The Determinants of REIT Institutional Ownership: Tests of the CAPM

This study examines the determinants of institutional investment demand for REIT common stock. We estimate the demand function for financial institutions using the mean return and CAPM risk measures (beta and standard error) for REIT stocks. The objective is to determine whether institutional investment decisions are influenced by CAPM model attributes. In addition, we examine the predicatability of REIT institutional ownership based on the factors in our model. We employ conventional OLS forecasting techniques, as well as two neural network models in order to deal with possible nonlinearities in the relationships.     

人力资本产权安排与国有企业制度改革

人力资本产权在企业所有权安排中具有一种特殊决定性的地位和作用,国有企业人力资本产权制度安排的根本问题在于无视人力资本产权自主或决定属性,不承认人力资本个人产权及其向非人力资枰权转化的合法通道,以及由此在市场化过程中所引发的人力资本运营危机,国有企业改革要进行下去并最终取得成功,那就绕不开下面认可和弘扬企业职工个人的人力资本产权权能权益这个“结”。国有企业改革的未来走向,首要的是突破国有企业的“主体”观念,加大国有企业的“退出”力度和范围;然后才是对被界定了“特殊性质和职能”的少数国有企业采取特殊“监管”,实行以人为本的人力资本运营模式,真正使少数国有企业发牢固“主导”国民经济运行的“特殊”作用。     

证券市场制度缺陷的实证分析

中国证券市场存在着“三重制度缺陷”,即结构性缺陷、体制性缺陷和功能性缺陷。结构性缺陷主要是指股票市场和债券市场发展的非均衡;股票市场内部缺乏有效统一的市场体系等。体制性缺陷是指证券市场呈现管制性低水平均衡下的金融资源逆配置;国有企业“父爱主义”向上市公司的移植;以及证券市场行政化监督对市场运行的扭曲。制度性缺陷是指证券市场基本功能的缺失,社会资源的帕累托改进无法得到有效实现;上市公司仅仅形成了公司制的“外壳”,而没有形成公司制的实质和内涵。解决“三重制度缺陷”的出路在于按照市场性、效率性和竞争性的原则进行证券市场的制度创新。     

家族企业研究中的理论问题辨析

在由计划经济向市场经济转轨这种市场机制欠发达的环境中,家族企业不失为一种适应性制度安排。在发达市场经济中,家族企业不仅是“现代企业生态群体”的“母体”,而且是现代企业组织的基本形态之一,因而家族企业可视作是由“家族基因”内生性决定且由企业环境选择的组织形态。     

统筹中国区域发展问题研究

统筹区域发展是未来中国社会经济发展与改革的一项核心要求,这一要求的提出既有坚实的理论基础,又有充分的现实依据。未来统筹区域发展应该以明确的区域战略为依据,逐步完善区域管理的制度基础,制定合理的区域政策,统一安排解决各种问题,将治疗已经存在的落后病、衰退病和防治潜在的膨胀与萧条病结合起来,形成相互合作、相互支持、共同发展的区域经济新格局。     

浙江财政支持农业保险机制创新研究

风险是保险的前提和基础。农业的“靠天吃饭”决定了农业生产自然灾害风险的客观存在,农户的生产规模决定了农民家庭难以利用自身的资源禀赋处理农业风险,加之农业保险领域的信息不对称,解决农业保险市场失灵的一个重要路径是政府的制度供给。浙江地处东南沿海,台风等自然灾害频发,随着农业产业化、设施化的发展,农民对农业投入增加的同时,农业风险也在不断加大。如何建立与完善农业风险防范体系、推进政策性农业保险、增强农业和农户的抗风险能力,就成为农业增效、农民增收的重要路径。本文研究财政支持农业保险的机制创新,试图为浙江走出农业保险困境找到一条新的路径。     

Investment with a Conscience: Examining the Impact of Pro-Social Attitudes and Perceived Financial Performance on Socially Responsible Investment Behavior

This article addresses the growing industry of retail socially responsible investment (SRI) profiled mutual funds. Very few previous studies have examined the final consumer of SRI profiled mutual funds. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to, in an exploratory manner, examine the impact of a number of pro-social, financial performance, and socio-demographic variables on SRI behavior in order to explain why investors choose to invest different proportions of their investment portfolio in SRI profiled funds. An ordinal logistic regression analysis on 528 private investors revealed that two of the three pro-social variables had a positive impact on how much the consumer invested in SRI profiled funds. Moreover, there was proof of a non-altruistic motive for investing in SRI as consumers who perceive that financial return of SRI is equal or better than “regular” mutual funds, invested a greater proportion of their portfolio in SRI profiled mutual funds. Furthermore, the results showed that women and better-educated investors were more likely to invest a greater proportion of their investment portfolio in SRI. Overall, the findings indicate that both financial perceptions and pro-social attitudes are connected to consumer investment in SRI.     

The Dynamics of Fair Trade as a Mixed-form Market

This article analyses the Fair Trade sector as a “mixed-form market,” i.e., a market in which different types of players (in this case, nonprofit, co-operative and for-profit organizations) coexist and compete. The purposes of this article are (1) to understand the factors that have led Fair Trade to become a mixed-form market and (2) to propose some trails to understand the market dynamics that result from the interactions between the different types of players. We start by defining briefly Fair Trade, its different dimensions (including the “fair” quality of the products) and its organizational landscape, focusing on the distinction between the pioneer “Alternative Trading Organizations” and the second-mover companies. Then, we recall the theoretical emergence factors for each type of organization (nonprofit, co-operative and for-profit) and apply these emergence factors to the context of Fair Trade. This analysis allows us to capture the specificities of each type of operator with regard to Fair Trade and, thus, to have a better understanding of the dynamics in the sector. Such dynamics includes competition, but also conflict and partnership. Our analysis includes elements on ethical imitation, consumers’ behaviors, effects on welfare and the role of the government.     

浙商行为的制度安排分析

商人的行为方式受制度约束是一个不争的事实,但不同区域的商人在不同时空上有着不同的行为反映.本文运用新制度经济学的一些观点,在概要性地描述浙商行为如何受正式(显性)制度安排约束的基础上,提出了一个可供学人讨论的观点:浙商在受正式制度约束的同时,具有形构隐性制度安排的能力.文章比较了非正式制度与隐性制度的联系和区别,认为尽管对浙商精神、人文文化、历史承传等的分析在一定程度上揭示了浙商的行为方式,但它尚不是一般性的理论解说,实现一般性理论分析的可能途径之一,可考虑以制度作为分析主线.本文可视为是试图实现这种一般性分析的一种学术努力.     

全球经济调整与中国的选择:一个历史演进视角

历史地看,中国曾经遗憾地错过了融入并主导16世纪以来全球化进程的机遇,作为其直接结果,晚明以来中国的经济贸易在外部因素的撞击下由盛而衰。目前,中国经济正在迅速融入全球化进程,合理的政策选择是走出传统的"天下主义"窠臼,确立平等而积极的角色,在全球经济竞争的新平台上,促使国家利益与民族经济利益的有机结合,以推动中国经济的迅速崛起。