Does the Control-based Approach to Consolidated Statements Better Reflect Market Value than the Ownership-based Approach?

Motivated by the recent Discussion Paper (DP) issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) on how to define reporting entities, this study investigates the value relevance of consolidated statements under the ownership-based approach of U.S. Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51 (ARB 51) and the control-based approach of International Accounting Standard No. 27 (IAS 27). The results show that consolidated financial statements based on a broader definition of control provide more useful accounting information than those based only on majority-ownership control. We also address one concern raised in the DP, namely, whether a reporting entity should use the common control model to include entities that are under common control of an individual investor or family. The results suggest that accounting standard boards should include the common control model in defining the group reporting entity for firms with complex ownership structures.     

网络营销满足了消费者的个性化需求

消费需求发展史是一个周而复始的轮回过程。人类生产力水平、科技水平、化环境发展到今天，人们的消费需求已完全个性化。企业应充分利用Internet的发展优势，进行网络营销，这是个性化满足的新方向。     

学院计算机校园网的规划,设计与管理

校园网的建设对于提高我院的教学科研管理水平,营造高科技信息的教学科研实验环境,培养面向世界、面向未来的高层次经济管理专门人才有着极为重要的作用。本文就此讨论了我院校园网的建设规划以及设计的有关问题,并给出了校园网的拓扑结构及网络设备配置的基本方案,同时对今后校园网的管理与使用以及进一步的发展作了相应的论述。企望能以此得到各级领导及广大师生与研究人员对校园网的建设以更大的支持和参与。     

用科学发展观统领分行发展

一家商业银行的发展,无论是外部的改革要求,还是自身战略转型的要求,必须坚持科学的发展观和正确政绩观。文章回顾了南京分行近年来改革与发展的历程,从指导思想到战略措施,条分缕析,为分行经营者提供了有益的借鉴和参考。     

钢锥斗仓的设计

本文以某工程钢锥斗仓的设计为例,详细阐述钢锥斗仓仓壁和水平加劲肋的内力、变形计算,并验算仓壁和加劲肋的强度和刚度。     

How about selling commodity futures losers?

This paper explores the benefits of extending the investment universe to commodity futures, from the perspective of momentum traders. We find that the growth-optimal portfolio includes negative (positive) weights on commodity futures losers (stock winners). Motivated by this finding, we construct a joint momentum strategy, buying stock winners and selling commodity futures losers, and show that it generates an average monthly return of up to 1.91% and provides much lower skewness (0.04) and kurtosis (1.27) than a traditional stock momentum strategy. It also greatly improves profitability, especially in unfavorable market states, and thus effectively manages tail risk.     

平均工资、缴费下限与养老保险参保

研究目标：研究养老保险参保缴费逆向激励产生的原因、作用机制以及后果。研究方法：通过构建刻画参保者行为的生命周期模型,数值模拟分析平均工资增长对参保者效用的影响;借助自然实验构建固定效应工具变量回归,实证研究平均工资增长对参保行为的影响。研究发现：基于在岗职工平均工资的缴费下限设定,增加了低收入者的实际缴费负担,随着平均工资的提高,在借贷约束的限制下,为保障当期消费,低收入者会退出养老保险制度;平均工资上涨会显著降低参保职工人数,导致缴费遵从度下降。研究创新：通过研究平均工资变化对实际费率负担的影响,揭示低收入者的参保行为。研究价值：为养老保险制度改革,提供理解参保者微观行为的理论框架和实证依据。     

Service quality and its effect on customer satisfaction and customer behavioral intentions: hotel and ryokan guests in Japan

This study analyzes the effect of service quality on customer satisfaction and customer behavioral intentions at hotels and ryokan (traditional Japanese inns). In this empirical research, questionnaires were sent to guests at seven sites: three hotels and four ryokan. Service quality, as perceived by guests, affected customer satisfaction and customer behavioral intention. Results from this empirical study show strong evidence of service quality as perceived by guests being influenced by the type of accommodation. Also, among service quality factors, “physical aspect” had the most powerful impact on customer satisfaction and customer behavioral intention. “Creativeness” ranked second, followed by “unexpected service” and “encounter performance”. The prominence of physical aspects probably reflects the distinctiveness of the service of offering a one-night stay. However, as a certain level of physical facilities is taken for granted at lodging facilities above a certain price, “creativeness”, the second most powerful factor, becomes decisively important.     

Voluntary disclosure practices by foreign firms cross-listed in the United States

This is one of the first large-scale studies to examine the voluntary disclosure practices of foreign firms cross-listed in the United States. We proxy for voluntary disclosure using three attributes of firms’ management earnings guidance: (1) the likelihood of issuance; (2) the frequency of earnings guidance; and (3) a guidance quality measure. After first establishing that market participants view these firms’ disclosures as credible and economically important (i.e., the disclosures are negatively related to analyst forecast errors and the implied cost of equity capital), we compare cross-listed firms’ disclosure practices with comparable US firms and explore variations in disclosure practices among cross-listed firms. We find that cross-listed firms issue less frequent and lower quality management earnings guidance than comparable US firms. We further show that the gap between US and cross-listed firms widened after passage of Regulation FD, a regulation which induced greater public disclosure of firm-specific information. Focusing on the sample of cross-listing firms, we show that firms from common-law countries disclose more than firms from code-law countries. Finally, our results indicate that cross-listed firms that do not list on an organized US exchange provide more frequent and higher quality disclosure than those that do list on organized exchanges.