Decline of Controlled Foreign Company Rules and Rise of Intellectual Property Boxes: How the European Court of Justice Affects Tax Competition and Economic Distortions in Europe

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has become an influential player in the field of direct taxation in the European Union (EU) in the past 20 years. However, it is unclear whether or not the ECJ's decisions and the corresponding reactions by the member states actually contribute to tax neutrality in economic terms and, therefore, to the achievement of the internal market. In 2006, the ECJ limited the applicability of specific tax rules in the EU that are intended to prohibit the excessive use of low‐tax countries by multinationals. Our counterfactual analysis shows that the court's restriction of so‐called controlled foreign company rules and the related second‐round reactions by some member states – i.e. the introduction of low‐tax regimes for income from acquired intellectual properties (IP boxes for acquired IP) – cast doubt on the seemingly positive effects the ECJ has on reducing tax distortions. In addition, we demonstrate that the restricted applicability of IP boxes as endorsed by the OECD and the European Commission would strengthen tax neutrality in Europe.     

If You’re Going Through Hell,Keep Going: Nonlinear Effects of Financial Liberalization in Transition Economies

Did increasing the level and pace of financial liberalization during transition expose countries to crises? And if a crisis did strike, did liberalization do more harm or good? Using a database of 28 transition economies over 22 years, this article examines these questions across a host of economic outcomes, including savings and the size of the private sector. The results provide evidence that, while liberalization may initially increase the probability of a crisis, the prospect of a crisis drops dramatically at higher levels of financial openness. Moreover, the benefits of liberalization across several metrics outweigh the risks of these intermediate stages.     

考虑终止权的两阶段研发投资激励和合同设计

针对产品研发过程中的投资激励问题,分别建立了存在终止权和不存在终止权两种情况下的两阶段研发投资决策模型,并利用逆向归纳法讨论了委托方的偿付合同设计。研究结果表明:当第一阶段的研发结果为高质量时,代理人在第二阶段的投资积极性更高,代理人在第一阶段的投资水平和委托方支付的最优偿付都随着低质量时研发成功的比例系数而单调递减;研发活动的终止威胁导致代理人的投资积极性降低;在一定范围内,或有终止权偿付合同能够缓解信息不对称时的投资不足问题、提高双方的研发合作效率。     

Empirical studies of trade marks – The existing economic literature

This paper surveys empirical studies employing trade mark data that exist in the economic literature to date. In the introductory section we summarise the theory of trade marks. Section 2 documents the use of trade marks by firms of different size and industry and by firms in several advanced countries, including Australia, the UK, and the USA. Section 3 reviews various attempts to gauge the function of a trade mark as an indicator of innovation and product differentiation. Section 4 surveys studies that have demonstrated firms' incentives to use trade marks, including transferring information to consumers, realising synergies between different types of intellectual property rights, strategies to raise rivals' costs and using trade mark portfolios as debt collateral. In Section 5, we provide an overview of the importance of trade-mark-use for firm survival and the association of trade marks with several dimensions of firm performance, including productivity and their ability to generate well-paid jobs.     

房地产开发企业动态能力的维度结构与实证研究

在已有研究基础上,提出房地产开发企业动态能力的概念内涵和三维度结构模型,通过探索性因子分析和验证性因子分析,对其维度结构进行提炼和验证。实证分析表明,房地产开发企业动态能力包含组织学习、整合重构、组织变革三大维度,且维度结构具有较好的可靠性和有效性,从而为国内“新常态”下房地产开发企业动态能力的培育和提升奠定基础。     

企业商业信用融资影响因素研究——基于管理人员研究经历的视角

本文以2008-2016年中国A股上市公司为样本,探讨管理人员研究经历对商业信用融资的"净效应"。研究结果表明,管理人员研究经历有助于企业获取更多的商业信用融资;相较于国有企业,管理人员研究经历有助于提升民营企业的商业信用融资;而当民营企业处于法治水平相对滞后的地区时,这种正向影响更为显著。关于作用机理的进一步研究表明,管理人员研究经历是通过强化企业内部控制建设、降低企业财务风险进而提升了企业获取商业信用的能力。     

产权性质、会计-税收差异与审计收费——来自中国A股上市公司的经验证据

］通过考察注册会计师对审计服务定价时是否考虑会计利润与应纳税所得额之间差异（以下简称“会计-税收差异”）所包含的财务信息,研究发现会计-税收差异与审计收费显著正相关。进一步区分产权性质后发现,对于国有控股上市公司来说,会计-税收差异与审计收费正相关,但这种相关性并不显著;而对于民营上市公司来说,会计-税收差异与审计收费显著正相关。研究结果表明,会计-税收差异会影响注册会计师对审计风险的判断,进而通过增加审计程序来降低审计风险,提高审计收费。且在审计定价时,对于不同产权性质的公司,注册会计师差别对待了会计-税收差异中所包含的信息。     

农村产权抵押物变现的现实困境与破解对策

农村产权抵押融资是盘活农村“沉睡资产”的重要渠道,也是增加农民财产收入的重要途径,而产权抵押物变现难是目前制约我国农村产权抵押融资健康发展的主要因素之一。由于我国农村产权流转存在刚性制度约束、农村产权的有效市场需求和流动性不足及其确权成本高且操作难,导致农村产权抵押物的收储与管理难、价值发现难、价值评估难和价值变现难。应完善农村产权抵押物变现的法律支撑体系,优化政府主导的宏观调控机制,构建包括资产管理中心、信息中心、交易中心、价值评估中心的农村产权交易市场体系,并完善农村产权确权颁证制度和农村社会保障制度等相关配套措施,以有效破解农村产权抵押物变现难困境,推动农村产权抵押融资发展。     

控股股东股权质押会增加企业权益资本成本吗——基于中国上市公司的经验证据

本文以2003—2014年A股上市公司为研究样本,探讨了控股股东股权质押与权益资本成本之间的关系。本文研究发现,相较于不存在控股股东股权质押的上市公司,存在控股股东股权质押的上市公司的权益资本成本更高。进一步分析,本文发现股权质押引起的掏空行为发挥着中介作用,还发现控股股东股权质押与权益资本成本之间的正相关关系在股价崩盘风险较高、上证A股指数较低、熊市年度组、信息质量较低组更加明显,这表明控股股东股权质押与上市公司权益资本成本之间的正相关关系是由控股股东股权质押引起的掏空行为和控制权转移风险引起的。最后,本文发现有效的公司治理能够缓解控股股东股权质押与权益资本成本之间的正相关关系。本文的研究有助于进一步认识和了解控股股东股权质押可能产生的经济后果。     

专利执行保险与上市公司创新行为研究

专利制度的本质是对知识资源产权归属进行确权。基于我国第一批和第二批专利执行保险试点这一准自然试验,借助沪深上市公司2008-2017年数据,通过双重差分法（DID）实证检验了专利执行保险对上市公司创新行为的影响。研究发现：专利执行保险加强了知识产权保护,能显著提升上市公司创新积极性和创新投入力度;专利执行保险显著增加了上市公司专利申请数量及专利授权数量等创新产出。进一步研究发现,国有控股、市场化进程、法制化完备程度均能显著促进专利执行保险对上市公司的创新激励效应。利用敏感性检验和工具变量法对内生性进行控制后,上述结论仍然成立。因此,加强专利保护制度建设对促进上市公司创新具有重要意义。