董事会结构与我国证券投资基金费率关系的实证研究

本文以2004年6月30日以前国内基金管理公司成立的所有证券投资基金为样本,以基金管理费率和开放式基金最大赎回费率的高低为指标,实证检验了国内基金管理公司的董事会结构对维护基金投资人利益的作用。结果发现:一、董事会规模对基金费率的影响不确定;二、独立董事在董事会中的比重与基金管理费率负相关;三、国内基金管理公司在引入独立董事后确实对维护投资人利益起到一定的作用。     

我国证券投资基金公司董事会特征与基金绩效关系的实证研究

本文以2004年底前成立的20家基金管理公司旗下47只我国契约型开放式基金2005年的相关数据为样本,实证检验分析了证券投资基金公司董事会特征与契约型开放式基金绩效之间的相关关系,并为基金公司的董事会治理提出了政策建议。     

上市公司独立董事的声誉机制研究

独立董事的独立性依赖于其声誉,而其声誉的高低,则依赖于其个人财产的多寡以及独立董事津贴在其总收入中所占的比例.本文建立了一个独立董事声誉机制模型,依据独立董事对薪酬的依赖程度的观察,构建了选聘独立董事的声誉机制;并且认为由委员会提名,股东大会选举产生的独立董事的独立性较直接由董事会提名时要强.     

美国独立董事制度对中国的启示

文章从探讨公司治理与独立董事制度的内涵及特征入手，分析了美国独立董事制度的成功经验．进而论述了中国独立董事的现状，在此基础上对构建中国独立董事市场的有关问题提出了相应的对策。     

控制权市场、独立董事制度与监事会治理——基于比较制度分析的视角

针对近年来理论界对监事会“加强说”和“取消说”的争论，运用比较制度分析方法，分析了我国监事会制度演进过程中的历史路径依赖特征以及控制权市场、独立董事与监事会制度之间的互补关系，并基于现阶段我国控制权市场的不完备性和独立董事制度存在“独立性悖论”的现实，阐明了加强监事会治理的必要性，提出了以完善监事会制度为突破口来带动中国上市公司治理结构整体优化的建议。     

Sponsorship and follow-up effects on response quality of mail surveys

This paper reports the results of an investigation of response quality in a mail survey. Survey sponsorship (university versus consulting firm) was evaluated in relation to the classification of the respondent (university alumni versus general public) on the dependent variable. In addition, response quality of the follow-up questionnaire was compared to that of the initial mailing. The findings revealed that there were differences in response quality between the initial and follow-up mailing. No differences were found in response quality for the four experimental conditions within the initial mailing, but differences were found within the follow-up mailing. Interpretations of the findings are discussed and implications for further research are presented.     

Women Board Directors: Characteristics of the Few

Appointment as a director of a company board often represents the pinnacle of a management career. Worldwide, it has been noted that very few women are appointed to the boards of directors of companies. Blame for the low numbers of women of company boards can be partly attributed to the widely publicized "glass ceiling". However, the very low representation of women on company boards requires further examination. This article reviews the current state of women's representation on boards of directors and summarizes the reasons as to why women are needed on company boards. Given that more women on boards are desirable, the article then describes how more women could be appointed to boards, and the actions that organizations and women could take to help increase the representation of women. Finally, the characteristics of those women that have succeeded in becoming members of company boards are described from an international perspective. Unfortunately, answers to the vexing question of whether these women have gained board directorships in their own right as extremely competent managers, or whether they are mere token female appointments in a traditional male dominated culture, remains elusive.     

Golden South Africa,Great Development

On the occasion of the 10th panniversary of diplomatic relations between China and South Africa in 2008, China is celebrating ＂South Africa Week＂ to commemorate. H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, the minister of South Africa,     

独立董事的独立性:基于董事会投票的证据

本文利用中国特有的强制披露数据,即中国上市公司独立董事对董事会议案发表意见和进行投票的数据,考察了独立董事相对于管理层的独立性及其监督作用。本文发现,绝大多数情况下独董并不会公开质疑管理层行为,这在一定程度上符合Mace(1986)对独董投票权属于橡皮图章的描述。然而,当公司业绩不佳时,独董更有可能对管理层行为提出公开质疑;并且,声誉越高、具有财务背景、任职时间早于董事长任职时间的独立董事更有可能对管理层决策提出质疑。进一步研究发现,存在异议独董的公司市场价值也更高。这表明当公司面临危机时,独立董事能够发挥监督作用,并且独立董事的监督行为能够缓解代理问题,提高公司价值。     

具有行政背景的独立董事影响公司财务信息质量么?——基于国有控股上市公司的实证分析

在国有控股上市公司中,聘请具有行政背景的独立董事是一个普遍现象。这类独立董事能够保持独立性么?是否会影响公司的财务信息质量呢?本文从最终控制人的视角,采用手工搜集的2006—2008年的数据对行政背景会损害独立董事独立性进而降低财务信息质量的假设进行了实证检验。其结果表明,与其他国有控股上市公司相比,聘请了具有行政背景独立董事的公司的财务信息质量更差。这对进一步推动国有企业公司治理改革具有借鉴意义。