ALL THINGS CONSIDERED,TAXES DRIVE THE JANUARY EFFECT

The multitude of explanations for the January effect leaves the reader confused about its primary cause(s): is it tax‐loss selling, window dressing, information, bid‐ask bounce, or a combination of these causes? The confusion arises, in part, because evidence has generally been presented in support of a particular hypothesis though the same evidence may be consistent with another hypothesis. Furthermore, prior work does not adequately control for the bid‐ask bounce. In this article we try to disentangle different explanations of the January effect and identify its primary cause. We find that tax‐related selling is the most important cause, overshadowing other explanations.     

There's something about saving …

The paper considers how people should plan their saving, given certain assumptions about inheritance and changes in household circumstances. The results are produced by a model that takes into account tax and state benefits as well as various private savings vehicles. It concludes that, for many households, saving for retirement through a ‘pension’ might not be optimum and that the best strategy is to vary the incidence and allocation of saving in response to changes in household circumstances.     

假转让技术真转让国有资产

国有资产流失长期以来一直是困扰国企改革和发展、政府进行国有资产管理的重大问题。近年来,国有资产的流失更是呈加剧之势头,一些人打着“改制”、“转制”的幌子,大肆鲸吞国有资产! 本期刊登的两个案例,都是关于此类现象的。这些国有资产流失的形式,大都被披上了合法的外衣。第一个案例,当事者通过“合同”的形式,猫鼠同窝,合同双方恶意串通,将国有资产无偿“转让”;第二个案例中,当事者串通中介,虚假评估,以实现廉价“收购”国有资产及避税的企图。涉及金额之巨大,手法之巧妙,触目惊心。 毫无疑问,这样的交易背后往往隐藏着惊人的腐败,隐藏着贪污、受贿、行贿、玩忽职守等严重的违法犯罪。审计人是国有资产的卫士,顺着此类“交易”的蛛丝马迹,层层剥茧,从而抓住了作奸犯科者的狐狸尾巴,把侵吞国有资产案件大白于天下。     

欧盟的东扩与标准化进程

作为欧洲单一市场保障的重要因素，标准化在欧盟东扩中发挥着重要作用。为帮助候选国达到入盟标准并采用欧盟的立法框架，欧盟、欧洲标准化委员会及欧盟各国均采取了一些措施。在各方的共同努力下，欧盟标准的一体化工作取得了明显进展。     

东北亚区域经济合作与中小企业

随着区域经济一体化的迅速发展，中小企业在东北亚区域经济合作中正发挥着日益重要的作用。     

第三部门的发展与政府改革的互动

第三部门的兴起被认为是二战以来的世界社会范围内一场重要的变革,对此,有学者评价认为,“我们是置身于一场全球性的‘社团革命’之中,历史将证明这场革命对20世纪后期世界的重要性丝毫不亚于民族国家的兴起对19世纪后期世界的重要性。”[1]考察建国以来我国第三部门的发展历程     

Satisfaction drivers for Internet service technology among stock brokerage customers in Thailand

Many financial services firms are offering the Internet as a self-service technology (SST), for online stock trading, in an effort to increase effciency and give customers greater access. It is important to understand how this technology will influence customer satisfaction. This paper reports results of exploratory research to identify sources of customer satisfaction and dissatisfaction with the service encounter in Thai stockbrokerage firms. Results show that customers and service providers determine sources of customer dis/satisfaction differently, depending on whether the service encounter is technology-based or interpersonal. Different customer profiles give rise to segmentation in response to the use of Internet technology in this industry.     

以人为本建设区队打造煤矿和谐环境

区队是煤矿的基本生产单位,煤矿建设和谐矿区首先应从区队人手。近年来,郑州煤电股份公司超化煤矿面对复杂多变的内外形势,始终贯彻以人为本理念,坚持以科学发展观为指导,围绕区队“人”字做文章,调动了方方面面的积极性,为企业发展奠定了坚实的基础,整个矿区呈现出了职工生活温馨和谐、安全生产稳步发展的好局面。一、深入区队了解人从实际出发谋划工作,按实际需要开展工作,以实际效果检验工     

Optimality conditions¶and bubbles in sequential economies¶and bounded relative risk-aversion

We provide specific qualifications in order that Kuhn–Tucker type Euler equations and transversality conditions at infinity hold in stochastic equilibrium models with heterogeneous agents and where assets are traded in sequential markets. It is not assumed that uncertainty is modeled as an event-tree structure or that preferences are necessarily bounded. We also describe an important class of preferences based on bounded relative risk aversion which yields relevant simplifications. Our results are used to establish conditions that rule out asset pricing bubbles. Specific examples of economies with bubbles are also discussed. Received: 28 January 2002 / Accepted: 19 July 2002 We are grateful to the editor and an anonymous referee for their valuable comments. This research was partially supported by MURST (Italy), National Group on “Nonlinear Dynamics and Stochastic Models in Economics and Finance”.