UCP600的诞生及与UCP500比较分析

国际商会于2006年10月25日通过新版《跟单信用证统一惯例》即UCP600(2007年版本),UCP600将于2007年7月1日正式取代现行十多年的UCP500在国际范围全面实施。认识新的《跟单信用证统一惯例》对于从事外贸跟单业务的工作人员有非常重要的意义,文章简要概述了UCP600的诞生过程及UCP600与UCP500的主要区别,旨在让人们对UCP600有一个整体把握。     

PROPOSALS FOR STRENGTHENING THE SARB'S INFLATION TARGETING REGIME

This paper proposes a set of criteria for efficient institutions derived form the New Institutional Economics literature and the IMF's Code of Good Practices on Transparency in Monetary and Financial Policie. These criteria are used to evaluate the institutional framework of South Africa's inflation targeting regime. A test for measuring the comprehensiveness of South Africa's inflation targeting regime is used to verify the results of the institutional evaluation. Finally, a matrix of proposed institutional reforms is constructed to address weaknesses identified by the institutional evaluation.     

CONTINGENT CLAIMS VALUED AND HEDGED BY PRICING AND INVESTING IN A BASIS

Contingent claims with payoffs depending on finitely many asset prices are modeled as elements of a separable Hilbert space. Under fairly general conditions, including market completeness, it is shown that one may change measure to a reference measure under which asset prices are Gaussian and for which the family of Hermite polynomials serves as an orthonormal basis. Basis pricing synthesizes claim valuation and basis investment provides static hedging opportunities. For claims written as functions of a single asset price we infer from observed option prices the implicit prices of basis elements and use these to construct the implied equivalent martingale measure density with respect to the reference measure, which in this case is the Black-Scholes geometric Brownian motion model. Data on S & P 500 options from the Wall Street Journal are used to illustrate the calculations involved. On this illustrative data set the equivalent martingale measure deviates from the Black-Scholes model by relatively discounting the larger price movements with a compensating premia placed on the smaller movements.     

美国Voest-Alpine贸易公司诉中国银行信用证不当拒付案评析

本文分析的是最近美国法院涉及中国银行信用证因单证不符而拒付的案例。美国法院认为中国银行拒付理由不成立。由于美国采取维持先案原则,因此,我国银行应充分注意该案对以后类同情况有约束力的后果。作者在对美国法院的判决作了客现描述后,最后做出自己的评述。     

UCP600对UCP500的重大变动分析

UCP600是跟单信用证的第六次修订，取代UCPS00为跟单信用证业务的实务操作提供了新的标准。但UCPS00在进出口商中已根深蒂国，本文从UCP600与UCPS00的比较出发，依据跟单信用证的业务环节，对UCP600在结构和内容上所作的实质性变动进行了梳理，以使进出口商能够在国际贸易中准确理解和运用新的惯例来拓展业务，规避风险。     

广西500kV线路铁塔覆冰倒塌原因浅析及建议

2008年初桂北等地区发生罕见的雨雪自然灾害，导致大量输电线路导线断裂，铁塔折损。文章针对柳桂500kV线路直线与转角塔横担折断情况进行初步原因分析，并针对设计条件提出了新的见解，为以后线路工程的开展提供了理论依据。     

500kV输电线路检修技术分析

文章对500kV输电线路导地线、塔杆及绝缘子的检修内容与检修技术进行了分析。     

论新环境下的信用证欺诈及UCP600对防范欺诈的作用

国际商会新修订的UCP600已于2007年7月1日生效实行，其形式与内容较UCP500均有较大变化。文章将在总结信用证欺诈形式与成因的基础上，分析UCP600的修订对减少信用证欺诈的作用，最后提出在新环境下防范信用证欺诈的对策建议。     

基于RC500的智能门禁控制系统研究

介绍了基于RC500的智能门禁控制系统的设计与开发,门禁控制器主要由射频天线、读卡模块、单片机控制系统及RS485通信接口组成,由RS500接口与PC机组成通信网络系统,并给出了AT89C52与MF RC500的接口原理图,对读卡程序进行了说明,最后给出了主要程序设计的流程图。     

EXPLAINING THE GROWTH OF GOVERNMENT SPENDING IN SOUTH AFRICA

What determines government spending in South Africa? The paper estimates the determinants of real per capita government spending in the Republic of South Africa using annual data for the period 1960‐2007, a tumultuous period during which South Africa experienced a variety of internally imposed changes (e.g. the abolition of apartheid, changes in political institutions) and externally generated shocks (e.g. war, oil shocks). Using multivariate cointegration techniques, we find that per capita government spending, per capita income, the tax share and the wage rate are cointegrated, a result that supports the notion that government spending is associated not only with per capita income and the true cost of government service provision as given by the wage rate but also with the fiscal illusion caused by budget deficits. We also find evidence that per capita government spending was positively affected by external shocks. These external shocks seem to play a significant role in explaining the dynamics of government spending growth.