香港投资者看好越南

哪里有利润，资本就会流向哪里。由于投资祖国大陆的生产成本以及税收的增加，越来越多的香港企业正将目光投向越南，寻找更好的投资机会。[第一段]     

2007年东盟国家经济预测

2007年东盟经济增长率将有可能逊于2006年。由于欧美地区经济增速预计放缓，东盟国家对这些地区的出口会因此下降。不过，中国和印度的经济增长及亚洲多个国家国内经济需求和基础设施发展等，将抵消欧美经济放缓对东盟经济所带来的部分；中击，东盟经济仍将保持持续增长。     

与时俱进 艰苦奋斗 实现学校(院)的可持续发展

2002年,中共上海市财贸党校、上海商业职业技术学院实现了超常规、跨越式的发展。2003年,该校(院)将继续以发展作为第一要务,大力推进学校(院)朝集约化内涵式方向发展;以创建示范性高职院校为目标,切实提高教学质量,努力形成高职特色;按照“以人为本”的原则,推进体制创新,积极稳妥地实施人事用工分配制度和教学管理体制改革,以改革促进发展,以改革加强和规范管理,将贯彻“十六大”精神落到实处。     

Reconsideration of Economic Views of a Classical Empire and a Nation-State During the Mercantilist Ages

While the main aim of the economic policies of European nation-states was to use the power of the state to promote trade and economic growth and to build up national industries and manufacture, the Ottoman Empire continued to follow its provisionist, fiscalist, and traditional economic policies of land expansion in the early modern period. In Western Europe, this experience gave birth to a new class that gradually improved its trade ability and expanding industries and markets under a capitalist system. The Ottoman imperial policy was mostly concerned about the continuity of strong central authority and land expansion, which never meant improving the industry or trade concerns. Instead, the economic policies of the Ottomans were subsistence of the people, provisioning the major population centers, collection of taxes, and maintaining freedom of trade. The balance and stability in society explain the priority for the Ottomans in the economy. However, commercialization and profit explain the priority for the Dutch nation in the economy. This article elaborates the economic views of the Dutch Republic and the Ottoman Empire in the mercantilist ages.     

Two Risks to World Market

eyond our expectations of happy slowdown＇in 2007, we offer our first guess at the global economic picture in 2008, We expect global growth in 2008 to be higher than in 2007, not least due to a possible improvement in the U.S.. Our forecasts also suggest that the trend growth rate is on the rise in many parts of Europe （especially Germany and the UK）, as well as in significant parts of Asia （particularly China and India）, We also see few signs that this strong growth is generating higher inflation.     

2. A New Framework for Macroeconomics

Most forms of macroeconomics today, whether Keynesian or monetarist, presuppose that problems of economic instability can be treated as errors in financial management. Neither fiscal nor monetary policy recognizes the existence of systemic faults in the real economy that result in overinvestment in durable capital that turns over slowly, in contrast to forms of capital that interact more frequently with land and labor. Only by removing serious distortions in microeconomic relations can macroeconomic problems be resolved. The current global economic crisis exemplifies the limitations of policies that ignore distortions in the rate of turnover of investment capital.     

The Interest Rate Risk Exposure of Financial Intermediaries: A Review of the Theory and Empirical Evidence

The paper surveys current and previous research on financial institutions' interest rate risk exposure. The implications of such exposure are discussed and motivating insights are emphasized. Various theoretical frameworks and models are presented. For each one an overview of the studies and any relationship to each other is provided. In a cross‐industry analysis, other idiosyncratic risk factors are considered and their importance is delineated. A number of empirical relations are established. More specifically, there is an inverse relationship between interest rate changes and common stock returns of financial institutions. The intermediaries' apparent yield sensitivity is mainly attributed to the duration gap inherent in their balance sheet structure. Furthermore, the aforesaid equity sensitivity due to other possible dynamics such as dividend yield, unanticipated inflation and regulatory lags is also considered. Changes in economic regimes have altered volatility in market yields with a subsequent effect, positive or negative, on financial intermediaries' equity returns. The issue of the risk‐return compensation is further analyzed, and findings suggest that the interest rate risk is priced by capital markets. Finally, a few other issues are identified as avenues for future research.     

LOCAL TAXATION IN SOUTH AFRICA

"We are most of us profoundly uninterested in municipal affairs." Maud.
T his paper questions the rationale of the South African system of local taxation. It is argued that our system has too narrow a tax base-fixed property-to supply the needs of the modern city; that property taxation is iniquitous in its effects upon taxpayers; and that today it is being applied to finance categories of expenditure for which a tax on property was never intended. Some new thinking is required to devise a system that would supply a closer link between financial requirements and ability to pay.     

Mining redundancy

In the particular circumstances of a colliery closure the Redundancy Payments Act did not appear to accomplish the legislators' intentions or indeed to operate equitably. Nor did the apparently inconsistent decisions of the Industrial Tribunal provide guidance for employers in future cases of redundancy.