试论电子商务对我国增值税的影响

迅猛发展的电子商务促进了经济和贸易的发展,同时也对现行的增值税制度产生重要的影响。本文分析了增值税的纳税主体、客体、税率、纳税地点、进口环节征免税、计征手段等各个方面在电子商务环境下存在的问题,并据此提出了完善增值税制度的政策建议。     

德国的横向财政转移支付及对我国的启示

研究和借鉴德国的横向转移支付制度的有益经验,结合我国的实际,设计我国的横向转移支付制度,对规范和完善我国的财政转移支付制度,缩小地区间的财务差距具有重要的现实意义。     

Merger abnormal returns and payment methods of hospitality firms

The study aims to examine the long-term abnormal returns to hospitality acquirers as well as the association between excess returns with financing methods and size. The study applies regression analysis with secondary data examining 19 hospitality acquirers from 1996 to 2007. Using hospitality sector specific indices, the study shows that hospitality acquirers receive positive abnormal returns 12 months post-merger and that there is negative association between cash payment and acquirers’ excess returns.     

Is Passive Farming A Problem for Agriculture in the EU?

We address a new agricultural policy concern following the decoupling of CAP direct payments in 2005: passive farming, whereby landowners maintain their agricultural area to collect payments without producing commodities. It is claimed that passive farming is hindering agricultural development by ‘blocking’ access to farmland for expanding farmers. We evaluate the links between the EU's Single Payment Scheme (SPS), passive farming, land use and agricultural development. Following identification of the rational landowners’ optimal land‐use choice, we evaluate the effects of the SPS using a spatial, agent‐based model that simulates farmers’ competition for land in a case‐study region of Sweden. We show that passive farming does not constrain land from being used in production; on the contrary more land is used than would be the case without the SPS. We conclude that passive farming is not a problem for agriculture, but provides public goods that would otherwise be under provided: preservation of marginal farmland and future food security. However SPS payments on highly productive land inflate land values (capitalisation) and slow structural change, which hinder agricultural development. Consequently CAP goals could be better served by targeting payments on marginal land and phasing out payments to highly productive land.     

“中国电子支付服务案”详解

"中国电子支付服务案"是中国入世10年来最为复杂的案件之一,涉及到众多机构和个人,以及多重法律关系,专家组报告在本案最核心的问题——电子支付服务是否属于入世减让表中的"支付服务"上支持了美国的观点。本文就该案所涉相关问题,包括涉案措施、中国的入世承诺、涉案服务的分类、电子支付服务的定义、GATS项下的国民待遇条款和市场准入条款等做具体分析,并对该案的专家组报告中的相关问题提出质疑。     

城市居民住房支付能力研究——基于2000—2008我国10城市的经验数据

根据我国10个城市的中房指数推算各城市2000年-2008年期间的房价,利用国家城调队的城镇居民家庭收入和消费数据,计算各城市的房价收入比、住房可支付性指数、月供收入比,提出月供消费结余作为辅助判断指标,在此基础上分析各城市居民的住房支付能力,结果发现所有样本城市的房价收入比普遍较高,其中南京、武汉、深圳、成都和重庆五城市居民的住房支付能力比其他5个城市强,最后提出了相应的政策建议.     

构建CEPA独创性争端解决机制的思考

CEPA作为我国实质性区域经贸合作重要制度的安排,实施至今时近四年,并不断通过《补充协议》的形式丰富和发展双方的合作领域、范围,但其对争端解决机制的规定一如既往的简洁。作为世界上第一个由一个主权国家内两个行政区域在WTO框架下建立的区域经济一体化组织,CEPA主体、调整对象和性质均具有鲜明的特征,因此,不可能直接适用WTO或现存的其他争端解决机制,而必须构建起一套独特的争端解决机制。     

数字货币对货币供给和传导的影响研究——基于持币偏好、数字人民币替代的视角

数字人民币作为我国法定数字货币,具有可控匿名、可离线支付、无需提现手续费等优势。随着数字人民币的发行及使用,其将会对目前在支付体系中占据重要地位的电子货币产生替代,并对货币供给和传导产生影响。本文首先使用完全信息下的混合策略均衡模型,构建买卖双方进行交易的博弈模型,就数字人民币对电子货币的替代效应进行分析;其次,研究数字人民币对货币政策传导的影响;最后,利用情景分析法基于数字人民币发展的三个阶段,分析数字人民币对电子货币的替代过程,为我国金融和货币政策改革提供理论参考。     

转移支付、对外开放与劳动力市场整合——分权下的锦标赛竞争

要素市场整合是实现规模经济效率与增长方式转变的重要途径.本文讨论了转移支付对"发达地区"与"落后地区"参与国内市场分工的差异化激励.具体来说,转移支付为落后地区提供了参与市场分工的财政补偿,促进了市场整合.但因锦标赛模式中的经济绩效导向与"零和"特性,转移支付不利于发达地区在锦标赛中胜出,从而引致其"逆市场"行为.这使...     

A replication study of the credit card effect on spending behavior and an extension to mobile payments

Prior research has shown that credit cards increase spending behavior as measured by the willingness to pay (WTP) or basket value. This research aims to replicate the credit card effect and to extend this effect to mobile payments. In four empirical studies, of which three online studies and one lab study (total n = 692), we manipulated payment methods (i.e., cash, credit cards, and mobile payments) and measured spending behavior (i.e., WTP and basket value). Across four studies, we did not replicate the credit card effect on either measure of spending behavior, suggesting the effect in the literature may be inflated or may have been fading away. A meta-analysis of the relevant literature revealed the expected credit card effect but also showed that the credit card effect has become weaker through the years and that this effect is contingent on the location of data collection. We also did not find evidence that the credit card effect extends to mobile payments on either measure of spending behavior in the three online studies. However, we found a significant difference between mobile payments and cash on the basket value measure (but not for the WTP measure) in the lab study. This paper also explored whether the pain of payment or payment convenience may be a mechanism underlying the relationship between payment methods and spending behavior. Although the pain of payment tended to be lower and the payment convenience tended to be higher for mobile payments, these effects did not translate into more spending behaviors.