对投资跟踪审计的思考

本文针对公共建设项目,从跟踪审计的理念,内容,组织方法上入手,分析了跟踪审计的创新问题,提出了一系列新的理念,具体的审计内容以及相应的改进措施.     

Investor reaction to women directors

Existing studies on women directorships present equivocal results on the association between appointing women directors and firm performance. These studies tend to focus on western countries and largely ignore investors' reactions to such appointments. This paper applies the financial event study method and finds that investors generally respond positively to the appointment of women directors in Singaporean firms. Regression analyses also reveal that investors are most receptive when the women are independent directors and are least receptive when the directors assume the CEO role. This study not only tests the theory of gender diversity in an Asian context but also examines whether investors react systematically to the different positions that women directors hold on corporate boards, a question that has received little attention in prior studies.     

Changes of Thai economy since 19701 1

Within the last 30 years, the number of Thai population increased from 35 million to 62 million, the general price level went up 6 times, and Thai currency baht devaluated 2.2 times against the dollar. The industrial production increased 36 times nominally. The biggest industry of Thailand changed from agriculture to manufacture, and the total value of exports jumped by 192 times and that of imports grew by 95 times. Thai current account balance had recorded a deficit every year from 1970 to 1996. During the same period of time, however, the capital account balance had shown surplus. The inflow of foreign capital was the only stronghold of Thai economy at that time. In 1997, Thailand suddenly experienced a total change of its external environment From then on, Thai current account shifted from a deficit to a surplus and Thai capital account turned from a surplus to a deficit. The conclusion of this paper indicates that the future of Thai economy is heavily dependent on whether the amount of surplus in Thai current account could surpass the deficit in Thai capital account     

Pro-poor growth,poverty and inequality in rural Vietnam

This study explores the effects of Vietnam's transition on the welfare of different ethnic groups in rural Vietnam. It draws on three rounds of national household surveys in 2002, 2004 and 2006. It is first observed that the pace of poverty reduction for minorities surpassed the majority over the period 2002–2006, although poor people were still concentrated in the minority groups throughout the period. Secondly, the disparity in living standards has been widening. In particular, inequality within both the majority and minority groups increased over the period. Thirdly, the study shows that the effect of economic growth on poverty is estimated to have been greater if inequality remained constant. It is also noted that the impacts of economic growth on poverty vary across different ethnic groups. Finally, regression decompositions of within inequality have confirmed that the main driver of inequality is not the same among ethnic groups. Given the diversity across different ethnic groups, we can conclude that government policy aimed at equal access to infrastructure and more equal distribution of assets, such as land, for ethnic minority groups would lead to more equal distribution of consumption and poverty reduction of those groups. Also, consideration of local needs would be necessary in designing and implementing public policies, given the heterogeneous socio-economic circumstances surrounding each ethnic minority group.     

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.     

An Empirical Analysis of Hedonic Regression and Grid-Adjustment Techniques in Real Estate Appraisal

Multiple regression analysis has become increasingly popular when appraising residential properties for tax purposes. Alternatively, most fee appraisers and real estate brokers use the traditional sales comparison approach. This study combines the two techniques and uses multiple regression to generate the adjustment coefficients used in the grid adjustment method. The study compares the combined grid-regression method with ordinary regression and defines the market conditions under which each method is likely to be more effective. The grid-regression method is found to be more accurate for relatively homogeneous housing markets, and the multiplicative percentage adjustment method (MPAM) the preferred approach.     

论城市商业银行的市场定位

城市商业银行在化解风险中生存、在风险控制的实践中壮大、在改革创新中发展,已成为我国银行体系中的一支有生力量.但城市商业银行仍是一支很脆弱的力量,要想在激烈的业内竞争中茁壮成长,准确的市场定位是首要解决的问题之一.     

对GB/T 19580-2004《卓越绩效评价准则》的几点认识

GB/T19580-2004《卓越绩效评价准则》参考了最有影响力和代表性的美国鲍德里奇国家质量奖评价条款,结合中国质量管理的实际境况,从组织领导、战略、顾客与市场、资源、过程管理、测量、分析与改进以及经营结果七方面规定了组织卓越绩效的评价要求,为国家质量奖的评价和企业提升质量水平、实现卓越绩效进行自我学习、自我评价提供了依据。它融合了中外质量管理的最新发展成果,在借鉴国外质量奖先进经验的基础上,结合我国的实际情况,特别是加入了诚信经营、名牌战略、可持续发展等内容,都是当前我国经济社会发展过程中关注的热点、焦点问题,…     

中国国际收支结构的变迁及启示

本文通过对1982～2004年间中国国际收支一级账户结构、次级账户结构和差额平衡结构的考察发现:中国国际收支结构的发展历程带有明显的政策烙印;“双顺差”的形成和发展具有相当的可持续性;正在进行的人民币汇率机制改革短期内对国际收支结构难以发挥显著的作用,长期来看影响深远。     

青霉素亚砜的制备

综述了以青霉素为原料,制备青霉素亚砚的2种重要方法。一种方法是先把青霉素制成青霉素羧酸酯,再氧化成青霉素亚现羧酸酯。另一种方法是直接把青霉素氧化成青霉素亚砜。