Revisiting the Effect of Family Involvement on Corporate Social Responsibility: A Behavioral Agency Perspective

This paper sheds light on the incongruent findings concerning the relationship between family involvement and firms’ corporate social responsibility (CSR). While prior studies have mainly taken the perspective of families’ socioemotional wealth preservation, we approach this relationship from the perspective of behavioral agency theory, highlighting the important role played by CEOs’ family memberships. Specifically, we posit that family firms are more likely to invest in CSR when their CEOs are members of the controlling families. Furthermore, we examine how family firms can employ long-term incentives to encourage non-family CEOs to act in the interests of the controlling families to preserve SEW and thus enhancing family firms’ CSR performance. We tested our hypotheses using hand-collected data of family firms included in the S&P 500 index, in the period of 2003–2010. The empirical findings support our hypotheses that (a) family firms with family members as the CEOs have better CSR performance and (b) family firms tend to provide a high level of long-term incentives to non-family than family CEOs. In addition, long-term incentives strongly motivate CEOs to improve firms’ CSR performance, regardless of their family memberships.     

Abusive Supervision,Psychological Distress,and Silence: The Effects of Gender Dissimilarity Between Supervisors and Subordinates

Previous research has shed light on the detrimental effects of abusive supervision. To extend this area of research, we draw upon conservation of resources theory to propose (a) a causal relationship between abusive supervision and psychological distress, (b) a mediating role of psychological distress on the relationship between abusive supervision and employee silence, and (c) a moderating effect of the supervisor–subordinate relational context (i.e., gender dissimilarity) on the mediating effect of abusive supervision on silence. Through an experimental study (Study 1), we found the causal path linking abusive supervision and psychological distress. Results of both the experimental study and a field study (Study 2) provided evidence that psychological distress mediated the relationship between abusive supervision and silence. Lastly, we found support that this mediation effect was contingent upon the relational context in Study 2 but not in Study 1. We discuss implications for theory and practice.     

一种改进的电力线通信系统脉冲噪声抑制方法

为了抑制脉冲噪声对电力线正交频分复用（OFDM）通信系统的影响,最常用的方法之一是在接收端OFDM解调器之前前置一个置零非线性单元,即传统置零法。然而,由于引入了非线性失真,其性能并不理想。针对传统置零法引起的非线性失真问题,提出了一种基于迭代消除非线性失真的改进置零法。首先,对接收到的时域OFDM信号进行脉冲噪声检测和置零处理;然后,在频域利用已检测的符号来重构时域置零处理引入的非线性失真,并通过迭代提高重构的准确性;最后,从频域接收信号中减去重构的非线性失真。仿真结果表明,所提改进算法与传统置零法相比,有非常大的性能提升,增强了电力线OFDM通信系统对脉冲噪声的抵抗能力。     

Who benefit from government-led microfinance projects? Evidence from rural China

Drawing from a unique dataset of 2356 Chinese villages, this paper assesses the anti-poverty effect of the largest government-led microfinance project in the developing world. We find that the project can significantly increase the income level in the targeted villages. The main engine of the project lies in the expansion of access to nonfarm activities. We also highlight the importance of institutional circumstance in the effectiveness of the project. Specifically, a more democratized village with less political connection to local governments reaps more benefits from its participation.     

高学历追逐会推动技术创新吗?

对中国技术创新"迷失"的理论探讨,一般着眼于人才培养的不足或组织制度的不足两个方面,但这些理论研究都缺乏经验证据的充分支持.文章以我国近年来热度不减的考研为切入点,构建了地区高学历追逐热度指标,对高学历追逐意愿是否能够推动技术创新进行了实证分析.研究发现:(1)高学历追逐对于技术创新存在显著的推动作用,且这种推动作用是通过政府对企业的支持而间接产生的.(2)高学历追逐热度与政府对企业支持的交互作用,还部分增加了政府支持对企业创新的正面作用,并提升了企业的生产效率和创新效率.这意味着在追求高学历的地区文化氛围下,企业可以在政府的有效引导下充分发挥其对技术创新的推动作用,从而推动地区生产效率的提升.     

Childcare,Household Composition,Muslim Ethnicity,and Off-Farm Work in Rural China

ABSTRACT

This study explores how religious and ethnic norms and gender relations interact across the domestic and public spheres of work in rural China's minority-concentrated regions. It focuses on the roles that childcare and household composition play in the employment decisions of prime-age married individuals of Muslim and non-Muslim ethnicity. Using the 2012 China Household Ethnicity Survey (CHES), the study finds that children generally decrease women's likelihood of employment outside the home and increase men's. The gender gap in the probability of off-farm employment is larger for those of Muslim ethnicity. Non-Muslim parents of sons are more likely to migrate for employment than parents of daughters. The presence of women of grandparent age (46–70) universally facilitates labor migration. Men of grandparent age tend to increase only the probability that non-Muslim parents migrate for employment. Additional adult male household members reduce the likelihood that women of Muslim ethnicity have off-farm employment.     

反腐败降低了政府扶持创新政策效果了吗?

本文以持续推进的中国反腐败为制度背景,探究反腐败在政府扶持企业科技创新中的作用, 并使用制造类上市公司面板数据进行实证检验。研究发现:政府扶持发挥了促进企业科技创新作用, 反腐败进一步强化了政府扶持创新政策的效应。分组讨论发现,反腐败在促进政府扶持企业创新 时具有异质性,其对政府扶持非国有企业创新的促进力度大于国有企业。本文结论表明反腐败是 企业创新的加速器,驳斥了反腐败导致懒政的错误观点。     

基于计算实验方法的地铁工程成本管控行为激励机理研究

发展城市地铁是城市轨道交通建设的主导方向,也是地铁建设企业实现可持续发展的重要保障。大规模地铁建设需要对成本管控行为的机理、规律有进一步认识和研究。基于激励视角,识别了我国地铁工程成本管控行为激励因素,运用计算实验方法建立模型,设计实验情景,设置实验参数,研究了激励因素对地铁工程成本管控行为的作用机理。实验结果表明：环境、工作、回报、管理因素对地铁工程成本管控行为变化具有显著影响。其中,环境因素具有调节作用,工作因素具有推动作用,回报因素具有促进作用,管理因素具有引领作用。实验结果可为地铁工程成本管控提供启示与借鉴。     

陕西省高新技术产业知识产权创造能力评价研究

高新技术产业知识产权创造能力是决定区域自主创新水平、提升区域经济竞争实力的关键因素,陕西省高新技术产业知识产权在实现数量质量双提升的同时,也面临关键领域资金和技术投入不足、部分指标增速放缓等问题。结合知识产权创造评价理论及陕西现实状况,构建了包含4个层面、21个指标的评价指标体系,运用因子分析法与中国内地其它30个省市进行比较分析。最后,提出了提升陕西高新技术产业知识产权创造能力水平的努力方向。     

什么都涨,工资不涨?——价格刚性下通货膨胀对劳动收入比重的影响

什么都在涨,就是工资没有涨.工资的刚性,意味着通货膨胀的提高可以带来短期内实际工资下降、就业增加和产出水平的增加.如果就业效应占据支配地位,那么适度通货膨胀将有利于改善劳动收入比重.文章借鉴Calvo(1983)的随机定价模型,利用"从一般到特殊"的动态计量方法,实证研究了通货膨胀短期内对劳动收入比重的影响.研究显示:短期内,通货膨胀率每增长1%,可以推动劳动份额平均上升0.05%;长期中这一估计效应下降至0.03%.文章研究表明,劳动力市场工资调整的刚性可能是中国劳动收入比重下降的重要短期因素之一.