我国上市银行会计改革效果的研究--基于上市银行财务报告的分析与评价

本文以我国新<金融企业会计制度>的颁布实施与上市银行信息披露和双重审计为背景,以上市银行的财务报告数据为依据,对我国上市银行会计改革的效果进行分析与评价,并同时提供了相应的政策建议.     

英国应对主权债务危机的税收举措

2010年以来,在国际金融危机的影响尚未完全消除的情况下,英国又遇到主权债务危机的强烈冲击。2010年5月12日,英国新任首相、保守党领袖卡梅伦就职不久,即发布了财政紧缩预算案,通过大力压缩政府开支、以增税为主的税收政策调整等一系列措施以重振经济和解决财政困难。本文主要介绍其税收举措,以期对后金融危机时期我国的税制改革和税收政策调整有所借鉴。     

SEBI index: Measuring the commitment to the principles of social banking

As a result of the financial crisis, ethical banking has become a visible phenomenon that has aroused the interest of those clients that are disappointed with conventional banking, as well as that of the scientific community. However, research on ethical banking has just started, with several subjects pending consensus, such as the proper definition or identification of banks considered to be ethical. In view of the above, the objective of this study is, first and foremost, to define the common characteristics of all banks affiliated to the movement; empirically, we shall quantify the level of commitment with the same and, thus, as a result of this quantification, obtain a ranking that classifies the selected banks according to the scores obtained. Regarding the methodology used, the quantification of the level of commitment with ethical banking is done through a new index called SEBI (Social and Ethical Banking Index), designed from the characteristics defined in the study and applied to the banks identified as ethical due to being a part of the main network of this type of banking: The Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV).     

The Role of Foreign Shareholders in Disciplining Financial Reporting

We investigate the role of foreign shareholders in improving the quality of accounting information provided by firms domiciled in countries with low de facto institutional quality. Using a sample of firms from four South European countries (Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain) for which we observe detailed ownership evolutions over the period 2002–2007, we find that increases in foreign ownership lead to increases in financial reporting quality but only if the foreign shareholders are domiciled in countries with strong investor protection mechanisms. Further, we find that the improvement in financial reporting quality is more pronounced in the case of foreign institutional investors. Finally, our results hold before and after the introduction of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in 2005.     

Sequential vs. single-round uniform-price auctions

We study sequential and single-round uniform-price auctions with affiliated values. We derive symmetric equilibrium for the auction in which k₁ objects are sold in the first round and k₂ in the second round, with and without revelation of the first-round winning bids. We demonstrate that auctioning objects in sequence generates a lowballing effect that reduces the first-round price. Total revenue is greater in a single-round, uniform auction for k=k₁+k₂ objects than in a sequential uniform auction with no bid announcement. When the first-round winning bids are announced, we also identify a positive informational effect on the second-round price. Total expected revenue in a sequential uniform auction with winning-bids announcement may be greater or smaller than in a single-round uniform auction, depending on the model's parameters.     

中国财税改革战略思路选择研究

中国亟需一次根本性的财税改革。财税改革需在认清改革的历史使命的基础之上全方位推进。财税改革必须适应经济全球化的要求,促进全球经济治理和社会发展;财税改革应有利于合理的国民收入分配格局的形成。财税改革新共识的形成,将有助于改革的顺利推进。