The moderating effect of innovation on the relationship between environmental and financial performance: Evidence from high emitters in Australia

This study examines whether environmental-related innovation moderates the association between environmental and financial performance measured respectively as carbon emissions and return on assets (ROA). The sample comprises 119 companies subject to Australia's National Greenhouse Energy Reporting Act (NGER) for the period 2009–2017. The results show that environmental innovation positively moderates the relationship between environmental performance and financial performance. The findings also imply that the impact of environmental innovation in improving environmental performance is observable with a 1-year lag. The results are robust to the alternative financial performance measures of Tobin's Q and Altman's Z score. The findings have important implications for company managers and policymakers and provide useful information on innovation's role in enhancing environmental and financial performance.     

Energy intensity and directed fiscal policy

This paper assesses the effects of fiscal policy on economy-wide energy intensity within an endogenous growth framework. To this end, we first develop a two-sector (investment good and consumption good) augmented AK model by integrating the Uzawa model with Rebelo’s AK model, and assume that a non-renewable resource is one of the factors of production. Using this framework, we solve the model for the short and long run, identifying the sufficient parameter conditions that ensure higher energy intensity in the investment goods sector. We then introduce a balanced budget government, whose objective is to decrease the economy-wide energy intensity by levying tax on the energy-intensive investment goods sector and subsidizing the consumption goods sector. Contrary to our expectations, we find that this fiscal policy design increases economy-wide energy intensity as it leads to a decline in real GDP without changing total energy consumption. On the basis of this model, we propose the concept of a ‘directed fiscal policy’, which connotes a reduction of the economy-wide energy intensity by following a heterogeneous taxation policy across sectors.     

瓦斯在生活中的应用及安全问题论述

本文试就瓦斯在生活中应用及安全问题进行论述。瓦斯是天然气体,通常可分为液化石油气、天然气和煤气三大类。文章介绍了瓦斯的基本知识,瓦斯在生活中的安全问题及对策。     

试论我国食品安全供应链综合管理

食品供应链综合管理的核心内容是质量认证与跟踪管理,其思想为解决我国食品供应链中的安全问题提供了基本的思路。本文在分析我国食品供应链中存在的与食品安全相关的问题基础上,对我国实践食品安全供应链综合管理进行了思考,提出了从宏观、中观、微观三个层面上进行食品安全供应链综合管理的框架,并对食品安全供应链综合管理中的信息集成与共享进行了探讨。     

浅谈计算机网络信息安全管理

随着计算机网络技术的飞速发展,计算机信息网络已成为现代信息社会的基础设施。同时,计算机网络信息安全问题也随之日益突出。本文就计算机网络信息的安全管理谈几点看法。     

基于外资并购新形式对我国产业安全影响的研究

随着世界全球化进程的不断推进,一些跨国公司开始不断并购我国行业领域内的相关企业,作为我国被并购的企业,怎样能在并购活动中保证自己的利益,防止国有资产的外流,政府能充分利用并购引进外资和国外先进技术这是目前摆在我国政府和很多企业眼前的一个难题。本文分析我国目前面临的跨国公司并购过程中出现的新问题,并针对相关问题提出几点建议。     

国家金融审计的现实矛盾与解决方案

国家金融审计因其定位和项目组织的科学性,在发现重大违法违规线索、揭示金融风险、维护金融经济安全方面发挥着重要作用.同时,国家金融审计又面临着目标多元化与激励方式单一、事后审计为主的审计模式与免疫系统功能要求等多方面的矛盾.为化解这些矛盾,国家金融审计需要构建金融审计与金融监管的协作框架、改革完善激励机制、将金融风险管理技术引入金融审计、提高金融数据分析能力及审计信息的利用效率等.     

浅谈电力安全风险工作的重点

随着电力市场的不断改革,人们已越来越重视电力安全的风险防范意识。现阶段,电力安全风险工作已引起国家和社会的高度重视,并采取相应的措施不断提高电力安全的风险系数。本文主要针对当前电网安全的风险调度、安全风险管理体系等几个方面进行相关的概述。     

山东省能源效率评价分析

为提高山东省能源效率,实现节能目标,需要把握当前的能源利用状况、能源效率变动的趋势以及能源效率变化的影响因素。本文基于能源效率的内涵,在分析借鉴国内外现有的能源效率指标体系的基础上,结合山东省的能源环境实际情况与特点,构建了山东省能源效率评价指标体系,运用因子分析方法,对山东省能源效率进行分析并做出综合评价。