and the emergence of new players, but also the progressive integration of sustainability with more traditional methods as ESG issues move from being peripheral to “material” and “strategic” considerations. Such integration is helping to ensure that sustainability concerns—and corporate efforts to deal with them—will prove more than just a temporary trend and assume a prominent, and permanent, position in the dialogue between companies and investors.     

土地流转的新视角:农村金融

从理论研究和实践发展来看,中国农村土地流转有其必然性。金融发展是农村土地流转的重要推动力,农村土地的有序流转能进一步促进农村金融发展。研究表明,土地流转与农村金融发展之间相互促进、相互影响、相互制约;有效、规范的土地制度变迁能推动经济发展。在土地流转中,政府基本职能的界定、政府监管效率的高低、农村金融制度的变革直接影响农村土地流转的成败。     

Perspectives on risk and governance

Improper understanding and inefficient management of risk coupled with gaps in governance framework are considered to be major factors behind the outbreak of the Global Financial Crisis. This article highlights the gaps in the risk management and governance framework which led to the crisis and delineates international initiatives in building robust governance systems. The article also analyses the impact of new regulations on the economic growth and bank profitability which is the subject matter of intense debate currently and underscores the necessity of adopting Basel III by EMDEs. Highlighting the Reserve Bank of India's policy initiatives in mitigating the impact of global crisis, the paper discusses some contemporary issues in Basel III implementation in India.