Entry in contests with incomplete information: Theory and experiments

This paper studies entry decisions in contests with private values. Potential contestants observe their value and the common opportunity cost of entry, and make entry decisions simultaneously. Theory predicts that whether or not contestants are informed of the number of entrants prior to choosing their expenditures has no effect on entry or aggregate expenditures. We test these assertions in our experiments. We find substantial over-entry in both information structures. However, entry is higher when contestants are informed. Since expenditures do not, on average, differ across information structures, aggregate expenditure is also higher when contestants are informed. Contestants earn on average less than the opportunity cost of entry.     

外债风险预警模型及中国金融安全状况评估

本文提出了一个用于预警一国外债风险的动态模型 ,即多元累计和模型。模型的用户 (债权人和债务国 )能很早地预测到可能导致债务国重订债务期限的金融危机。实证分析结果表明 ,模型具有提前 3年探测到债务国潜在的还债困难的能力。对中国经济金融安全状况的评估结果表明 ,模型可提前 1年发出预警信号。     

国有银行应战外资银行的初级阶段及对策

国有银行面临着中国入世后外资银行的强大挑战。在中国银行业逐步开放的过程中，将会形成一个双方竞争的初级阶段。这个阶段是国有银行在同对方全面竞争前调整自己，适应新对手、新环境的难得机遇。本文分析了竞争初级阶段的特征及对手可能采取的策略，并阐述了发挥国有银行竞争优势、提高技术水平和管理能力的基本对策。     

河北省吸引外商直接投资的现状分析

20世纪80年代以来,全球产业结构呈现出从“工业型经济”向“服务型经济”转型的总趋势,现代服务业逐渐成为世界经济增长的重要引擎。河北省吸引外商直接投资增长较快,但在服务业中的外商直接投资比例较低,且投资结构不合理,成为河北省经济发展的“短板”。而河北省服务业基础设施落后、产业政策向制造业倾斜、城市化滞后、人力资源素质低等成为服务业吸引外商直接投资的制约因素。应通过政策环境、基础环境的改善来增加河北省对外资的吸引力。     

全球视角的对外资产与负债——方法论的重新表述

文章推演了测算净国外资产的两种方法:资本项目直接法与经常项目间接法的原理.推演结果显示,在考虑市价变动因素的情况下,前者更准确.测算结果发现,我国从1996年开始有正的对外净资产,但要大大低于经常项目累计顺差或累计外汇储备.因此,不能只关注对外资产而忽视对外负债的增值.我国还存在着对外资产负债主体错配与货币错配.从国际比较看,也不能说我国已持有了过高的净国外资产.以全球视角看,穷国向富国输出资本的发展模式不可持续,也不应该持续.     

产业集聚对对外贸易的影响——基于江苏省电子产业的静动态分析

以江苏省电子产业集聚状况与对外贸易状况为例分析产业集聚对对外贸易的影响.结果表明,产业集聚可提升产业竞争力,促进对外贸易的发展;产业集聚与对外贸易的发展促进了区域经济的发展.     

中国工业行业对外贸易对环境的影响研究——以工业废水为例

中国污染较高的工业行业主要有造纸工业、纺织工业、化学工业等。出口产品污染含量较高的行业是纺织工业和化学工业,进口产品污染含量较高的行业是化学工业和造纸工业。通过环境效应指数的分析发现,近年来,纺织工业和金属制造工业等对外贸易增加了国内环境污染,造纸工业和化学工业等对外贸易则减少了国内环境污染。     

The effects of mergers and acquisitions on the firm size distribution

This paper provides new empirical evidence on the effects of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) on the shape of the firm size distribution, by using data of the population of manufacturing firms in the Netherlands. Our analysis shows that M&As do not affect the size distribution when we consider the entire population of firms. When we focus on the firms involved in an M&A event, we observe a shift of the firm size distribution towards larger sizes. Firm size distribution becomes more concentrated around the mean, less skewed to the right hand side, and thinner at the tails as a whole. The shift toward higher sizes due to M&A is not uniform but affects firms of different sizes in different ways. While the number of firms in the lower tail decreased, the number of firms in the central size classes increased substantially and outweighed the increase in the number (and mean size) of firms in the upper tail of the distribution (consequently the overall market concentration measured by the Herfindahl index declines). M&As lead to a departure from log-normality of the firm size distribution, suggesting that external growth does not follow Gibrat’s law. Our counterfactual analysis highlights that only internal growth does not affect the shape of the size distribution of firms. On the contrary, it suggests that the change in the size distribution is almost entirely due to the external growth of the firms.

中国利用FDI地区差异因素分析

由于各地区利用外资的政策和环境条件的不同,造成了中国利用外商直接投资（FDI）主要集中在东部地区,而中西部地区相对较少的严重不均衡现象。通过地区差异的理论研究结果以及在中国外商直接投资的实际情况,来探讨影响外商直接投资在中国区位差异的主要因素。中国可以通过调整吸引外资政策,加强对中西部地区引资的政策支持力度,促进其完善基础设施建设和优化产业结构等政策措施,来改善中西部地区的投资环境,以促使FDI在东、中和西部地区协调发展。     

中国汽车产业的外向发展与节能减排

中国汽车产业的产销量一直呈现良好的上升趋势。但在金融危机下,受国内外环境和政策的影响,中国汽车产业产销量的增速有所放缓,汽车的价格受市场竞争程度和供求状况等因素的影响出现了波动。为了保证中国汽车产业的平衡发展,更好地实现可持续发展,需要加快汽车产业节能减排的步伐。