低碳经济下畜牧业发展问题与对策研究

发展低碳经济对畜牧业健康可持续发展和促进粮食安全具有重要意义。文章利用文献分析和统计数据分析法对低碳经济发展内涵和重要性进行阐述,并分析畜牧业发展对环境和粮食安全的影响。结果显示,传统畜牧业向低碳畜牧业的转型过程中存在农村居民的环保意识薄弱、干部对环保工作重视程度不够、自主研发技术水平低、相关政策法规不健全、监管存在漏洞等瓶颈问题。并从加强政策引导,增强低碳意识;加强营养调控,改进饲料加工工艺;加大科技创新力度,增加对畜牧业资金扶持;加强畜禽污染废弃物的资源化利用;大力发展循环畜牧养殖模式等方面提出促进低碳畜牧业发展的对策建议,以期为我国畜牧业的健康可持续发展奠定理论基础。     

碳排放权市场价格发现功能的实证分析

碳期货市场在碳市场扮演着极为重要的角色,通常具有价格发现的功能。本文分析了国际碳排放权交易市场两种主要商品EUA、CER的期货价格关系．通过向量误差修正模型和公共因子模型对欧盟碳期货EUA与CER期货进行了实证研究。结果显示：EUA、CER这两种主要碳排价格指标之间具有很高的相关性,存在长期均衡的协整关系,均扮演着重要的价格发现角色,同时EUA期货价格引导CER期货价格变化。     

大数定律与小微企业授信模式研究

贷款难一直是小微企业面临的最大问题。商业银行从自身盈利角度出发,面对日渐突出的金融脱媒现象,经营思路亟需转型,开发小微企业贷款业务以开辟新的业务增长点。本文基于大数定律,从商业银行角度出发,分析了小微企业授信模式。授信模式的选择和贷款利率确定是本文研究的两个重要方面,风险管拄贯穿整个授信过程。     

美国货币政策转向及其背后的逻辑

2007年爆发的金融危机对美国金融系统与实体经济造成了严重冲击.为摆脱危机及刺激增长与就业,美国货币政策发生了五大转向:一是货币政策工具由“常规”转向“非常规”;二是货币政策内容由“有限”转向“无限”;三是货币政策职能由“支持经济”转向“服务财政”;四是货币政策操作领域由“金融市场”转向“实体经济”;五是货币政策效果由“降低风险”转向“放大风险”.美国货币政策发生转向有其背后的深层逻辑,即:美元霸权体系的存在-美国政府积累巨大债务-美联储对传统规则的突破-通过实施量化宽松将债务货币化.     

现代商业银行操作风险及其管理机制探讨

操作风险管理一直是摆在商业银行面前的一个十分重要而紧迫的课题,操作风险事件纷繁复杂,比之于信用风险和市场风险更难以防范,然而操作风险管理也并非没有规律可循.本文从全面认识操作风险的内涵与特征入手,借鉴国际一流银行操作风险管理经验,通过连点成线,实施集成连贯的操作风险管理;点线结合,培育相互协作的内部关系和经纬交织的内部控制环境;定性和定量相结合,搭建有效的操作风险管理框架,构建起商业银行操作风险管理的长效机制.     

Activist‐impelled divestitures and shareholder value

Research Summary : This study analyzes how the divestitures that are impelled by activist investors in their campaigns against public corporations affect shareholder value. Using hand‐collected data on the activist campaigns that were launched against and the divestitures that were undertaken by Fortune 500 companies between 2007 and 2015, we find that activist‐impelled divestitures are more positively associated with immediate and longer‐term measures of shareholder value than comparable manager‐led divestitures. These performance differences persist for nearly two years after the completion of these deals. Our results empirically test the idea that firms with agency problems unlock shareholder value when they divest, and support the notion that activist investors fulfill an important external governance function. Our work also opens new research opportunities and offers practical implications as well. Managerial Summary : This study investigates how divestitures that are undertaken at the behest of activist investors affect shareholder value. We find that divestitures that were undertaken under pressure from activist investors are associated with more positive shareholder returns than comparable divestitures that were undertaken voluntarily by managers. These performance differences persist for nearly two years after the completion of these deals, alleviating concerns about the purported short‐termism of activist investors. Our findings suggest that activist investors may fulfill an important governance function by inducing managers to undertake strategies that they might not otherwise pursue, thereby unlocking shareholder value.     

The differential effects of CEO narcissism and hubris on corporate social responsibility

Research Summary: While prior studies have predominantly shown that CEO narcissism and hubris exhibit similar effects on various strategic decisions and outcomes, this study aims to explore the mechanisms underlying how narcissistic versus hubristic CEOs affect their firms differently. Specifically, we investigate how peer influence moderates the CEO narcissism/hubris—corporate social responsibility (CSR). With a sample of S&P 1500 firms for 2003–2010, we find that the positive relationship between CEO narcissism and CSR is strengthened (weakened) when board‐interlocked peer firms invest less (more) intensively in CSR than a CEO's own firm; the negative relationship between CEO hubris and CSR is strengthened when peer firms are engaged in less CSR than a CEO's own firm. Managerial Summary: Some CEOs are more narcissistic while others may be more hubristic, but these two groups of CEOs hold different attitudes toward the extent to which their firms should engage in corporate social responsibility (CSR). Our findings with a large sample of U.S. publically listed firms suggest that narcissistic CEOs care more about CSR, but hubristic CEOs care less. Interestingly, when narcissistic CEOs observe their peer firms engaging in more or less CSR than their own firms, they tend to respond in an opposite manner; in contrast, hubristic CEOs will only engage in even less CSR when their peers also do not emphasize CSR. Our findings point to a fundamental difference between CEO narcissism and hubris in terms of how they affect firms' CSR decisions based on their social comparison with peer firms.     

Why has China’s vertical specialization declined?

Vertical specialization (VS) is quantified by the VS share, which measures the average import content per dollar of exports. A characteristic of China’s export trade is its strong dependence on assembly and processing activities. To take proper account of this, China’s VS shares should explicitly distinguish processing export production from other production. We estimate China’s annual VS shares from 2000 to 2012—the latest year for which a special input–output table is available that makes such an explicit distinction. We find that VS shares increased from 2000 to 2004 and subsequently started to decrease. To explore why it has declined, we introduce a new structural decomposition approach. We find that the decrease of the VS share appears to have been driven mainly by the substitution of imported intermediates by domestic products. This occurred in particular in the production of exports, which implies an upgrading of China’s position in global value chains.     

Hotel school alumni’s intentions to use communication channels – a cross-generational comparison study

ABSTRACT

Alumni communication is vital in sustaining the relationship between alumni and their alma maters. This research investigated four cohorts of alumni, and their intentions to use a range of traditional and digital communication channels, including social media. An online questionnaire was sent to 8060 alumni and resulted in 595 usable responses, yielding a 7% response rate. The research results showed that alumni have the highest intentions to use the alumni e-newsletter and the alumni Website and the lowest intentions to use social media, e.g., Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. Among alumni cohorts, significant statistical differences in their intentions to use these communication channels were identified. Given our findings, alumni communication staff are encouraged to leverage different communication channels targeting alumni in different age groups.     

P2P网贷模式探究——以宜人贷和有利网为例

P2P网络借贷平台作为互联网金融发展下的产物,不仅在一定程度上帮助国内中小企业解决融资困难的问题,还为投资者提供了一个新的投资渠道,P2P网络借贷平台的发展对我国金融业具有非常重要的意义.本文首先从P2P网络借贷平台的发展起源入手,介绍国外和国内P2P网贷平台的发展模式.具体以宜人贷和有利网为例,详细分析它们的运营模式.结合近期出台的《网络借贷信息中介机构业务活动管理暂行办法》的相关具体规定,发现问题并提出相应的建议,由点及面地总结国内P2P网络借贷平台存在的问题并提出建议.