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     

Price Commitment versus Flexibility: the Role of Exchange Rate Uncertainty and its Implications for Exchange Rate Passthrough

The paper investigates the incentives to commit price or retain price flexibility in a model in which exporting firms face different degrees of exchange rate uncertainty. The result shows that introducing exchange rate uncertainty can lead to the endogenous emergence of a unique leader–follower equilibrium; which firm emerges as price leader depends on the substitutability of products, the magnitude of exchange rate uncertainty, and the cost structure. This study may provide one explanation as to why some exporters set price before the realization of the nominal exchange rates (“sticky price”). The results imply exchange rate variability affects exchange rate passthrough.     

济南直选“小巷总理”

前不久举行的济南市历下区佛山苑社区第六届社区居委会选举具有特殊的意义,因为这次的居委会成员将由社区居民代表直接投票选举产生,这一选举方式受到了居民的热烈欢迎.     

发展现代物流产业 构建武汉区域性商业分销体系

根据武汉市“十五”规划 ,武汉华中物流中心建设将进入实施阶段 ,它对武汉商贸产业的发展影响深刻 ,从战略层次上构建武汉商贸物流分销体系成为必然     

山东经济——以世界为舞台

引言 山东,古称“负海而扼天下之吭”,是“天下制胜之地”,曾有“山东安而天下皆安矣”的说法。今天,在中国的经济板块中,山东以其实力也属“形胜之地”。刚刚过去的2002年,山东经济亮点频闪,最引人注目的,是山东经济在国际舞台中的上佳表现。经历了经济模式的转变、贸易壁垒的突围、“倾销战”的洗礼,可以说,和着世界的节拍舞蹈,山东越来越从容了。     

Taxation, growth, and the spirit of capitalism

This paper uses a general two-sector model of endogenous growth to examine how the spirit of capitalism affects the relation between public finance and growth. The spirit of capitalism is defined as acquisitive personal objectives. We find that if the spirit of capitalism is present, an increase in the share of government spending in output reduces the long-run growth rate. The negative relationship between fiscal spending and growth is consistent with empirical evidence.     

平安——山东最亮的名片

--2003年,山东省共破获各类刑事案件16万余起,抓获各类刑事作案人员12万余名,居全国第三位;清除黑恶犯罪团伙1681个,居全国之首.破案率高出全国4个百分点,全省连续4年没有公安部挂牌督办的未破大案,没有发生影响恶劣的刑事案件和治安事故.     

投资资本权利扩张与管制的辩证法--FTAA投资规则的规范分析

文章对FTAA有关投资规则进行了规范分析,并在与NAFTA有关规定进行比较的基础上,对FTAA投资规则草案所反映的投资资本权利扩张和东道国对其的管制之间的博弈关系进行了思考.     

长丰模式：实现品牌回报产生复合效益

2005年的中国电视节目（包括电视剧）市场已经渐入“整合营销时代”的佳境，电视节目的制作者、投资者不再单纯追求资金回报，而是更加关注电视节目与商业品牌以节目及相关活动为平台，通过整合营销传播手段实现品牌回报、产生复合效益。