Why Do Some Households Save So Little? A Rational Explanation

This paper offers an explanation for the puzzle of low wealth holdings among a significant fraction of the elderly. Instead of invoking irrational, nonrational, or nonoptimal behavior to resolve the puzzle, it is shown that widespread low wealth holdings are consistent with a rational life-cycle model of saving with uncertain lifetime and borrowing constraint. When there is uncertainty about the length of life, it is optimal for some individuals to save little and exhaust their wealth early. The characteristics of these individuals are derived. The simulation results support that the model can account for low wealth holdings as well as early terminal wealth depletion. The analysis also rejects the common perception that uncertain lifetime reduces dissaving. Journal of Economic Literature Classification Numbers: D11, D91, E21, I12, J14.     

绿色财富观:生态文明时代人类的理性选择

如果说农业文明社会是以土地资产为主流的财富观,那么工业文明社会则是以有形和无形资产为主流的财富观,而生态文明时代理应是以绿色财富为主流的财富观。本文以生态文明时代为背景,以科学发展观为指导,对绿色财富内涵特征、分类以及构建策略进行了探讨.     

发达国家反倾销贸易保护主义探源——基于经济理性角度的分析

发达国家的反倾销从本质上看具有贸易保护主义的性质.从经济学角度考察,只有针对掠夺性倾销的反倾销才是经济理性的和具有经济效率的;从经济理性角度考察发达国家反倾销目的演化的历程,发现发达国家的反倾销以保证"公平竞争"为名偏离了经济效率的轨道,而反倾销措施直接限制进口的结果使得反倾销必然成为发达国家不顾经济效率而体现其对产业保护关注的工具.     

The effect of CEOs on firm performance

The extent to which CEOs influence firm performance is fundamental to scholarly understanding of how organizations work; yet, this linkage is poorly understood. Previous empirical efforts to examine the link between CEOs and firm performance using variance decomposition, while provocative, nevertheless suffer from methodological problems that systematically understate the relative impact of CEOs on firm performance compared to industry and firm effects. This study addresses these methodological problems and reexamines the percentage of the variance in firm performance explained by heterogeneity in CEOs. The results of this study suggest that in certain settings the ‘CEO effect’ on corporate‐parent performance is substantially more important than that of industry and firm effects, but only moderately more important than industry and firm effects on business‐segment performance. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

内部薪酬差距合理性与会计盈余相关性——来自中国上市公司的经验数据

文章基于2006-2012年我国上市公司高管和员工薪酬数据,对企业内部薪酬差距的合理性进行了分析,得出我国企业内部薪酬差距逐渐扩大,内部薪酬差距不合理性凸显的结论。通过采用实证分析的方法,发现会计盈余对企业内部薪酬差距合理性的影响。企业内部薪酬差距合理性可能由经营活动现金流量净额以及总应计共同影响,总应计又分为操控性应计和非操控性应计。经营活动现金流量净额正向影响企业内部薪酬差距合理性;操控性应计项目负向影响薪酬差距的合理性;而非操控性应计对企业内部薪酬差距合理性的影响并不显著。文章研究结果表明,企业进行盈余操纵时,损害了内部薪酬差距合理性,应该充分利用企业内控制度和外部独立审计对企业盈余操纵进行有效监督,进而维护企业内部薪酬差距合理性。     

Corporate hierarchy and vertical information flow inside the firm—a behavioral view

Little is known about how corporate hierarchies influence managers' propensity to pass information upward within the firm. Two streams of literature arrive at seemingly conflicting and untested predictions. Information economists maintain that middle managers pass more suggestions up the firm's line of command as the corporate hierarchy increases in order to avoid corporate omission errors. In contrast, scholars of organizational psychology suggest that hierarchies lead to evaluation apprehension and foster a perceived lack of control among mid‐level managers, leading to their reduced willingness to, and interest in, passing information up within the organization. Drawing on field data and model‐guided experimental studies, we provide original empirical evidence for the relevance of all the mechanisms above, and we delineate the conditions under which either mechanism prevails. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

论承认差异的平等正义

社会结构的差异性、利益主体的多元化、文化的多样性与生活方式的差异化是当下平等正义的时代背景。由于人与人、群体与群体之间的差异事实上存在,且会对到底什么是平等正义产生影响,因此主张对人与人、群体与群体之间的差异进行承认的差异平等才是当下的理性诉求。为了做到差异平等,应减少文化霸权、破除经济垄断、消灭政治歧视。     

独董与其他高管的公司治理作用有差异吗？——基于政治关联与审计契约视角的检验

以2007—2011年A股非金融保险业上市公司为样本,从政治关联与审计契约角度揭示独立董事与其他高管在公司治理中的差异。研究发现:在审计师选择方面,独立董事存在政治关联的企业倾向于选择高质量的审计服务,其他高管存在政治关联的企业倾向于选择低质量的审计服务。结合对审计费用考察发现,其他高管存在政治关联的企业选择较低质量审计服务的同时却支付相对较高的审计费用,但又并没有支付显著高于独立董事存在政治关联的企业选择高质量审计服务时支付的审计费用。     

从经济学角度探析“理性会计信息失真”

“理性会计信息失真”是现代会计信息失真”的基本特征，其中会计行为主体与会计信息的关系是研究的重点。在保持与建立现代企业制度相促进的前提下，适当增加或强化与隐性委托代理行为呈负相关关系的因素，减少或强化呈正相关关系的因素，是架构“理性会计信息失真”治理机制的现实选择。     

Perceptions of Business Ethics in a Multicultural Community: The Case of Malaysia

Leaders and managers of today's multinational corporations face a plethora of problems and issues directly attributable to the fact that they are operating in an international context. With work-sites, plants and/or customers based in another country, or even several countries, representing a vast spectrum of cultural differences, international trade and offshore operations, coupled with increased globalisation in respect to political, social and economic realities, contribute to new dilemmas that these leaders must deal with. Not the least of these being a Code of Ethics and ethical decision making.This paper examines the differences in culture between a group of managers from the United States and similar group from Croatia using Hofstede's theory of International Cultures. The study explores how these cultural dimensions may help in our understanding of the differences in reported whistleblowing. The authors then postulate four hypotheses regarding various aspects of whistleblowing. These Hypotheses were than tested using a survey administered to a sample of U.S.A. and Croatian managers. Finally, the paper discusses the findings and practical implications for contemporary managers in the international arena.