The asymmetric information and price manipulation in stock market

The interaction between asymmetrically informed traders has been mostly investigated in theoretical frameworks. Not only there are relatively few empirical studies but, if any, the mostly focus on cross-sectional analysis and use very short samples. In this study, we blend theoretic with empirical, and propose a new signalling system of turning points in the economy to examine the extent of volatility of these markets relative to their tranquil periods. The signalling system proposed here is based on the Markov-switching model. Differing from the existing literatures, the study employs three phases and time-varying transition probability, and captures the states of volatility. After examining the causality between high volatility and foreign portfolio investment (FPI) by using moving average and generalized autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity, the portfolio's profitability of FPI and individual investors in different periods are compared. Finally, the investigation of FPI's leading effect is studied.     

区域战略性新兴产业创新生态系统稳定水平评价研究

评估区域战略性新兴产业创新生态系统稳定水平,是调节与保障战略性新兴产业创新生态系统顺利运行的有效手段。结合创新生态系统稳定性表现,从结构、功能以及效益3个维度,构建战略性新兴产业创新生态系统稳定水平评价指标体系,引入熵权与层次分析方法进行组合赋权,设计基于规则的战略性新兴产业创新生态系统稳定水平评价方法,并以黑龙江省为例进行实证研究,最后提出保障创新生态系统稳定水平的优化策略。     

Productivity dynamics and the cleansing effect of two recessions: Evidence from the manufacturing sector in Korea

In general, recessions provoke the exit of a greater number of firms from the market. Less productive firms are more likely to exit and release their former resources to the remaining, more productive firms. The present study investigates two recessions in Korea: the Asian financial crisis and the global financial crisis. The main objective of the present study is to analyse the process of creative destruction in a recession, specifically the cleansing effect. We measured total factor productivity using micro‐level manufacturing plant data from 1993 to 2013. We decomposed the source of the changes in total factor productivity to measure the cleansing effect in two large recessions. During the first recession in the 1990s, there was no evidence to support a cleansing effect hypothesis. In contrast, during the second recession in the 2000s, there was evidence of a cleansing effect. In addition, we found differences in market selection criteria in the two recessions; by the second crisis, the market selection criteria had changed to enable a more conducive environment for the creative destruction process.     

我国畜产品市场价格风险度量与分析

提出了利用VaR度量农产品现货市场风险的定量方法,并以我国鸡蛋、活鸡、牛肉、羊肉和猪肉五种畜产品的市场风险度量为例进行实证分析,研究结果表明,正态分布并不是拟合我国畜产品市场风险的最优分布模型,利用VaR度量农产品市场风险的方法切实可行。     

马克思经济增长模型中的特征值及其理论蕴涵

为了借鉴现代经济增长模型的数量方法对马克思经济增长理论的研究,本文基于马克思两部类经济增长模型的特殊结构,将特征值方法探索运用于对其的研究。通过解析两个部类积累相互约束的关系,以及每个部类新创造价值增长与本部类积累和两个部类结构参数之间的关系,获得两个部类新创造价值的唯一特征值,也就是唯一的均衡发展速度。给出与特征值对应的全社会和每个部类积累率算式,指出产生特征值的模型结构条件,以及特征值的最大值。从经济均衡和非均衡增长的视角,通过与哈罗德经济增长模型的对比分析,阐述了马克思两部类经济增长模型中的特征值的理论蕴涵。最后引用和借鉴《资本论》中的举例,对所论析做了算例验证。     

债券组合Theta对冲的实证研究

本文推导了Diebold-Li广义久期向量模型下的Theta,并利用上交所国债数据进行实证研究。结果表明,在久期匹配的条件下引入凸度匹配或Theta匹配均可减小风险对冲误差,且引入凸度匹配时风险对冲误差更小。     

Firm‐Level Evidence for the Language Investment Effect on SME Exporters

Both analysis of international trade and the knowledge resource theory of the firm imply that language skills should play a vital role in exporting. This may be apparent to large multinationals with sites in many different linguistic locations, but we show it is less obvious to smaller companies. With data on the language used by each of a large sample of European small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises in their export markets, we test and estimate the effects of language assets on language performance in export markets and on export sales. Controlling for the possibility that language skills may be acquired by exporting, we find a very substantial export return to linguistic expertise, indicative of unexploited gains from investment in languages. There is also evidence of greater under‐investment in language skills in English‐speaking Europe.     

Does Tax Competition Reduce Corruption?

A vast literature asserts that competition among jurisdictions can mitigate corruption. However, empirical studies do not fully support such a conventional view. This paper points out a drawback of the conventional view, that is, it ignores the role played by the owners of immobile factors. Within a standard tax competition model, we amend the conventional view by incorporating the lobbying of the immobile factor owners, and show that fiscal decentralization can aggravate corruption. We also demonstrate that social welfare can be higher under decentralization than under centralization in some cases, whereas the immobile factor owners' lobbying will prevent such a superiority of decentralization from being the outcome. Moreover, we provide an example to show that a better policy outcome and a higher level of corruption can co‐exist, which contrasts with the general belief.     

不良贷款约束下的中国银行业效率——基于方向性距离函数的实证分析

运用方向性距离函数方法测度中国银行业2000～2006年包含不良贷款的技术效率及规模效率得出,在平均意义上,考虑不良贷款后,国有和股份制银行在生产前沿上的数目增多,中国银行业的效率水平提高并且效率值变化近似于V字型;在最大化减少不良贷款和投入同时增加好产出时得到的效率值较高;中国银行业处于规模报酬递减区域,但从长远看,规模效率有上升的趋势。     

How supply chain oriented is the port sector?

The current literature recognizes the relevance of supply chain orientation for ports and terminals. However, there is very little empirical study on the issue, particularly in relation to whether in fact ports are supply chain oriented. This paper contributes to the empirical literature by considering the port of Incheon as a case in point and by measuring the degree of its supply chain orientation based on certain valid indicators drawn from the current literature. Further, unlike the previous empirical literature, this paper examines both operator and user perspectives. The findings of this study have significant strategic policy implications and shed more light on the role of supply chain orientation in practice.