COVID-19 fatalities and internal conflict: Does government economic support matter?

This study examines the association between COVID-19 mortality rates and internal conflict and investigates the possible moderating role of government economic support during the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021. Our main hypothesis suggests that countries with lower levels of government economic support are more likely to experience a positive correlation between higher COVID-19 mortality rates and the emergence of internal conflict. Using cross-country data from over 100 countries and controlling for various factors that may influence internal conflict, our analysis provides some support for this hypothesis. The results suggest a possible moderating role for government economic support, with the evidence indicating a weakening or elimination of the association between COVID-19 mortality rates and internal conflict when government economic support is adequate. However, the moderating effect of government economic support is not always significant, and caution is needed when interpreting the results. Our analysis also highlights the potential risks associated with low levels of government economic support during the pandemic. Specifically, we find that in countries where the government's macro-financial package in response to the pandemic is less than approximately 25% of GDP, there is a possible risk of growth in civil disorder resulting from increased COVID-19 deaths per million.     

Elicitation using multiple price list formats

We examine the properties of a popular method for eliciting choices and values from experimental subjects, the multiple price list format. The main advantage of this format is that it is relatively transparent to subjects and provides simple incentives for truthful revelation. The main disadvantages are that it only elicits interval responses, and could be susceptible to framing effects. We consider extensions to address and evaluate these concerns. We conclude that although there are framing effects, they can be controlled for with a design that allows for them. We also find that the elicitation of risk attitudes is sensitive to procedures, subject pools, and the format of the multiple price list table, but that the qualitative findings that participants are generally risk averse is robust. The elicitation of discount rates appear less sensitive to details of the experimental design. Electronic Supplementary Material Supplementary material is available in the online version of this article at . JEL Classification C9, D81, D91 An erratum to this article is available at .     

Banks’ non-traditional activities under regulatory changes: impact on risk,performance and capital adequacy

Using the big six Canadian chartered banks quarterly financial statements and daily stock market data from 1982 to 2018, we examine the impact of non-interest income on Canadian banks’ risk, performance and capital under the different major regulatory changes made to the Bank Act of Canada. Our results show that Canadian banks’ expansion into non-traditional activities had slightly decreased their risks and significantly improved their performance benefitting from income diversification. Moreover, while adhering to capital adequacy regulation, reshuffling banks’ portfolio towards non-traditional activities did not reduce Canadian banks’ capital ratio. In spite of the re-regulation towards universal banking against ring-fencing, this feature buttresses the effectiveness of capital adequacy regulation in Canada in linking banks capital allocation with their risk taking.     

我国农村金融风险的现状与对策

中国是一个具有典型“二元经济”特征的发展中农业大国,农村经济在国民经济中占有重要的地位,其发展离不开金融的有效支持。农村金融基于自身各种因素的影响,在我国农村金融领域也积聚了大量的风险因素,如果不对农村金融的风险进行及时有效地防范与化解,将会影响农村经济环境的稳定,从而危及到社会的稳定。本文结合我国农村经济与农村金融的实际,提出了一些控制我国农村金融风险的措施。     

面向21世纪湖北支柱产业的选择——谈高新技术开发和教育产业的选择和培育

选择高新技术开发和教育产业作为湖北省面向21世纪支柱产业的理由。使其成为支柱产业的对策建议。     

工程建设领域招投标廉政风险及其防控

工程建设领域是公共权力与市场经济密切联系、廉政风险易发多发的重点领域,其中招投标环节涉及多个廉政风险点。要对业主和投标单位、评标专家、纪检监察和招标代理机构加强防控管理,以保证这一环节的公开、公平、公正和廉洁。     

对政府投资项目廉政风险点管理的思考

加强政府投资项目廉政风险点管理,是新形势下加强反腐倡廉工作的需要。政府投资项目廉政风险点存在于政府投资项目从申报、决策、实施到建成、投入使用的不同阶段、不同环节,因此,应从项目决策投资控制、建设资金管理使用、招标投标、物资采购及质量安全管理等环节加强管理。     

情势变更原则的探讨

情势变更原则是关系到合同效力的一项重要原则 ,我国的《民法通则》和其他法律已经包含了该原则的精神。应确认这一原则为合同法的基本原则。     

国外投资银行风险管理现状与启示

本文介绍了美国、巴塞尔银行监管委员会以及证监会国际组织关于投资银行风险监管的方法、要求和指引，针对我国投资银行风险管理的实际情况，提出了当前亟待研究的课题。