Testing for Vertical Fiscal Externalities

The purpose of this paper is to design a test of whether the vertical external effects associated with tax base sharing among local and regional governments have become internalized via the intergovernmental transfer system. Such tests are important in the sense that the income tax rates chosen by different levels of government will generally be correlated, even if the resource allocation is optimal from society's point of view. By using panel data for the Swedish local and regional public sectors, the results imply that an increase in the regional income tax rate induces the municipalities in the region to decrease their income tax rates. In addition, we are able to reject the null hypothesis that the vertical external effects have become internalized.     

Two Views of Accounting Measurement

The two views to be addressed here are the Chambers/Sydney view that accepts only one measurement method—current net realizable price—and the Staubus/mainstream view that accepts several measurement methods in the same financial report. These two views became well-established in the literature of accounting in the 1960s and their proponents have clung tenaciously to their oft-criticized positions for some forty years. However commendable their original expositions may have been, their continuing existence does no credit to the small coterie of accountants now interested in theory.
This article is aimed at 'narrowing the areas of difference' between adherents to the two views by isolating fundamental bases for them and exposing the reasoning supporting their structures. In a nutshell, they differ in their objectives and they can be expected to survive unless their adherents agree on the objectives of financial reporting.     

WTO financial services commitments: Determinants and impact on financial stability

The paper investigates the factors that have influenced WTO members to take on their chosen level of liberalization commitments in the framework of liberalization of trade in financial services and the impact of such commitments on financial sector stability. The most important factors are economic growth, current account, trends in banking sector development, policy restrictiveness, and peer-group effects. The econometric evidence suggests that more liberal commitments may be associated with greater vulnerability to currency and banking crises—most likely a short-term effect, which should be mitigated with time through increased market efficiency and better resource allocation.     

评价石油装备安全可靠性的一种新方法

为了能较全面、准确、高效地评价石油装备的安全可靠性，开展石油装备的运行可靠性研究和状态监测、故障诊断的研究工作，并将这两项研究工作有机地结合起来是十分必要的。方法的要点是：利用设备运行和大修的历史记录，研究设备的运行可靠性；选择合适的监测与诊断参数，建立数据库进行积累，了解故障的发生、发展趋势，进行定性和定量分析，用可靠性理论和方法研究故障发展的规律，探讨故障产生的原因，故障发展的速率，进而预测设备工作寿命。最后结合钻井泵研究的实际，探讨了此项方法的可行性。     

Announcement effects of bank mergers in Europe and the US

We investigate the announcement effect of large bank mergers in the European and US stock market. Cumulative abnormal returns are calculated on the basis of the performance vis-à-vis the market and a sector index. Mergers result in small positive abnormal returns. Target banks realize significantly higher returns than bidders. In many respects, there is a difference between the announcement effects of European bank mergers compared to those in the US.     

推广施工新技术提高工程科技含量

在建筑工程施工新技术推广与应用现状宏观分析的基础上，以“2004年建设部科技示范工程项目”大连开发区文化中心施工新技术应用与推广为实例，分析了如何结合工程实际采用新技术来提高工程科技含量、保证工程质量，并提出了一些措施和对策。     

对中小型建筑企业合同管理的思考

通过对中小型建筑企业合同管理的现状分析，针对建筑企业合同管理存在的主要问题及其原因，提出了包括加强合同教育、优化企业和项目的管理组织结构、完善合同管理制度体系和合同文本体系、建立合同信息管理系统等提高中小犁建筑企业合同管理水平的主要途径。     

油气管道完整性评价的数据支持系统

开发了管道完整性评价的数据库系统，介绍了该软件系统的结构、模块、特点、主要功能和操作界面。     

胜利油田集输系统常见腐蚀研究

分析了胜利油田集输系统常见的腐蚀类型和腐蚀机理，分别阐述了各种局部腐蚀的防护措施，并综合对比了各种防腐方法的优缺点．指出根据不同区块的实际腐蚀环境、介质及工艺条件，因地制宜、有的放矢地制定经济、合理的防腐措施是减缓和控制腐蚀的有效途径。