Portfolio manager home-country culture and mutual fund risk-taking

I find that home-country culture affects portfolio managers’ investment risk-taking and performance. I focus on security value, which measures the degree to which people in a country assign importance to security, safety, and stability. Funds managed by managers from countries with higher security value exhibit lower fund return volatility, trade less frequently, and follow benchmarks more closely. These funds also tend to avoid lottery-type stocks and hence perform significantly better. However, the impact of home-country security value decays as managers spend more time away from their home countries.     

Azéma martingales for Bessel and CIR processes and the pricing of Parisian zero‐coupon bonds

In this paper, we study the excursions of Bessel and Cox–Ingersoll–Ross (CIR) processes with dimensions . We obtain densities for the last passage times and meanders of the processes. Using these results, we prove a variation of the Azéma martingale for the Bessel and CIR processes based on excursion theory. Furthermore, we study their Parisian excursions, and generalize previous results on the Parisian stopping time of Brownian motion to that of the Bessel and CIR processes. We obtain explicit formulas and asymptotic results for the densities of the Parisian stopping times, and develop exact simulation algorithms to sample the Parisian stopping times of Bessel and CIR processes. We introduce a new type of bond, the zero‐coupon Parisian bond. The buyer of such a bond is betting against zero interest rates, while the seller is effectively hedging against a period where interest rates fluctuate around 0. Using our results, we propose two methods for pricing these bonds and provide numerical examples.     

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.     

石油企业库存精细管理模式的主要管理措施

石油企业库存精细管理模式的建立与实施是石油行业发展的必然趋势。随着油田勘探、开发产能规模的不断扩大,物资保障和物流成本二者之间的矛盾日益突出。本文对石油企业库存精细管理模式的主要管理措施进行了分析论证。     

The Global Financial Crisis and Its Impact on Australian Bank Risk

This paper examines the global financial crisis (GFC) and its impact on Australian banking risk. An augmented market model is developed to identify changes in listed Australian bank systematic risk in relation to three key events: the GFC's start in August 2007, the market downturn in Australian and global share markets in January 2008, and the announcement of Australia's Deposit and Wholesale Funding Guarantee (DWFG) scheme on 12 October 2008. The study also examines changes in bank systemic risk during these event periods. The Australian market offers a unique opportunity to observe the impact of the introduction of the DWFG in that it lacked any explicit deposit insurance prior to the crisis. Initially, the crisis period had little impact on bank systematic risk while bank systemic risk increased considerably. The share market downturn caused a marked increase in both systematic and systemic risks for Australia's major internationally connected banks followed by a reduction in both systematic and systemic risks with the introduction of the guarantee scheme for all Australian banks.     

城市轨道交通融资模式要素:从理论到实践

城市轨道交通融资模式组成要素与分类方法的标准化是模式比选和决策的基础。通过相关理论分析、总结实践做法等方式识别轨道交通可行的融资模式。采用的理论工具包括项目区分理论、公共物品理论等,案例包括伦敦、巴黎、北京等国内外13个城市和北京4号线、深圳4号线等应用创新性融资模式的具体项目。然后基于识别的融资模式总结轨道交通融资模式的四个主要组成要素,即投资主体、运营主体、资金来源和政府支持方式,并分别归纳出每个要素包含的不同备选方案,组成融资模式比选库,进而建立了城市轨道交通融资模式的一种标准化分类方法。所有融资模式可以通过形如AiBiCiDi的四要素方案构成进行描述和区分,为融资模式评价与比选的研究与实践提供参考依据。     

利用逐步判别分析方法识别碳酸盐岩地层岩性的方法探讨——以川东上余家坝构造石炭系地层为例

碳酸盐岩储层岩性组成复杂,仅仅依靠少量的岩心、岩屑和几条常规的测井曲线资料很难准确地展现储层岩性的纵向及横向分布特征,从而影响对储层空间分布的预测。本文以上余家坝石炭系石炭系地层的岩心、岩屑录井资料为分析样本,结合对应的常规测井资料并对其进行数学处理,处理后共有12个参数供逐步判别函数筛选,经过多次的引入与剔除,建立了各类岩石的判别函数。其中灰岩、灰质云岩、云岩选择了9个参数;云质灰岩选择了10个参数。将岩性判别结果与取心井段的岩性对照,每类岩性的判别符合率都在85.39%以上,综合符合率为91.49%。说明本方法对目的层段碳酸盐岩储层岩性的识别是可行的。     

流行病应急响应的国际合作——联合国领导下的禽流感防疫机制透析

随着跨国公共卫生安全在全球治理中分量日益加重,流行病应急响应（Epidemic preparedness and response）的国际合作逐步被提上了全球日程。2005年,人感染高致病性禽流感在全球范围内的大规模传播,国际社会尤其是联合国领导下的相关组织如何构建防疫机制来应对这一形势成为焦点。经过多年的努力,联合国领导下的禽流感防疫机制日臻完善,该机制主要包括核心领导机构、法理基础、重要应急措施以及相关国际行为体参与4个方面。同时,该机制的有效性与局限性并存,值得引起人们的注意。     

Government Regulation,Corporate Board,and Firm Value: Evidence from China

This paper investigates the determinants of board composition and its consequences on firm value in China by focusing on the impact of ultimate owner type and financial needs under the institution environment with government intervention and weak investor protection. We find that State‐Owned Enterprises (SOEs) are more likely to choose politically connected directors without professional backgrounds, but non‐SOEs are more likely to have independent directors, or politically connected directors with professional business backgrounds. Appointment of independent directors has no effect on firm value. Due to weak legal investor protection in China, a dominant shareholder can easily remove independent directors, as there is no mature market for directors. Politically connected directors without professional business backgrounds are negatively associated with a firm's value. Although such directors can help a company establish relationships with the government, their firms may suffer due to inferior professionalism.     

城市湖泊开发建设的误区与启示——以益阳市梓山湖为例

城市化进程的加速,导致我国许多城市湖泊出现了水质污染、生态失衡、生物多样性减退、面积锐减、建筑挤压、视觉污染等诸多重大问题。在分析梓山湖的开发背景和过程的基础上,重点从开发定位、开发强度、宏观规划、细部设计四个方面阐述梓山湖开发中出现的重大问题及其结果,并依此提出四条有益的开发建议,为城市湖泊的开发与保护提供参考。