Valuation and classification of company issued cash and share-puts

This paper examines whether investors’ valuations of cash and share-put warrants are influenced by their potential differential effect on firm solvency. It is motivated by the enactment of SFAS 150, which requires that all contingent put warrant obligations be classified as balance sheet liabilities regardless of put type. Consistent with the critics of SFAS150, we show that market participants differentially value cash and share-puts based on their solvency characteristics beyond the firm’s recorded assets and liabilities. Our results add to existing capital structure literature by suggesting that complex financial instruments (such as cash and share-puts) be reported separately from each other on a firm’s balance sheet.

政府控制、终极控制人与上市公司债务期限结构

本文在代理理论框架下,基于我国政府干预的制度背景,以2004-2006年A股上市公司为样本研究了终极控制人与其所控制的上市公司债务期限结构选择的关系.实证检验结果表明:国有企业性质的终极控制人所控制的上市公司长期负债比例偏高.进一步区分不同行政级别的政府终极控制人进行回归,发现政府终极控制人的行政级别越低,企业长期债务比例越高.另外,通过对不同控股方式的样本公司分别进行回归分析的结果表明,在终极控制人通过复杂组织结构方式间接控制的上市公司中,终极控制人的不同产权性质及不同行政级别对上市公司长期债务选择的影响更加显著.上述研究发现,为认识政府控制和干预对企业财务决策的影响提供了更深入的证据,进而为厘清中国转轨经济进程中的政企关系提供了新的补充证据,并对理解不同组织结构方式的上市公司债务期限结构的差异性提供了一个新的视角.     

全流通纠正终极控制者利益取向的有效性——来自中国家族上市公司的证据

本文利用中国家族上市公司股权分置改革前后的季度时间数据,实证研究股份全流通纠正终极控制者利益取向的有效性,进而对股改的公司治理效果做出判断。股权分置带来的弊端是持有非流通股的公司控制者利益取向与公司市场价值的背离,产生严重的代理成本并阻碍我国资本市场的健康发展。全流通之后股权定价基础的一致,是否带来了终极控制者利益取向有所回归于上市公司价值?本文的研究表明:股权分置改革的确导致了大部分家族终极控制权的下降,不过一些家族终极控制者通过收购股权、定向增发等形式来巩固对上市公司的控制权;股改之后家族终极控制者掏空上市公司的程度呈显著下降;进一步研究发现,股改之后家族终极控制者的掏空动机发生了显著改善。全流通确实有效地纠正了上市公司终极控制者的利益取向。     

政府补助、产权性质与债务融资效应实证检验

笔者以2008年~2011年沪深两市上市公司数据为样本,研究政府补助的债务融资效应,结果发现政府补助作为一种积极信号能显著增加企业的银行信贷资金规模,而且这种效应在民营企业比在国有企业更为显著。政府补助同时也能显著降低企业的信贷融资成本,国有产权性质能强化这一功能,从而导致政府补助降低融资成本的作用在国有控股企业比在民营企业更为突出。     

债务融资结构与产品市场竞争决策研究

资本结构的产品市场竞争理论认为,在特定竞争模型下债务融资结构能够反映企业的产品市场竞争策略,并认为短期债务增加加剧了产品市场竞争,长期债务缓和产品市场竞争。进一步的实证分析得到短期债务融资与产品市场竞争程度是显著负相关的,长期债务融资与产品市场竞争程度是显著正相关的,能够支持产品市场竞争理论。同时,数据分析发现,企业规模小、资产利用效率高和收益好也是促使企业采取激进竞争手段的影响因素。     

How to reform China’s fiscal system?

ABSTRACT

As the population aging, China’s government expenditures, including general fiscal expenditure, healthcare and social security expenditure, will grow more rapidly than government revenues, tending to elevate government debt. Local governments undertake overwhelming 85% of total general fiscal revenue and are responsible for healthcare and social security, and their debt has been growing. Fiscal reforms are imperative, including tax reforms, the structure of government spending reforms, social security reforms, healthcare reforms, local public finance reforms, and central and local government’s fiscal relationship reforms. This paper will explore the fiscal challenges China faces and discuss how to reform the fiscal system to cope with these challenges.     

养老保险制度"划资偿债"战略研究

由于允许转制成本由制度内措施解决,加之制度设计不规范,当前我国基本养老保险制度已经陷入财务危机。本文认为通过“划资偿债”方式,做大全国社保基金事关我国基本养老保险制度改革成败,并提出了“划资偿债”的思路:划转中央企业和国家重点企业中地方企业国有资产;划转部分国有土地收益。     

资本结构决策理论及其存在的问题分析

本文资本结构理论论进行了综合研究与评述,并对资本结构定量决策的每股收益分析法和比较资金成本法,对资本结构理论及目前资本结构定量决策方法存在的问题作了全面的分析研究,以其对企业财务管理理论研究与教学参考。     

The tradeoff between mortgage prepayments and tax-deferred retirement savings

Many households face the tradeoff between paying an extra dollar off the remaining mortgage on their house and saving that extra dollar in tax-deferred accounts (TDAs) used for retirement. We show that, under certain conditions, it becomes a tax arbitrage to reduce mortgage prepayments and to increase TDA contributions because of the tax deductibility of mortgage interest and tax-exemption of qualified retirement savings. Using data from the Survey of Consumer Finances, we document that a significant number of households that are accelerating their mortgage payments instead of saving in TDAs forgo a profitable tax arbitrage opportunity. Finally, we show empirically that this inefficient behavior is unlikely to be driven by liquidity or other financial constraints. Rather, the observed behavior can be attributed to a certain extent to the reluctance of many households to participate in financial markets as either lenders or borrowers.     

‘An Incomplete Contract Approach to Eurozone Fiscal Governance’ – Commitment vs. Flexibility

In this paper, we take an incomplete contract approach to Eurozone Fiscal Governance between the European Commission (EC) and any heavily debt member state, Greece in particular. Incomplete contract approach makes possible to put a long process of Eurozone Fiscal Governance into an extensive form game in which a renegotiation procedure is incorporated. We theoretically reveal the conflict of interests between the EC (Germany) and Greece over the Greek debt repayment plan proposed in 2015. We show that the Greek’s position is consistent with incomplete contract theory, but that the EC (Germany) does not allow the renegotiation for restructuring for growth-oriented debt repayment program proposed by the Greek government because the EC (Germany) judges that the commitment effect (on fiscal austerity) is greater than the flexibility one (pro-growth effect). This will undoubtedly provide a novel and interesting approach to Eurozone Fiscal Governance.