Does Tax Competition Reduce Corruption?

A vast literature asserts that competition among jurisdictions can mitigate corruption. However, empirical studies do not fully support such a conventional view. This paper points out a drawback of the conventional view, that is, it ignores the role played by the owners of immobile factors. Within a standard tax competition model, we amend the conventional view by incorporating the lobbying of the immobile factor owners, and show that fiscal decentralization can aggravate corruption. We also demonstrate that social welfare can be higher under decentralization than under centralization in some cases, whereas the immobile factor owners' lobbying will prevent such a superiority of decentralization from being the outcome. Moreover, we provide an example to show that a better policy outcome and a higher level of corruption can co‐exist, which contrasts with the general belief.     

Independent Directors and Favoritism: When Multiple Board Affiliations Prevail in Mutual Fund Families

I examine whether independent directors with multiple board affiliations (IDMAs) trade off the interests of one fund relative to another (fund favoritism) or whether they benefit fund shareholders by increasing the level of the board's expertise. Using a sample of mutual funds affiliated with the top 55 fund sponsors from 2002 to 2008, I find that the presence of IDMAs is negatively related to performance/resource shifting across funds within fund families. IDMAs appear to decrease fund fees, increase the return gap associated with the unobserved actions of fund managers, and facilitate the transfer of information across funds in a fund family.     

Are non‐audit services associated with firm value? Evidence from financial information system‐related services

The purchase of non‐audit services from incumbent auditors has generated considerable attention. Surprisingly, limited empirical evidence exists on the association of non‐audit services with firm value. Focusing on services related to financial information system (FIS), we find that the market value of equity is greater for firms that purchase FIS‐related services from their incumbent auditors relative to firms that do not. The levels of FIS fees are also positively related to firm value after controlling for total other fees, or total other non‐audit fees. Hence, despite the negative perception associated with non‐audit services, investors regard FIS‐related services as value‐adding activities.     

我国药害事件保险救济制度研究

本文通过对国外药害事件救济制度和国内类似责任险险种的立法和实践经验的借鉴,对目前国内几种药害救济制度的构建方案对比分析,在探索归责原则基础之上提出了基于商业保险模式的药害事件救济制度的设计和安排.鉴于我国基本国情和现行法律规制基础,药害事件的商业保险救济制度是当前较为可行的方案之一,是构建全面药害救济机制的一种可行模式.     

在PAM装置上应用气封法兰技术

分析PAM（聚丙烯酰胺）装置水解机、螺杆式预研磨机轴封运行情况,在干粉生产线水解机、螺杆式预研磨机等设备上应用气封法兰技术,可降低水解机轴封氨气漏量,减少螺杆式预研磨机轴承、螺杆损坏次数。     

企业伦理价值、组织承诺与人员-组织配适关系之研究一以流通连锁产业为例

本文以台湾流通连锁产业为例,研究了企业伦理价值、组织承诺以及人员与组织配适关系.     

江西省大余县国有林股份制改造研究

深化国有林经营管理体制改革,建立国有林经营的现代企业制度,是我国南方国有林经营发展的一个迫切任务。在江西省大余县国有林经营股份制改造实践的基础上,对大余县国有林股份制改造程序、森林资源资产评估、转制职工的安置、股权结构与经营机制及股份制改造后的经营效果进行了分析,探讨了国有林股份制改造模式,为我国南方国有林经营管理提供了有益借鉴。     

我国人口状况变化及政策应对

一个国家人口政策制定的好坏对其经济和社会发展有着极其重要的影响。特别是在当今中国这个快速发展中的国家,其人口政策的制定更应该引起政府的高度重视。本文试从婚育年龄、就业、老龄化、教育和人口流动等几个方面入手,着重分析其近年变化对政府制定人口政策的影响。     

Effects of employees' perceived dependability on success of enterprise applications in e-business

Electronic business (e-business) plays a major role in modern economic networks due to its shorter cycle time and faster information transactions. Building enterprise applications that can coordinate activities, decisions, and knowledge across many functions is a good solution for e-business. Hence, how to implement enterprise applications successfully has become an increasingly important management issue. Although success of information systems (IS) has received fairly extensive attention from prior research, issues regarding whether functions and service delivered by systems can be justifiably relied on by users are seriously ignored, especially complex systems like enterprise applications. Thus, this paper attempts to extend this kind of concept, perceived dependability, into DeLone and McLean's IS success model to explore how it influences success of enterprise applications. Results from a survey of 170 respondents taken from six internationalized e-businesses in Taiwan strongly support that perceived dependability is indeed an important factor for success of enterprise applications. Additionally, over and beyond the effects of dependability on success of enterprise applications, it can help practitioners and managers get deep insights into how to implement e-business successfully.