On the optimality of privacy in sequential contracting

This paper studies the exchange of information between two principals who contract sequentially with the same agent, as in the case of a buyer who purchases from multiple sellers. We show that when (a) the upstream principal is not personally interested in the downstream level of trade, (b) the agent's valuations are positively correlated, and (c) preferences in the downstream relationship are separable, then it is optimal for the upstream principal to offer the agent full privacy. On the contrary, when any of these conditions is violated, there exist preferences for which disclosure is strictly optimal, even if the downstream principal does not pay for the information. We also examine the effects of disclosure on welfare and show that it does not necessarily reduce the agent's surplus in the two relationships and in some cases may even yield a Pareto improvement.     

Private Equity and Agency Costs: an Economic Analysis

Private equity ¹ is a new and powerful form of general management. Done correctly, it can increase value in firms by closing the ‘information gap’ between shareholders and management. This can help to reduce agency costs and capture otherwise lost value.     

试论加强民办高校大学生心理健康教育的现实意义

民办高校的大学生不论从自信心还是承受力上都表现出弱势,面对激烈竞争的社会环境、生活环境、学习环境,易产生困惑、焦虑、抑郁等情绪,甚至导致心理障碍或是生理疾病,更甚者会导致生命危机。因此,民办高校应加强大学生的心理健康教育。     

Public–private wage differentials in Turkey: public policy or market dynamics?

We evaluate public–private sector wage differentials by gender in Turkey between the years 2005 and 2013. Using micro data from Household Labor Force Surveys we find a positive premium for low wage earners and a penalty of working in the public sector at the higher end of the distribution. Although the penalty has not disappeared, the price effect has increased at both ends of the distribution. The increase at the lower tail is attributed to a higher price effect in the public sector, whereas at the higher tail it has been a result of a relatively uneven wage increase in the private sector along the distribution, rather than an explicit public wage policy.     

陕西中小民营科技企业对民间资本的需求与运用

在资本的需求与运用的相关理论基础上,运用实证分析、定性和定量相结合等研究方法,分阶段分析了中小民营科技企业在初创阶段和成熟阶段对民间资本的需求状况.运用静态文献数据整理与动态调研相结合的方法,就民间资本构成进行逐项测算,对2007年的陕西省民间资本的供给量进行了估算.运用中小民营科技企业发展的生命周期理论,遵循其发展的特殊规律,对企业的融资需求特征进行规范化分析.此外,对中小民营科技企业在初创期和成熟期对民间资本的需求和运用中存在的问题进行了深入分析.最后对如何提高中小民营科技企业运用民间资本效率提出建议.