Devotion to a Regional Coal Trading Center in Asia Pacific——Interview with Pan Yigi,President of Great East Natural Resources Investment Pte.Ltd.

Beside the Lakeside Reservoir in Huli District of Xiamen,a special economic zone in Southeast China’s Fujian province,the construction of a coal futures trading center is underway.It is expected to make Xiamen a regional coal trading center and lift its international status in the world’s energy sector.The center,invested and organized     

Price and quantity endogeneity in demand analysis: evidence from directed acyclic graphs

We propose to use the emerging method of directed graphs to study price/quantity endogeneity issues in empirical demand analysis. The approach is illustrated through the examination of U.S. meat consumption. We find that for two major meat products (beef and poultry), retail prices contemporaneously caused quantities consumed, thus were predetermined. In contrast, the quantity consumed of pork appeared to be predetermined relative to its price.     

Do the Investment and Return‐on‐Equity Factors Proxy for Economic Risks?

We study the information content of two new return factors, the investment factor (IA) and the return‐on‐equity factor (ROE), as proposed by Chen, Novy‐Marx, and Zhang in 2011. First, IA is a strong predictor for future gross domestic product (GDP) growth despite the presence of other financial and economic variables. IA subsumes the pricing power of the GDP factor for the cross section of asset returns. Second, ROE is closely related to innovations in dividend yield and term spread. When modeled together with innovations in state variables that forecast future investment opportunities, IA and ROE lose their explanatory power.     

Can China’s meat imports be sustainable? A case study of mad cow disease

Rising demand and constrained domestic production have challenged the meat consumption in China. To fill the gap between domestic demand and supply, China imports an increasing volume of meat products from the international market. However, outbreaks of animal diseases can jeopardize China’s ability to meet its need for consumable meat. This article investigates the impact of animal disease outbreaks on the sustainability of China’s meat imports by using the episode of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in the United States in 2003 as a case study. Our results show that China’s meat imports are becoming more diversified and sustainable. The outbreak did have significant negative impacts on beef imports from the United States. During the epidemic, not only was China able to increase beef imports from other major exporters, but it also increased imports of other animal products such as edible offal and pork. Our findings indicate that international trade can serve as a reliable source to meet China’s soaring meat consumption.     

我国自然文化遗产景区门票价格持续上涨的产权分析

价格是市场交易的体现,市场交易的实质是产权的交易。因此,什么样的产权制度就决定什么样的市场交易,并最终决定交易的价格。我国自然文化遗产景区门票价格持续上涨的根本原因在于遗产景区现有的产权制度安排及其衍生的管理模式。只有改革现有的产权制度及管理模式,才能从根本上遏制遗产景区门票价格持续上涨的趋势。     

市场结构与技术创新——以美国AT&T公司的拆分为例

本文以美国AT&T的拆分为模型案例 ,探讨和分析垄断与竞争 ,哪种市场结构更有利于企业的技术创新。本文的模型和实证的结果表明 ,在分割之前公司规模和研发之间存在显著的正相关 ,这说明规模在电信业中依然具有优势。本文的重点在于揭示出效率 (由TFP来衡量 )和竞争的关系 ,因此 ,本研究的一个更为重要的结果是 :TFP与研发之间在分割前是完全不相关 ,分割后却强烈正相关。这一结果表明 ,从受保护的垄断地位转移到竞争性的垄断迫使AT&T提高研发投资 ,以保持其竞争优势。     

中国金融发展影响地区专业化的实证研究——基于省际面板数据

根据空间分工理论,地区专业化包括产业专业化与职能专业化.通过从资本形成、资金流动、风险分散、要素流动等方面阐述中国金融发展对地区专业化的影响机制,采用1995～2013年省际面板数据考察产业专业化和职能专业化的特征及发展趋势,建立计量模型实证分析金融发展对地区专业化的影响.全样本回归结果显示,中国产业专业化的提升主要依靠金融发展规模的扩大,而职能专业化的提升主要依靠金融发展效率和发展深度的提高;分地区回归结果显示,金融发展对地区专业化的影响存在地区差异性.     

公司审计委员会动因的政治视角解析

本文简要回顾了公司审计委员会的发生、成长及现状,对公司审计委员会产生动力的观点进行归纳。从企业的成长、法人权力在市场和社会中的扩张、公司经济权力与政治权力的日益融合、企业社会责任的增强、专家体制下分散决策等方面,证明公司了审计委员会是公司与社会之间的一个权力制衡器。     

China International Import Expo 2012 to Kick Off

China International Import Expo, the first specialized national-level expo themed around import, will be held from March 29 to 31, 2012 in Kunshan City in eastern China＇s Ji＇angsu province, according t...