中小板上市公司债务融资效率研究

基于江苏省20家中小板上市公司的面板数据,采用聚类和数据包络分析相结合的方法,对这些公司进行债务融资效率分析。研究表明,中小板企业在融入资产的配置效率方面更为关注自身盈利状况和成长前景,而没有充分认识到节约融资成本的重要性,从而导致企业债务融资效率偏低。对此,我国中小板企业应充分发挥债务融资的杠杆作用,优化资本结构,通过强强联合和以强带弱的途径分散经营风险,在扩大规模效益的基础上持续增强企业盈利能力。     

非对称信息下农村金融市场结构对信贷配给的影响研究

在非对称信息的农村金融市场上,普遍存在着正规农村金融机构对农户的信贷配给。而目前垄断性的农村金融市场结构,加剧了农村金融机构与农户间的信息不对称程度,引发了农村信贷资金的外流,最终导致更为严重的信贷配给问题。因此,必须发展农户贷款担保组织和乡村银行,增强农村金融市场的竞争机制,更好地克服或减弱农村金融机构与农户间的信息不对称,切实解决农户贷款难题。     

交易费用视角下的金融集聚效应

从交易费用视角看,产业集聚可以扩大市场广度,增加市场深度,从而拓展市场范围,促进分工的进一步发展并实现分工的利益.金融集聚作为产业集聚的一种形式,通过和当地服务业、制造业的互动拓展了金融产业的市场广度;通过金融企业之间的竞争合作关系增加了金融产业的市场深度,对区域金融产业产生积极的集聚效应,促进了地区金融业的良性发展.     

新旧债务重组准则对上市公司盈余管理的影响——深华源年报风波的启示

深华源年报风波表明,会计政策变更会对企业报告利润产生重大影响,在新会计准则下上市公司利用债务重组进行盈余管理也会出现不同的结果。     

我国房地产投资基金的发展研究

首先揭示我国发展房地产投资基金(REITs)的意义所在,然后深入分析我国在发展REITs过程中所遇到的问题和障碍,并提出若干政策和建议。     

The role of banks in the governance of nonfinancial firms: Evidence from Europe

The aim of our research is to investigate the important role of banks in the governance of companies listed in the Euronext 100 index. Primarily, this research seeks to examine the impact of a bank’s presence within a firm, as a creditor or shareholder, on firm performance, as well as the motivations of banks to acquire holdings, and whether the presence of a bank as a shareholder of a firm facilitates its access to bank loans. Empirical analyses are conducted with a sample of 86 nonfinancial institutions listed in the Euronext 100 index over the period 2008–2013 using the three-stage least squares method. The study shows, first, that the presence of a bank within a firm, as a creditor or shareholder, is positively related to firm performance. Moreover, the firm’s performance is an important determinant of the presence of bank shareholding. Finally, the presence of a bank as a shareholder of a firm does not facilitate its access to bank loans.     

Sustainability of macroeconomic policies in selected MENA countries: Post financial and debt crises

In the wake of the recent financial and debt crises, the conduct of macroeconomic policies in the emerging MENA economies has recently become critical in determining those countries future economic situation, due to the accumulation since the early 1990s of a sizable level of external debt, and the pursuit by some countries of a fixed exchange rate regime. Using time series econometric models, this study assesses the sustainability of macroeconomic policies in a selected sample of 4 MENA countries. The empirical results point to sustainable fiscal and exchange rate policies in Tunisia and Morocco, and unsustainable external debt and exchange rate policies in Egypt and Jordan. While Egypt has recently moved to a flexible exchange rate regime, if Jordan still opts for maintaining a fixed exchange rate arrangement, it will have to implement crisis-prevention measures, namely by exercising fiscal discipline, and managing properly its external debt and foreign reserves.     

Herding behavior in the Pakistan stock exchange: Some new insights

This study attempts to examine the presence of herding behavior in the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX). The novel contribution of this paper is that it investigates the herding phenomenon from a large number of facets such as herding of firms towards market, herding of firms towards industry portfolios, herding of industry portfolios towards market, herding in mostly traded stocks and in large and small stocks, and herding in the crisis period. For this purpose, we use the herding behavior model of Christie and Huang (1995) on the daily closing prices data of 609 firms listed on the PSX from January 2004 to December 2013. Results show that individual firms do not herd towards market index, except when the market experiences a negative return of 5%. However, when we sort firms into small and large groups based on median market capitalization, results indicate that large firms show herding behavior in extreme market movements. Further, we find that firms in several industries herd towards their industry portfolios. However, we find weak evidence of industry portfolios herding towards the market. We also segregate the impact of financial crisis of 2008 from normal times. These findings support results of our baseline estimation.     

Bond finance,bank credit,and aggregate fluctuations in an open economy

Corporate sectors in emerging markets have noticeably increased their reliance on foreign financing, presumably reflecting low global interest rates. The evidence also shows a rebalancing from bank loans towards bonds. To study these developments, we develop a dynamic open economy model where these modes of finance are determined endogenously. The model replicates the stylized facts following a drop in world interest rates; in particular, rebalancing towards bonds occurs because bank credit becomes relatively more expensive, reflecting the scarcity of bank equity. More generally, the model is suitable for studying interactions between modes of finance and the macroeconomy.