Revisiting the redistribution effects of intergovernmental fiscal transfers: evidence from Taiwan

This paper employs a panel of 23 local governments in Taiwan over 1998–2010 to re-estimate the redistribution effects of intergovernmental fiscal transfers by considering a self-financing resources of local government as the transition variable in panel smooth transition regression models. Empirical results show that the income (or tax revenues) redistribution effects of fiscal transfer policies are nonlinear and vary with time and across local governments. The grants from central government can improve income and tax revenues distribution of local governments; however, the centrally allotted tax revenues have inverse effects and the total fiscal transfers have ambiguous effects. The total fiscal transfer is a proper policy instrument for improving income redistribution, and the grants for improving tax revenues redistribution. However, high self-financing resources ratios are harmful for these redistribution effects.     

Allocating extra revenues from broadcasting sports leagues

We consider the problem of sharing the revenues from broadcasting sports leagues among participating teams. We introduce axioms formalizing alternative ways of allocating the extra revenue obtained from additional viewers. We show that, combined with some other standard axioms, they provide axiomatic characterizations of three focal rules for this problem: the uniform rule, the equal-split rule and concede-and-divide.     

Third party ancillary revenues in the airline sector: An exploratory study

Some airlines, especially Low Cost Carriers (LCCs), have earned significant profits from revenues derived from ancillary revenues. However, to date few have been able to derive a meaningful portion of revenues from 3^rd party ancillaries. The key to increasing these revenues comes from an understanding of passenger willingness to pay for 3^rd party products/services, coupled with increasing customer awareness and consequently the all-important customer conversion. This study assesses the 3^rd party ancillary services that passengers are more willing to purchase, along with the potential offers that might increase their willingness to purchase specific 3^rd party services. A mixed methods approach was used consisting of a passenger survey and nine expert interviews. The main findings are that car hire, airport parking, and the sale of hotel rooms had the most significant associations with customer willingness to pay. It was also found that there was a significant association between specific offers and increased willingness to purchase. The 15% discount off a future flight, and to a lesser extent, hotel price guarantees were the most significant. Expert interviewees confirmed that the future sustainability of this revenue stream for airlines is centred on mobile digital devices, customer conversion, and exploiting potential market opportunities.     

关于会计要素几个问题的思考

本文注意到会计要素的重要性及其在不同国家财务会计概念框架中的差异性,首先探讨了会计要素设置的决定因素,并分析了与此相关的一个典型问题——为什么现金流量表不设置会计要素。此外,本文还对收入与利得的区分及其经济后果进行了探讨,并分析了资产计价先于收益决定的逻辑基础。最后,本文还对资产的定义进行了综评。     

CORRUPTION AND THE COMPOSITION OF TAX REVENUE IN MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICAN ECONOMIES1

Regression results from a panel of 53 Middle East and African economies suggest that corruption has a quite large negative and statistically significant impact on tax revenues, mainly reflecting the impact of corruption on tax collections from social security, and taxes on domestic goods and services and international trade transactions. Policy changes to boost tax revenues might usefully focus on changes in direct taxes and efforts to combat corruption in tax collections should focus on indirect taxes.     

分部报告的会计难点分析

风险报酬法与管理法各有优缺点,我国应以行业或地区为标准,并结合内部组织制度和内部报告制度确定。报告分部一般可采用国际上10%和75%的标准,结合我国国情还应作进一步的考察。在披露内容上,注意分部收入和分部费用中一些非常项目和不能合理分摊的项目不宜进入分部报告,注意选择适当的分部报告方式。     

村镇银行接入征信系统预期收益和成本实证分析

建立村镇银行接入征信系统的收益成本比较模型,并以内蒙古兴安盟地区的实例进行实证分析,结果显示,村镇银行接入征信系统的收益远远高于成本,这对村镇银行和征信中心具有重要的启示意义。     

我国政府间事权财权划分的方式演进、面临问题及对策建议

分税制财政分权体制下我国政府间事权财权划分存在事权界定模糊、中央与地方的事权和财力不对称、事权财权划分中缺乏规范的法律界定的问题。构建和完善我国政府间事权财权划分的法治化体系应从修正《中华人民共和国宪法》、制定《中央与地方关系法》、制定中央和地方政府财政收入权划分的法律以及完善《预算法》等方面入手。     

增值税转型的制度经济学分析

现行生产型增值税的制度安排和制度结构的净收益小于消费型增值税.从各行业增值税税负受行业周期性影响以及增值税转型对税收收入的影响的角度看,增值税的制度变迁定位为中口径模式比小口径模式更具科学性和可行性.     

中国土地出让制度改革对地方财政收入的影响分析

研究目的:分析土地出让制度改革中中国省级层面和江苏省地市级层面土地出让收入对地方财政收入的影响。研究方法:统计分析法。研究结果:各省土地出让收入占地方财政收入的比重总体呈上升趋势;江苏省地级市的土地出让收入占地方财政收入比重的平均值高于全国省级平均水平。研究结论:国家政策对地方政府的土地出让行为和土地出让收入产生较大影响;不同省份间财政收入对土地出让收入的依赖存在明显差异,有的省份存在明显的"土地财政"现象;"土地财政"现象在低一级地方政府财政收入中更为明显。