The Impact of Mexico's Retraining Program on Employment and Wages

This article analyzes the impact and effectiveness of the Mexicanlabor retraining program for unemployed and displaced workers—Programade Becas de Capacitación para Trabajadores (PROBECAT).The strategy followed is to compare the post-training labormarket experiences of trainees with those of a comparison group—amatched sample of unemployed individuals who were eligible for,but did not participate in, PROBECAT. The results of this exercisesuggest that participation in PROBECAT reduced the mean durationof unemployment for both men and women trainees and increasedthe monthly earnings of men, but not of women. The results alsoindicate that the post-training earnings effect varied systematicallyby level of education attained, with the largest earnings increases(of about 28 to 37 percent) found for men with six to twelveyears of education.     

本土化:品牌经营全球化战略的关键

品牌是企业参与国际市场竞争，进入国际市场的有力武器。实施品牌经营的全球化战略是企业保持竞争优势的正确选择。品牌全球化战略的成功最终基本都体现在本土化策略的实施上，本土化是企业实施品牌经营全球化战略的关键问题。     

现代信用风险度量模型与我国商业银行信用风险管理

一、商业银行信用风险管理的主要模型和方法商业银行传统的信用风险度量方法有信贷决策的“6C”法和信用评分方法等。“6C”法是指由有关专家根据借款人的品德(character)(借款人的作风、观念以及责任心等,借款人过去的还款记录是银行判断借款人品德的主要依据);能力(capacity)     

Market efficiency and cointegration: Some evidence in Pacific-Basin black exchange markets

This paper investigates the efficiency of the black exchange markets in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand. The study applies unit root and cointegration tests to examine black exchange market efficiency of Pacific-Basin countries. The generating process of black exchange rates appears to be a random walk. This is consistent with Gupta (1981) and other foreign exchange rate unit root test studies. Johansen cointegration tests are performed for these black exchange markets together with Japan and Singapore. The results suggest that there is at least one unit root among the black market exchange rates. Hence, black exchange markets are not collectively efficient.     

From T-Bills to Stocks: Seasonal Anomalies Revisited

This paper employed eleven data series which consist of stocks, bonds, bills, equity premiums, term premiums, and various default premiums to investigate whether January seasonality reported in existing literature is robust across different states of the economy as this has important trading implications. For the periods 1926–1990, small stocks, small stock premiums, low grade bonds, and default premiums (spread between high grade, low grade and government bonds) reveal January seasonality and that the seasonality is robust across different states of the economy except for low grade bond returns and default premiums. January seasonality for low grade bond returns and low grade bond default premiums are primarily driven by results found during periods of economic expansion. Overall, January seasonality is more evident during the economic expansion periods although the magnitude of default premiums is larger during periods of economic contraction. Furthermore, prior findings of strong summer equity returns are primarily driven by the results found during the periods of economic contraction. It is also found that equity returns are generally higher during periods of economic expansion.     

基于胜任力结构的企业家才能分析

一、企业家才能的相关理论在西方经济学界,人们认为劳动、资本、土地、企业家才能四部分构成了生产要素,在这四种生产要素中企业家才能则是其灵魂性的要素。企业家才能是指企业领导的经营管理和创新能力,包括创新能力、合作精神、敬业精神、竞争意识、冒险精神、自信、判断能力     

论英美新批评理论中文本的突显

在西方传统诗学中,文本只是作为艺术的载体而具有工具性意义,其自身的本性是隐而不现的。英美新批评理论以文本的研究为中心,对传统文艺批评形态起到了颠覆性作用。文本的突显并不是文艺批评理论发展进程中的偶然现象。该文试图从西方美学发展的时代性及其特定的时代主题出发,探讨文艺批评理论中文本突显的必然性,以此来理解英美新批评理论的现代意义。     

改进会风和文风,中船集团公司召开视频会议通报2001年工作情况部署2002年工作要点——中船集团公司2001年几项主要生产经营指标取得重大突破

在这辞旧迎新,新世纪的第一年即将过去,新的一年就要到来之际,中船集团公司运用现代化信息技术手段——新近建成的数字化视频会议系统,召开了别开生面的一次工作会议。会议通过北京主会场和设在外地的几个分会场,向全集团通报了2001年工作情况,部署了2002年工作要点。这是该集团认真实践“三个代表”的要求,贯彻党的十五届六中全会关于精简会议和文件,改进会风和文风精神而采取的一个实际行动。     

Myopic loss aversion and the equity premium puzzle reconsidered

Benartzi and Thaler [The Quarterly Journal of Economics 110 (1995) 73–92] offer a quasi-rational explanation for the equity premium puzzle. We reconsider their methodology and, making a simple modification to it, find that their analysis is not robust.