Joint estimation of technical efficiency and production risk for multi-output banks under a panel data cost frontier model

This article generalizes production risk from a single output production function to a multiple output cost frontier, which is able to examine input-oriented technical efficiencies and production risk simultaneously in the context of a panel data. Furthermore, the joint confidence interval estimates for technical efficiencies are constructed by means of multiple comparisons with the best approach. Whether taking production risk into account or not offers quite dissimilar implications in terms of the average technical efficiency measure and the identification of multiple efficient banks achieving the optimal cost frontier. It is suggested that inferences drawn on the basis of the confidence intervals of technical efficiency provide much more fruitful and insightful information than the point estimation alone. Bank specific risk parameters are found to be highly and positively correlated with fixed-effect estimates, implying that the more risk-averse a bank is, the more technically efficient it will be.

The effect of participative management on organizational performance: the case of Taiwan

The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of participative management on the behaviour of employees and the financial effectiveness of the enterprise. The analytical data are based on the survey of 308 Taiwan enterprises. Multiple regression results show that both suggestion system and labour-management committee have a positive impact on employees' behaviour in terms of turnover and absenteeism rates. Likewise, the quality control circle (QCC) and profit sharing have a positive impact on organizational effectiveness as seen in profit and revenue growth rates. However, employee stock-ownership plans and grievance-handling systems have negative effects on both performance indicators - employee behaviour and organizational effectiveness. The practical implications are also discussed.     

Fairness perceptions and work attitudes revisited: roles of employee specialty,hospital level and ownership

Compensation is widely acknowledged as an important job element in the eyes of employees. Health care is a special industry in which compensation received by employees differs greatly. This study examines empirically the relationships between hospital employees' perceptions of compensation fairness and their work attitudes, taking into account the roles of employee specialty, hospital level and ownership. Using data from 2,938 employees of thirty hospitals in Taiwan, the results indicate that fairness perceptions and work attitudes differ significantly among hospital employees according to their specialties. Hospital level and ownership exert impacts on employees' fairness perceptions, although not on their work attitudes. A positive relationship is observed between fairness perceptions and work attitudes of hospital employees.     

浅议我国资产评估管理体制的重构

20世纪80年代末,随着国有企业的重组改制、产权交易和中外合资、合作等经济活动的不断增多,资产评估作为为产权交易、合资合作等经济活动提供价值咨询服务的社会中介行业便应运而生.十多年来,资产评估积极参与改革,服务改革,已成为我国经济建设中不可或缺的公证性社会中介服务行业.随着我国加入WTO,我国资产评估行业既面临着前所未有的发展机遇,同时也承受着巨大的挑战,在评估理论上有很多问题需要深入研究,在评估实践操作上还亟待总结规范,尤其是评估管理体制更是存在着许多错综复杂的问题需要解决.     

加强我国农业支持保护体系的建设

农业支持保护包含两层意思:一是在国际贸易中通过关税壁垒、非关税壁垒和出口补贴等措施,对本国农业进行保护,一般称之为边境保护;二是在国内生产和流通领域采取一系列直接或间接措施支持本国农业发展,提高农产品竞争力,促进农民增收,使之能够与其他产业协调发展,一般称之为国内农业支持.对农业和农民进行支持保护是一种国际普遍现象.     

工程机械企业融资租赁风险分析与评价

根据工程机械企业的特点,通过对融资租赁的风险分析,构建了风险预警指标体系。在此基础上,运用多级模糊综合评判法,提出工程机械企业开展融资租赁的风险评价模型。     

世博会标志许可产品的产品责任及风险防范探讨

世博会标志许可经营是中国2010年上海世博会商业化运作的主要内容之一。如果世博会标志许可产品存在缺陷,并且生产企业没有在产品上标明其商标或其他明显识别性标志时,世博会标志权利人存在承担产品责任的风险,对此风险应从合同、质量保证金、产品责任险、监督检查等方面加强防范。     

CEV模型的单位根检验研究

CEV模型（Constant Elasticity of Variance Model）作为常用的利率模型,在实证分析中得到了广泛运用,但是其单位根检验一直被忽略或者被默认可以使用迪基一富勒检验。本文首次运用Box—Cox变换的技巧,针对CEV模型的单位根检验问题,找到了合适的统计量并且证明其渐进分布存在,然后通过蒙特卡罗方法求出了该统计量的分布表。得到了在大样本的情形下可以沿用迪基一富勒检验,但在小样本的情形下与迪基一富勒检验有所偏差的结论。     

Trade networks and economic fluctuations in Asian countries

The paper presents a new methodology, based on tensor decomposition, to map dynamic trade networks and to assess its strength in forecasting economic fluctuations at different periods of time in Asia. Using the monthly merchandise import and export data across 33 Asian economies, together with the US, EU and UK, we detect the community structure of the evolving network and we identify clusters and central nodes inside each of them. Our findings show that data are well represented by two communities, in which People's Republic of China and Japan play the major role. We then analyze the synchronisation between GDP growth and trade. Furthermore we apply our model to the prediction of economic fluctuations. Our findings show that the model leads to an increase in predictive accuracy, as higher order interactions between countries are taken into account.     

Enhancing adaptive transfer of cross-cultural training: Lessons learned from the broader training literature

Drawing insights from the broader training literature, we argue that evaluation of cross-cultural training effectiveness should adopt comprehensive criteria, including cognitive, skill-based, and affective learning outcomes as well as adaptive transfer. We propose that the integration of an error management supplement in cross-cultural training can enhance trainee acquisition of self-regulation skills and self-efficacy that facilitate adaptive application of learning to novel cultural situations. In addition to the traditional error management training designs (i.e., positive error framing), the current paper describes additional design elements to promote acquisition of cognitive strategies, prevent premature automaticity, alleviate concerns about error occurrence during learning, and enhance readiness to transfer. In addition, we offer propositions regarding the effects of the supplement on learning and transfer outcomes, along with implications for future research and practice on cross-cultural training.