Localized Innovation and Productivity Growth in Asia: An Intertemporal DEA Approach

Recent contributions to growth theory stress the importance of localized innovation for the performance of more backward countries. In earlier papers, analyses by means of DEA techniques confirmed this intuition. In this paper, we extend this type of analysis by relaxing the macroeconomic viewpoint adopted until now. New databases on output, labor and capital input in the agricultural and manufacturing sectors are developed for 40 countries. Using intertemporal DEA, it is found that changes in the global production frontier are localized at high levels of capital intensity. This result is stronger in agriculture than in manufacturing. Further, a decomposition of labor productivity growth in eight Asian countries for the period 1975–1992 into the effects of capital intensification, learning and innovation is made. The results suggest that there is a particular development path in which increases in capital intensity appear to be a prerequisite to benefit from international technology spillovers.JEL Classification: O14, O30, O40, O47     

Applying efficiency measurement techniques to the measurement of productivity change

Deterministic frontier analysis (DFA), stochastic frontier analysis (SFA), and data envelopment analysis (DEA) are alternative analytical techniques designed to measure the efficiency of producers. All three techniques were originally developed within a cross-sectional context, in which the objective is to compare the efficiencies of producers. More recently all three techniques have been extended for use in a panel data context. In the latter context it is possible to measure productivity change, and to decompose measured productivity change into its sources, one of which is efficiency change. However when efficiency measurement techniques, particularly SFA, have been applied to panel data, it has infrequently been made clear what the objective of the analysis is: the measurement of efficiency, which may vary through time as well as across producers, or the measurement and decomposition of productivity change. In this paper I explore the use of each technique in a panel data context. I find DFA and DEA to have achieved a more satisfactory reorientation toward productivity measurement than SFA has.     

In at the deep end: Conducting processual research on organisational change

This article provides a series of reflections on the practice of carrying out processual research on organisational change. At a broad level, some of the main tasks associated with conducting company case studies are described and the benefits of this approach for dealing with complex change data are outlined. At a more specific level, the article addresses three main areas tied to the actual “doing” of processual research. First, the notion of tacit knowledge and “getting your hands dirty” by engaging in ongoing in-depth fieldwork. Second, the design and implementation of a longitudinal case study research programme. Third, the advantages and concerns of combining a range of different data collecting techniques in carrying out processual studies. Overall, the main intention is to provide some useful reflections and practical insights, as well as providing something of the flavour of carrying out this type of research.     

信息披露监管模式变更影响企业投资效率吗？——基于双重差分模型的实证检验

基于制度变迁理论考察信息披露监管模式由“辖区监管”变更为“分行业监管”对投资效率的影响。研究发现：分行业信息披露监管模式的实施有效抑制了上市公司非效率投资行为,且对于低质量信息披露以及高盈余管理行为的上市公司抑制效应更加明显;提高会计信息可比性,降低代理成本是其发挥抑制作用的重要路径。在排除了替代性解释和内生性问题以及通过安慰剂检验后,研究结论仍然成立。     

中国证券市场发展战略研究

本文从制度变迁的角度来探寻中国证券市场的历史变迁与发展战略.本文首先全面阐述了当代金融理论对证券市场功能与作用条件的再认识,认为证券市场的功能发挥必然依靠一国的经济、信用与法治基础.而这更依赖于中国证券市场的制度创新,随后本文在梳理了证券市场制度变迁过程中的几个基本要素的基础上,针对我国目前证券市场发展的现状与存在的问题,指出制度创新单一主体的局限性,提出了以政府为主、市场为辅转化为以市场为主、政府为辅的渐进式制度变迁路径.     

基金业绩、基金经理更换与投资者财富效应——一项基于我国资本市场的实证研究

从基金管理公司内部的委托—代理关系出发,以封闭式基金为研究对象,从基金经理调整现状、基金业绩与基金经理调整的关系、基金经理调整公告的市场反应三个方面,对基金经理变动进行了实证分析。研究发现:基金业绩确实对基金经理更换及更换后的去向具有一定的参考价值,但基金经理更换并没有使更换经理后的基金业绩显著改善;基金经理公告确实引起了基金市场价格的变动,但没有使基金投资者的财富显著增加。     

欧盟一体化进程中德国鲁尔区的产业转型绩效分析及其启示

德国鲁尔区是世界上老工业基地成功转型的典范,鲁尔区结构转型之前的特征是:产业结构单一,技术结构传统化,单一垄断性的企业结构,产业的空间结构集中。鲁尔工业区的经济结构的转变经历了再工业化、新型工业化、区域经济一体化、网络化和集群化四个阶段。通过转型取得了显著的成绩:通过培植有竞争力的新兴替代产业拉动了产业结构的转型,解决了由大规模工业衰退带来的难题,使鲁尔区的经济结构由单一的煤钢结构发展成陶瓷加工、机械制造、金属加工等多样化结构,形成了具有特色和影响的信息与通讯、纳米材料、医学技术及新能源、新材料和旅游等有爆发力的新产业体系。德国鲁尔区的转型对中国老工业基地的振兴具有重要的启示。     

2010年北京三次产业发展预测与研究

本文通过对北京三次产业发展的现状分析,研究了三次产业的生产结构、分配结构、经济效 益和经济结构的演变过程,指出目前存在的主要问题并结合模型对2010年北京的三次产业做了预测展望。     

基于政策演变的景区经营权转让的实践问题分析

自从1997年张家界黄龙洞和宝峰湖的经营权转让以来，景区经营权转让就一直成为争论的焦点。主要从中国相关政策的演进和资源的价值构成分析景区经营权转让的可行性和实践中面临的问题进行探讨，并针对目前的发展形式提出了一些建议。     

农业发展与经济增长的变结构协整关系研究

运用变结构协整理论研究我国农业发展与经济增长的长期均衡关系,采用循序检验法确定变结构点,发现在1961年和1980年农业发展与经济增长均衡关系发生突变;对1952～2003年的数据进行变结构协整检验,得到两段变结构形式,表现为参数变结构的水平趋势项飘移型和状态开关型协整关系,最后建立了误差修正模型。