Security regulations,access to capital markets,and firm performance: Evidence from China

This study explores the cost of security regulations in China, where firms are required to meet a certain profitability benchmark before applying for permission to raise more equity via secondary equity offerings (SEOs). Using a difference-in-differences setting, we show that firms affected by the regulation (i.e., firms with high external financing demands (EFD) but profitability lower than the regulatory requirement) significantly underperform their counterparts, while unaffected firms do not. The affected firms’ performance decline increases (decreases) when the requirement of profitability is more (less) restricted. Consistently, the three-day cumulative abnormal return (CAR) of firms with high EFD is significantly negative (positive) when the regulation is tightened (loosened). Our study provides evidence on how the cost of regulation affects companies that have growth opportunities.     

Financial capability of student loan holders who are college students,graduates, or dropouts

Effective consumer financial education provides relevant information to meet special needs of targeted audiences. The purpose of this study is to examine differences in financial capability among student loan holders who are college students, graduates, and dropouts. Using data from the 2015 U.S. National Financial Capability Study, the results show that student loan holders who have completed their education program have higher scores in all financial capability indicators than college students and dropouts. Further analyses show differences in specific financial knowledge items among college students, graduates, and dropouts. In addition, college graduates are more likely to perform several specific desirable financial behaviors than college students and dropouts. The findings suggest that financial educators should emphasize action taking when they provide financial education for student loan holders who are college students and dropouts.     

Valuing Initial Public Offerings Using Article 11 Pro Forma Financial Information in the Prospectus*

We investigate whether Article 11 pro forma financial information assists investors in valuing IPOs. While the SEC expects it to be helpful in assisting investment decisions, Article 11 pro forma financial information is based on registrants' understanding and assumptions, and registrants can exercise their own judgment when preparing pro forma financial statements. It is therefore an empirical question whether the information contained in pro forma financial statements is useful to investors. We examine the association between pro forma adjustments of earnings and book value of equity and the IPO offer value and find asymmetric results. While positive pro forma adjustments of earnings and book value of equity are positively associated with the IPO offer value, negative pro forma adjustments of earnings and book value of equity are negatively associated with the IPO offer value, suggesting that negative pro forma adjustments are priced as growth opportunities. Additional analyses reveal that the association between pro forma adjustments of book value of equity and the IPO offer value varies across different time periods and industries and that pro forma adjustments of book value of equity are initially mispriced by investors. In contrast, we do not find similar results for pro forma adjustments of earnings. Further empirical tests show that the asymmetric results of mispricing of pro forma adjustments of earnings and book value of equity may be explained by the requirements of Article 11 of Regulation S‐X for pro forma adjustments dictating that adjustments to earnings reflect only recurring items while adjustments to book value reflect both recurring and nonrecurring items.     

劳动异质情况下的产业结构偏离及其影响因素分析——基于2006～2013年全国产业行业数据

本文充分考虑劳动异质性，利用产业人力资本结构，重新核算三次产业结构偏离度，发现第一产业和第三产业结构偏离程度均被高估，第二产业结构偏离被低估，进而指出“民工荒”、大学生就业难等现象产生的原因是第一产业可转出人力资本减少，第二产业需求旺盛，而第三产业由于发展不足陷入低水平均衡状态。最后通过系统的影响因素分析发现，解决我国结构偏离和就业问题的重点在于优化需求结构、合理规划产业发展路径以及全面推进城镇化和市场化进程，关键更在于释放农村消费市场巨大潜力和全面加快第三产业发展。     

中国特色经济发展模式的逻辑演化与多元特征

改革开放以来经济的快速发展显示出中国发展模式具有强大的生命力和独特性,其结构演化与创新需要系统地进行研究,同西方资本主义发展的典型模式相比呈现明显的差异,值得新兴经济体和发展中国家借鉴。在系统评述现有研究文献的基础上,文章阐明了中国特色经济发展模式的内在本质和演化逻辑,并围绕构成经济体制和经济运行的维度提炼和总结了中国特色的混合经济模式、中央集权与地方分权模式、新型工业化与城镇化模式、多元要素供给与综合优势模式和渐进式全方位开放经济模式,以此清晰勾勒出中国经济发展模式的鲜明特色和独特竞争力,澄清了一些西方学者及各界对中国发展模式的误判与否定。     

中国特色社会主义政治经济学的历史逻辑

中国特色社会主义政治经济学的形成和发展有一条清晰的历史线索,既一脉相承,又与时俱进。以毛泽东为核心的第一代中央领导集体对中国特色社会主义政治经济学起到了奠基作用;以邓小平为核心的第二代中央领导集体成功实现了中国特色社会主义政治经济学的破题;以江泽民为核心的第三代中央领导集体构建起了社会主义市场经济基本框架,深化了中国特色社会主义政治经济学;以胡锦涛为总书记的党中央提出了科学发展观,实现了中国特色社会主义政治经济学的新拓展;十八大以来,以习近平为总书记的党中央提出了一系列治国理政的新理念、新思想、新战略,极大地丰富了中国特色社会主义理论体系,推动了中国特色社会主义政治经济学的系统化,是马克思主义政治经济学中国化、时代化的最新成果。     

国企利润分配制度改革与资本积累

依据鲍尔斯等学者对"剩余产品"的相关论述,本文将国企利润分配制度改革分为"利润控制主体改革"和"利润使用方式改革",按照这两个维度,立足于《资本论》中的理论与方法,建立了马克思主义理论框架,对国企利润分配制度改革作出了新的阶段划分,并解释了新中国成立以来国有工业企业的长期资本积累历程。本文的基本结论是,"利润控制主体改革"和"利润使用方式改革"均影响资本积累。当前,深化国有资本经营预算改革面临的真正挑战是预算支出结构改革将导致公平与效率的权衡,在民生支出提高的情况下需要保证国有资本经营预算的相对独立性,切实提高国有资本经营生产性支出效率。     

高管团队异质性、团队冲突与企业绿色绩效——差异化CEO领导风格调节下的整合分析框架

基于高阶梯队等理论，从高层管理团队异质性等要素整合分析视角切入，在探讨高层管理团队驱动企业绿色绩效作用机制的基础上，尝试构建差异化CEO领导风格调节下高管团队（TMT）异质性、团队冲突与企业绿色绩效的理论模型；通过层次回归分析、Bootstrap等方法实证检验异质性高层管理团队的作用机理和边界。研究结果显示：①TMT异质性、任务冲突能显著提升企业绿色绩效，且任务冲突在TMT异质性与企业绿色绩效的关系中起部分中介效应，而关系冲突显著降低企业绿色绩效。多元化构成的高层管理团队拥有更多差异化思想，这些观点通过高层管理团队成员不断分析整合后作用于绿色绩效，而成员间“对人不对事”的关系冲突会弱化该过程，进而对绿色绩效产生负向影响；②变革型CEO领导风格负向调节任务冲突与企业绿色绩效的关系，表明CEO适度简政放权，指导、关怀和保障高管团队成员充分表达观点非常重要。交易型CEO领导风格负向调节关系冲突与企业绿色绩效的关系，说明CEO通过奖惩激励，降低高层管理团队情绪冲突，提升团队凝聚，是推动绿色转型的重要举措。     

The emergence of convergent price clusters in China

This paper reports new evidence on the existence of both large and small price divergent clusters for China's energy markets, 2000–2009. The largest convergent price clusters suggest that the coal and gasoline markets are well integrated, however, small convergent price clusters suggest that electricity and diesel markets are proving harder to integrate. The paper argues that the traditional approach to price convergence analysis should be applied with caution, especially in a transitional economy such as China where questions to be asked should relate to the ‘degree of market‐orientation’ and not simply whether it is a market‐based economy or not.