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.     

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.     

中国农民专业合作社金融支持研究——基于石家庄市的个案分析

近年来，在中央及地方政府的扶持倡导之下，中国农民专业合作社得到了迅速发展。但由于缺乏有效金融支持，中国农民专业合作社的持续发展受到很大制约。文章选取作为河北省省会的石家庄市的农民专业合作社进行个案研究，分析其金融支持不足的现状及成因，以点透面，为我国农民合作事业金融支持问题提供参考建议。     

体育院校附属竞技体育学校发展的SWOT分析

文章运用SWOT分析方法对附属竞技体育学校发展面临的机遇与挑战进行分析,结合新时期社会对运动员培养的新要求,对附属竞技体育学校的发展进行预测。     

Has bank consolidation in Korea lessened competition?

This paper examines market concentration and competition in the Korean commercial banking market for the period of 1992–2004. While market concentration decreased due to financial regulation before the Asian financial crisis, the Korean banking industry has become increasingly concentrated in the process of restructuring and consolidation since the crisis. Contrary to a growing concern over market power in Korean banking, this study finds that increased concentration has not lessened competition. The H statistic of the Panzar–Rosse model indicates that the Korean commercial banking market was monopolistically competitive during the pre-crisis period and the post-crisis period with temporary deviation to the level of perfect competition during the crisis period.     

从“三鹿奶粉”事件探析企业的营销道德

随着西方世界"企业非道德性神话"的破灭,企业为了单纯的经济利益而为所欲为的时代已经一去不复返。发达国家社会愈来愈要求企业的经营行为要遵循道德标准。在我国现阶段,由于企业过度追求经济利益,在营销活动中出现了大量道德失范行为,三鹿"毒奶粉"事件就是这一现象之一。本文针对企业营销道德失范的成因、危害,提出了防范企业营销道德缺失的应对措施。     

Pricing and Mispricing Effects of SFAS 131

Abstract:  We investigate the effects of the introduction of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 131 (SFAS 131) on the market's valuation of foreign earnings. Thomas (1999) documents that investors discount the value of foreign earnings for US multinational companies. He conjectures but does not test the possibility that this finding is due to poor disclosure related to foreign operations. We find strong evidence that the introduction of the standard is positively associated with the pricing of foreign earnings. In addition, we use both the Mishkin (1983) test and a zero-investment hedge portfolio test and find that investors' mispricing of foreign earnings lessens (and in fact disappears) after SFAS 131. This study is one of the first attempts to show that improved disclosure reduces mispricing.     

土地市场构建国家民事主体制度的思考

法律规定国务院代表国家行使土地所有权,但国务院并不能实际履行代表行为,又没有转委托于其他主体而使所有权行使主体缺位.土地行政监管部门自封为土地所有权的出让人,其结果不但是主体错位,而且为地方政府通过公权力主体"挟持"民事主体而形成政府间的竞争提供了法律依据.追求政绩工程的区域竞争是政府垄断建设用地供应市场的动力,由地方政府形成的进入障碍是城乡建设用地市场二元结构的制度性原因.统一城乡建设用地市场的关键是国家民事主体的地位独立和平等.     

The Credit Channel at Work: Lessons from the Financial Crisis in Korea

We demonstrate that the credit channel of transmission of monetary/financial shocks appears to have aggravated Korea's economic crisis. We use micro-data gathered at the individual bank level to identify this channel of transmission. Our major findings are as follows: i) consistent with banks' autonomous retrenchment in loan supply, monetary tightening broadens the spread between marginal bank lending rates and corporate commercial paper rates; ii) credit limits on overdrafts – arguably a proxy identifying shifts in loan supply – react negatively to the monetary squeeze; iii) large negative capital shocks induce banks to disproportionately slow-down both lending and deposit taking and to disproportionately raise their lending rates. Our findings lend unequivocal support to the hypothesis that banks' autonomous contraction restricted the availability of credit and magnified the increase in its cost. In turn, this compounded the Korean crisis by aggravating liquidity constraints for the vast majority of agents who rely only on bank credit as an external source of funds.