Econometric analysis of copyrights

This paper explores the impact of copyrights on firm value and on the demand for firm output. Using panel data on franchise value and ticket sales from the National Football League over the 1991–2000 period, we analyze the effect of copyrights (in this case, team logos) using several parametric estimators, the Arellano and Bond [1991. Some tests of specification for panel data: Monte Carlo evidence and an application to employment equations. Review of Economic Studies 58, 277–297] dynamic panel data estimator, and a semi-non-parametric method based on difference-in-differences propensity score matching. We find a negative effect of logo changes on franchise value that is robust across multiple specifications. In addition, logo changes also appear to have a moderate positive, albeit not particularly robust, impact on ticket sales.     

高校网上招生系统的后续开发与研究

针对目前院校端网上招生录取系统存在的局限性,文章详细介绍了高校网上招生后续开发管理系统的功能,讨论了系统实现中的关键技术及实现方法,指出该系统采用分布式计算技术,建立基于组件的3层C/S模型的体系结构,具有高效性、可伸缩性、开发周期短、安全性高的特点。     

Short sellers and insider trading profitability: A natural experiment

We examine the impact of short sellers on insider trading profitability using a natural experiment of a pilot program which relaxed short-selling constraints for randomly selected pilot stocks. We find that pilot firms experienced a significant decrease in insider trading profitability during the pilot program. The results are more pronounced for the pilot firms with poor information quality, and for the pilot firms without corporate restrictions on insider trading. Our evidence suggests that short sellers serve an important market disciplinary role by reducing insider trading profitability.     

Terrorism activities and long-term annual management forecasts

We study the effects of terrorist attacks on firms’ long-term annual management earnings forecasts bias. We find that the managers of firms located closer to the epicenters of attacks are more likely to issue optimistic long-term annual earnings forecasts relative to the managers of a control group of unaffected firms. The exposure effect is stronger for more severe terrorist events, and firms with more uncertain fundamentals and less geographic diversification. In addition, we document that managers’ forecast optimism intensifies for firms with stronger negative stock market reaction to the terrorist event, for CEOs with higher ability and for companies that are more likely to issue equity or engage in acquisitions following the terrorist event. Overall, our results are consistent with the idea that long-term annual earnings forecasts are used by managers to counterbalance the short-term pessimistic response to terrorist attacks.     

Financial reporting consequences of natural disasters: Evidence from the impact of resource constraints at audit offices on non-affected clients

Disaster-affected clients demand significant additional effort from their audit office, and hence strain the audit office’s resources available to other non-disaster-affected clients. We consider audit offices with disaster-affected clients to be strained offices and find that, compared with clients audited by non-strained audit offices, non-disaster-affected clients audited by strained audit offices are more likely to have their financial statements restated. This result suggests the financial reporting quality of companies not directly exposed to disasters could also be negatively affected by the disasters, due to their auditors’ strained-resource issue. We further find such a negative effect is more pronounced when the degree of resource constraints is greater and when the audit office lacks client experience or industry expertise. We offer novel evidence of financial reporting consequences of natural disasters, focusing on the externality of disasters on companies not directly affected by disasters. The findings have important implications for regulators in making disaster-related policies, for auditors in managing their client portfolios, and for companies in making auditor choice decisions.     

我国出口集装箱运价指数研究

文章运用X-12-ARIMA方法对中国集装箱运价指数序列进行了季节调整，并采用TRAMO／SEATS季节调整方法处理了节假日因素的调整问题，然后对两个模型进行了比较，利用优选出来的模型将原序列分解成了各影响因素，最后对中国出口集装箱运价指数进行了精确的短期预测。     

人民币兑美元汇率的风险测量

风险价值 (VaR)是一种计算金融市场风险的综合方法。基于ARCH模型的方差—协方差法计算VaR的基本原则 ,选取人民币 /美元的每日汇率为研究对象 ,测度了人民币兑美元汇率的风险轨迹。     

基于TCP/UDP的计算机通讯系统实现

通过利用VisualBasic6.0所提供的WinSock控件,在TCP/UDP协议上设计一个应用程序,就可以连接两台计算机实现数据通讯。文章介绍了TCP/UDP协议的原理,阐明了该系统的实现方法,探索了在客户方和服务方之间建立一条面向连接的虚电路的方法或是直接建立无连接的不可靠的UDP链路来完成数据传送的实现过程。     

价值型投资在中国证券市场上的有力证据

本文给出了1994年至2005年间价值型投资在中国A股市场中的有力证据。Fama—MacBeth回归表明在中国A股市场中存在着显著的市盈率和市净率溢价，1994年至2005年中牛市和熊市的滚动策略显示了我国A股市场中的价值效应，并且风险和收益之间基本上呈现出收益大、风险大的特征。本文的实证研究结果将有助于中小投资者以及机构投资者的长期投资决策。     

我国冲压模具技术的现状与发展

为了促进我国冲压模具技术的发展,从计算机技术、先进加工技术及装备、其它新技术与冲压模具等方面分析了我国冲压模具的技术现状.结果表明:经过几十年的发展,我国的冲压模具总量位居世界第三位,加工技术装备基本已与世界先进水平同步.以汽车覆盖件为代表的大型、复杂、精密冲压模,用CAD/CAM/CAE软件进行三维设计和模拟,靠高速、精密的加工设备生产,用新型研磨或抛光代替传统的手工研磨抛光,提高模具质量.这些都代表了冲压模具发展的趋势.