Institutional ownership,cross-shareholdings and corporate cash reserves in Japan

Cross-country studies document a negative relation between corporate governance and cash holdings. In contrast, this relation is found to be positive in the United States. In this paper, we examine the case of Japanese firms. Using institutional ownership and cross-shareholdings as the main governance variables, we show that better governance is associated with higher cash balances as in the United States. The reason is that better-governed firms make better investment decisions. Their investments are not driven by excess liquidity and result in higher profitability and higher firm valuation. Overall, our findings indicate that management profligacy is a bigger concern to shareholders than management propensity to hoard cash because of risk aversion.     

Anticipating independence,no premonition of partition. The lessons of bank branch expansion on the Indian subcontinent, 1939 to 1946

We examine investment in bank branches on the Indian subcontinent in 1939 and 1946. In 1947, the states of India and Pakistan were created from the erstwhile colony of British India. Partition was destabilizing to both economies. We use branch expansion as a proxy for entrepreneur's pre‐partition predictions of the future of these regions. Our results indicate there were no premonitions of economic dislocation. Banks tended to deepen their presence in regions which were already developed. But controlling for the level of 1931 development, branch placement was highest in exactly those regions, Bengal and the Punjab, which were to experience the greatest negative consequences from political division. After 1947, multiple banks failed; most failing banks were registered in the Punjab or Bengal region. In United India, businessmen saw as much promise in regions which were to become Pakistan as in regions which were to become India. After partition, the Pakistan regions were immediately more economically fragile. This event provides a general lesson. Economic integration had intensified over the years of British rule. The abrupt stop to integration harmed especially the smaller, less diversified region. Politicians should be wary of politically dividing regions which have evolved to function as integrated economic units.     

Effects of investor tax heterogeneity on stock prices and trading behaviour around the ex-dividend day: the case of Australia

Using a sample of Australian stocks during the 1996–2014 period, this study examines how tax heterogeneity between domestic and foreign investors affects trading behaviour and stock prices around the ex-dividend day. Domestic investors prefer dividends and tend to buy stocks cum-dividend and sell them ex-dividend whereas foreign investors tend to trade in the opposite direction. Abnormal trading turnover increases with tax heterogeneity. Moreover, stocks with a larger domestic investor base are associated with a higher price drop-off ratio on the ex-dividend day and higher market value of franking credits. Overall, our findings support the dynamic dividend clientele hypothesis.     

The Role of Financial Ratios in the Variance of Stock Trading Volume in Emerging Stock Markets

The study used quarterly panel data of 6 years from 2010 to 2015 of all companies listed on both Vietnamese stock markets including the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange and Ha Noi Stock Exchange, and on three leading industries consisting of insurance-banking, foodstuff, and real estate to explore the relationship among four key financial ratios and stock trading volume. Two models, fixed effects model (FEM) and random effects model (REM), with robust standard errors, were applied for this study. The key findings showed that earnings before tax on sales, debt on owner’s equity, and owner’s equity on total assets significantly influenced trading volume.     

网络安全综合评价方法的应用研究

文章分析了计算机网络运行存在的风险;并从分段技术、加密技术、防火墙技术和抗病毒技术方面探讨了如何防范安全风险。     

美元贬值下的人民币汇率制度选择

2002年以来，美元汇率持续贬值，对世界经济及我国经济产生了重大影响。对人民币实质汇率水平也产生了重大影响，人民币实质汇率水平的决定除了取决于美元趋势外，主要还受国内宏观经济的变化趋势、国际收支的变化趋势的影响。为此，我国应在保持人民币汇率稳定前提下，尽快培育和完善人民币汇率市场，形成机制，增强汇率杠杆对经济的调节作用，推动外汇市场的管理创新，增强交易主体的竞争力。     

安徽省党建引领信用村建设制度优势与实践思考——以安徽省为例

作为促进现代金融和农村经济耦合发展的重要制度安排,农村信用体系建设是助力乡村振兴战略、金融精准扶贫、普惠金融发展的必要条件。2019年,安徽省委组织部牵头多部门联合出台了《关于选点开展党建引领信用村建设工作方案》,在全省13个地市选择基层党建基础较好、经济发展条件较好、信用体系建设水平较高的26个乡镇开展试点工作。实地调研发现,党建引领信用村建设充分发挥了基层党组织的宣传功能、组织功能、服务功能,促进了党建与业务深度融合。为推动全省农村信用体系高水平建设、高质量发展,应当从思想上强化使命担当,永葆攻坚克难干事创业本色;从行动上坚持以新发展理念为指导,提高统筹贯彻新发展理念的能力和水平。     

后续扶持政策、资源禀赋与易地搬迁农户生计风险——来自陕西省的经验证据

基于陕西省两地区最新的搬迁户调查数据,通过构建易地搬迁农户生计风险指标评价体系,采用熵值法定量评估易地搬迁户生计风险水平,比较不同搬迁异质性因素下农户生计风险水平及其各维度的差异,实证分析后续扶持政策、家庭资源禀赋对易地搬迁农户生计风险的影响。结果显示：(1)易地搬迁农户健康风险、环境风险、社会风险水平较高,各维度风险水平在搬迁户内部分化明显,且不同搬迁特征下搬迁户的生计风险水平存在显著差异。(2)政府的经济补贴对搬迁户生计风险有显著负向作用,但技能培训和产业帮扶仅能够显著降低搬迁户的信息风险,对其生计风险总水平的影响并不显著。(3)家庭资源禀赋中的金融资本和人力资本能够显著降低搬迁户的生计风险。结合研究结论,进一步提出完善易地扶贫搬迁后续帮扶措施、防范农户生计风险的政策建议。     

变电站扩大内桥主接线的二次回路分析

为使变电站达到可靠性、功能性和经济性要求,人们常采用内桥接线作为电网终端变电站项目的电气主接线。对此,要求技术人员在变电站的设计过程中,充分考虑终端变电站的特点,认真分析电气二次电流回路、电压回路和备自投逻辑回路的特点,使其满足变电站的运行维护及扩建要求。