Ownership control of foreign affiliates: A property rights theory perspective

This paper applies property rights theory to explain changes in foreign affiliates’ ownership. Post-entry ownership change is driven by both firm-level characteristics and by the differences in the institutional environments in host countries. We distinguish between financial market development and the level of corruption as two different institutional dimensions, such that changes along these dimensions impact upon ownership change in different ways. Furthermore, we argue that changes in ownership are affected by the foreign affiliate’s relatedness with its parent’s sector, as well as by the affiliate’s maturity. We use firm level data across 125 host countries to test our hypotheses.     

Privatization,financial development,property rights and growth

This study analyzes how prevailing institutional arrangements i.e., property rights, contracting rights, political institutions, and corporate governance practices affect privatized firms’ performance, capital markets development, and economic growth. Most of the studies surveyed show that privatization enhances privatized firms performance, efficiency, and profitability, which percolates to economic growth. Privatized firms performed better in countries with better regulatory and legal frameworks. Partial privatization may be beneficial in countries with weak institutions, namely, the French civil law countries. The stronger the economic and the governing institutions, the easier it is for privatized firms to thrive and contribute to economic growth. Overall, privatization allows firms to achieve improved efficiency while driving the development of the financial sector.     

南北贸易与内生增长——南方既模仿又创新

本文模型是对GH模型(Grossman and Helpman,1991)的一个拓广,不仅包括GH的情形(北方创新、南方模仿),还包括北方创新、南方既模仿又创新的情形。在后一种情形下我们发现:(1)参与国际贸易的南北双方能享受更高的增长率;(2)北方规模扩大会提高增长率、降低模仿率以及模仿企业数与北方企业数的比率;南方规模扩大会提高增长率、模仿率、南方相对工资水平,以及模仿企业数与北方企业数的比率;(3)南、北方政府资助创新会提高增长率、模仿率,但南方政府资助创新会提高南方相对工资、降低模仿企业数与北方企业数的比率,而北方自主创新的影响不确定;南方政府资助模仿的政策除提高南方相对工资外,对稳态的增长率、模仿率以及模仿企业数与北方企业数的比率都不产生任何影响。     

Explaining the performance of state–community joint forest management in India

This paper seeks to identify and analyze the factors that explain differential outcomes of joint forest management (JFM) in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Factors affecting the performances of JFM communities are analyzed using an ordered logit model. The results indicate that JFM communities are more likely to perform well when they are smaller in size and when forest resources in the JFM community are scarce. Presence of social capital and high value forests are also likely to promote good forest growth. Effective protection of forests is likely to contribute to the growth of forests. JFM communities that were initiated by NGOs are more likely to manage forests effectively than the one initiated by the Forest Department.     

论家族企业的发展及中国家族企业的变革

家族企业在全球经济发展中起着重要的作用。由于国家文化不同，各国的家族企业也存有异同。文章首先讨论了家族企业的定义及发展，然后分析了国外家族企业及国内家族企业的发展、运作特点、变革及存在的问题；最后，结合东方管理思想及中国特色，从产权安排、治理结构、管理文化等方面提出了中国家族企业的发展及变革方向。     

知识产权法演进及社会属性的经济学分析

知识产权法的产生、发展具有鲜明的历史性和社会性,本文在阐述知识产权法历史演进过程的基础上,对各社会形态下知识产权法的社会属性进行了辨析,并着重讨论了资本主义知识产权法的立法依据、社会属性及发展特征,最后,对社会主义知识产权法的本质属性及发展对策提出若干看法。     

完善公产合作社企业的法律规制

本文通过对公产合作社企业的现状进行分析,找出目前我国公产合作社企业发展不规范的原因,提出完善公产合作社企业在设立条件、产权制度、组织机构、利益分配等方面的建议,为推动公产合作社企业的规范性发展提供理论依据。     

Fixed-rent contracts and investment incentives. A comparative analysis of English tenant right

This article stresses that tenants are more motivated to improve the holding when they have formal property rights over their improvements. In this case, however, their rights over the improvements usually come into conflict with the landlords' rights over the land. Through a comparison with what happened elsewhere in Europe, the article analyses the attempts to delineate and ensure both rights in nineteenth-century England. No wholly satisfactory solution was found to the problem and the article concludes that this is one of the reasons explaining the poor performance of English agriculture in the early twentieth century.     

国资委与公司董事会事权关系研究

进一步完善国资及国有企业监管的方式方法,促进企业法人治理的规范运作,充分发挥董事会在公司重大决策中的作用,使决策科学化、民主化,提高国有企业决策效率,是完善具有中国特色的国有企业治理结构的关键。     

A theory of the pre-modern British aristocracy

Between c. 1550 –c. 1880, a small group of individuals ruled England and oversaw her transformation from a small country to the British Empire—and in the process they became exceedingly wealthy. Known as aristocrats, their unusual lifestyles were the antithesis of modern secular values. Today aristocrats are often viewed as a hindrance to pre-modern growth and development because they appeared to operate so inefficiently. This paper argues that the aristocrats efficiently provided the valuable service of “trustworthy servant”, by investing their wealth in hostage capital. This theory explains terms of entry and exit out of the aristocracy, the strict family settlement, their education patterns, extravagant lifestyle, and their ultimate voluntary retreat from power.