The Recognition and Timing of Deferred Tax Liabilities

Abstract:   This paper examines the characteristics of firms that account for deferred tax liabilities related to government investment grants under an extended adoption timing period. Not only the recognition but also the timing decision is associated with changes in future performance and changes in the debt structure. Recognisers outperform non‐recognisers in the future, while early recognition is related to post recognition performance but only for those firms that currently perform well. Changes in the balance sheet structure are also related to both decisions. Firms with recent increases in the debt level tend to postpone recognition, while currently well‐performing firms that increase their future debt level are less likely to recognise deferred taxes.     

Market structure and profitability in the international tourist hotel industry

This paper adopts Hsiao (1986) panel data techniques, with metropolitan-level panel data from Taiwan, to examine how the market structures of various related service markets and hotels’ locations affect hotels’ profitability. The empirical results indicate that: (1) market concentration in rooms could significantly improve international tourist hotels’ profitability, while concentration in the food and beverage markets have positive but insignificant effects, and (2) the locations of the international tourist hotels significantly affect their profitability.     

培育消费技能:提高消费满足程度的关键

消费技能是消费者和消费资料相结合的技术和能力。这种能力从根本上决定着消费需要的满足程度。本文依据经济学原理论证了培育消费技能的必要性,并在对消费技能进行界定的基础上,提出了企业培育消费技能的对策。     

把地勘单位推向市场的深层次思考

把地勘单位推向市场是地勘业体制改革的必然选择。只有把地勘单位全面推入商品市场、要素市场、特别是产权交易市场,才能从根本上解决地勘单位营运的激励机制和约束机制。把地勘单位推向市场的实质是把地勘单位塑造为具有“四自”能力的市场主体。为此,必须全面转换地勘单位的经营机制,逐步割断其对国家的依赖关系,使其自主选择市场,立足市场。要进一步深化改革目前不彻底、不完善的两权分离,从不对称性两权分离状态走向对称性两权分离状态。     

Market orientation and customer satisfaction: Evidence from British machine tool industry

This paper examines empirically the relationship between market orientation and business performance in the context of British machine tool industry. An industry-specific market orientation scale was developed. Factor analysis revealed that there were four latent dimensions underlying the market orientation: customer orientation, competitor orientation, departmental responsiveness, and customer satisfaction orientation. Findings suggest that customer orientation and customer satisfaction orientation have a stronger impact on performance than the other dimensions, and that competitor orientation has a U-shape relationship with performance. Departmental responsiveness did not appear to be significantly related to the business performance. Managers could use the multidimensional conceptualization to develop particular kinds of orientations required for better performance.     

纯粹中介与套利中间人——一个普通商品市场微观结构内生化模型

本文给出了一个包括两种交易方式的普通商品市场微观结构内生化模型,其中,商品的买者、卖者不可以直接进行交易,但被允许在两种相互竞争的中介交易方式——“套利中间人交易”与被现有文献所忽略但又非常重要的“纯粹中介交易”——中进行选择。对于微观结构的内生性,模型给出了如下结论：交易意愿较高的个体倾向于通过套利中间人进行交易,而意愿相对较低的则会选择纯粹中介作为交易媒介;市场的微观结构决定于三个参数——跨期替代率、纯粹中介单位交易量的交易成本与最有效率的套利中间人单位交易量的成本。     

投资者利益保护与新兴市场证券发行管制

本文构建了一个模型,说明在一个非有效程度比较高的证券市场中,公司可以通过发行新股融资侵占外部公众投资者的利益。此时,证券发行的门坎管制和规模限制对保护投资者利益是必要和有效的;如果事后的投资者利益的法律保护等监管制度的有效性弱, 证券发行管制就更有必要,以此来限制经营能力较差的公司为NPV<0的项目融资。对融资和投资分离的研究还表明,限制上市公司融资规模可以减少管理层基于自我利益的过度融资和低效投资。随着投资者保护的法律制度完善和执行有效,信息披露规范,加上机构投资者力量壮大,市场评价能力增强,可以放松证券发行事前的门坎限制和融资规模限制,逐步实现证券发行市场化。     

A股市场过度反应的新证据——基于A股和H股估值变化的视角

传统的检验市场过度反应的方法是采用De Bondt和Thaler构造的赢家组合和输家组合,通过检验赢家组合和输家组合的超额收益率来判断市场是否存在过度反应。有别于传统的检验市场过度反应的方法,本文基于我国股票市场上A股和H股估值变化的特殊视角,实证分析了我国A股市场存在的过度反应现象。     

自由现金流、控制结构与投资——对A股和香港上市公司的比较研究

文章从控制结构和市场环境角度对A股和香港上市公司的投资—现金流敏感性作了比较研究。本文的研究发现,A股和香港上市公司的投资与自由现金流存在显著的正相关关系。控制结构是投资—现金流敏感性的影响因素,多数制衡控制、多数独占控制和少数状态依存控制结构的投资—现金流敏感性依次增加。处在不同的市场环境中,投资—现金流敏感性水平也会表现出差异。香港本地股的投资与自由现金流之间的相关关系最强,其次为A+H股和A股。