中西部地区经济结构调整优化可利用的优势

经济结构调整是我国经济发展的重大战略。中西部地区在结构调整中具有资源丰富、市场潜力巨大、边境线长、沉淀成本低等优势 ,充分利用这些优势 ,可以有力地促进中西部地区经济结构的顺利调整。     

2006年石油价格展望

本文对影响2006年石油价格的因素做了系统分析。认为2006年形成油价风险的主要动因已从需求的波动转向供给的波动;2006年油价将由于供求的脆弱平衡维持高位运行的格局,并且,由于供给链中潜在的危机,油价波动性将会非常大;但在全球经济增速下降、石油需求增长放缓、石油生产国家和公司仍然在努力满足市场需求、炼油瓶颈有望缓和的大背景下,油价在2006年按2005年可比价格计不会大幅上升,不会对全球经济产生重大负面影响。     

Benefits of Downward Earnings Management and Political Connection: Evidence from Government Subsidy and Market Pricing

This paper examines the role of downward earnings management and political connection on the receipt of government subsidies and market pricing of subsidies. Using subsidies data hand-collected from Chinese listed firms over the period 2004–2014, the results show a significantly positive association between downward earnings management and the receipt of government subsidies. The results also reveal that a firm's political connection is conducive to securing subsidies for poor performers, but not for good performers. Market pricing analyses demonstrate that share markets value subsidies positively in general, but the effect is ameliorated in firms conducting downward earnings management. No discernible difference is found between the market pricing of subsidies received by firms with political connections and those without.     

Politically connected boards,value or cost: evidence from a natural experiment in China

This study investigates the net effect of a politically connected board for a firm. Using a natural experiment in China – a regulatory change to forbid bureaucrats from sitting on the board of public firms – we address the causality of the net effect of a politically connected board by testing the market reaction of the shares of firm targeted by the regulatory change to the policy announcement. The stocks of firms with politically connected directors who are targeted by the regulatory change show on average a significantly positive abnormal return, which suggests that the agency cost effect of a politically connected director dominates the value effect. The result is robust to various model settings and to a matched sample using the propensity score methodology. Additionally, the announcement effect of the resignation of a politically connected director is significantly positive, and significantly higher than that of a non‐connected director. Overall, our results suggest that the agency cost effect of a politically connected director dominates the value effect.     

Political patronage and analysts’ forecast precision

We test whether the channel by which the government plays the role of political patron to selected firms influences analysts’ forecast precision in Malaysia. Correcting for analysts’ self-selection bias, we find a negative relation between analysts’ forecast errors and the social dimension of political patronage, as proxied by government-controlled institutional ownership. The reverse is found for the economic dimension of political patronage, as proxied by the percentage shareholding of government-linked corporations. We find no evidence that the personal dimension of political patronage influences analysts’ forecast precision.     

世界经济失衡背景中的人民币汇率制度改革

人民币升值的真正原因在于,从对外经济往来层面上来看,美国在贸易逆差扩大背景下对中国愈演愈烈的人民币升值的"攻势";从国内宏观经济层面来看,"外汇占款"带来流动性过剩压力。宏观经济的客观因素以及中国政府的主观因素决定了人民币汇率升值过程只能是渐进的,而不是一步到位的,尽管渐进策略会进一步强化人民币升值的预期。对不同经济主体而言,人民币升值的利益效应不同,因此很难简单概括其总体效应。近期来看,人民币汇率升幅已经达到了一定的水平,与人民币升值相关的越来越强烈的负面效应以及金融突发事件效应,应该引起政府的密切关注。     

政府干预、政治关联与企业非效率投资——基于中国上市公司面板数据的实证研究

以2004~2009年间701家上市公司为样本,研究政府干预、政治关联对企业非效率投资行为的影响。研究发现:政府干预一方面会加剧有自由现金流量公司的过度投资,对国有企业过度投资的影响更为严重;另一方面可以有效地缓解融资约束企业的投资不足,尤其是国有企业的投资不足。这说明,出于自身的政策性负担或政治晋升目标,政府会损害或支持所控制的企业,这为政府"掠夺之手理论"和"支持之手理论"提供了实证支持。研究还发现,政治关联与过度投资和投资不足均负相关,这表明,政治关联可以作为法律保护的替代机制来保护企业产权免受政府损害,并为企业谋取利益。     

Political uncertainty and firms' information environment: Evidence from China

How political uncertainty affects the supply of value relevant information about a firm is an important but unresolved question. Using an emerging market setting where political leaders are expected to exert significant influence on economic activities, we examine the effect of political uncertainty caused by turnovers of local government leaders on a firm’s information environment. We find that during periods of political uncertainty, the total amount of idiosyncratic information about a firm that is available to the market is reduced. The adverse effect on information supply is manifest in firms that are more politically dependent and stronger when uncertainty is more severe. Further, we provide evidence suggesting that firms react to political uncertainty by reducing the amount and the quality of information provided to investors. We find that information intermediaries such as financial analysts and the media have a moderating effect on the information environment as they increase the production of information during periods of political uncertainty. However, these intermediaries do not negate the net loss of information.     

美国会展管理专业的教育模式及其对中国的启示

本文首先比较详细地介绍了美国会展管理专业的教育模式,具体包括美国会展管理专业的教育层次、学科体系、课程设置及其特点,重点以在会展管理教育方面卓有成效的美国乔治华盛顿大学(The George Washington University,Washington DC,USA)和美国内华达大学(University of Nevada,Las Vegas,USA)为例具体说明和解释,接下来在分析我国会展管理教育现状及存在问题的基础上,就如何调整我国会展管理教育体系以便进一步与国际接轨提出一些策略建议。     

西方公务员制度“政治中立”原则的内涵剖析

传统西方公务员制度产生于立法权与行政权合二为一的"政党分赃制"时代背景下,其旨在强化行政权,使行政权从立法权中分离出来,脱离政党的控制,这决定了其必然坚持"政治中立"原则。现代西方公务员制度处于行政权一权独大的时代背景下,这决定了必须采取措施重新实现立法权对行政权的有效制衡,表现为淡化公务员"政治中立"原则,加强行政系统对立法系统的"政治回应性"。西方公务员制度在"政治中立"问题上的历史演变本质上是"分权制衡"的政治体制在不同时代背景下有效运作的必然结果。