Bankruptcy laws and debt renegotiation

This paper analyzes the effect of the toughness of bankruptcy law on the number of liquidations in a simple model of borrowing and lending with asymmetric information, where the creditor cannot credibly commit to liquidate the firm if the default occurs. In our setting we consider a bankruptcy law to be a one-dimensional variable that influences creditor's expectation value of collateral. We find that there is an interval of the bankruptcy law, where the number of liquidations decreases in the toughness of the bankruptcy law. We also find that if the liquidation costs are high, softer bankruptcy law is preferred.     

声誉机制与棘轮效应对预算松弛影响的研究

本文将单一期间代理模型扩展到多期间代理模型来研究委托一代理关系,从预算棘轮效应和经理人声誉相结合的角度来揭示预算松弛产生的原因,并得出两者的联合作用将显著增加预算松弛产生的可能性,这使我们对影响预算松弛的因素有了进一步的认识,丰富了预算管理理论。     

论我国税式支出预算管理制度的构建

税式支出代表了一种预算政策,政府把税式支出所形成的税收损失列入预算并与直接支出一起统一加以管理。税式支出预算管理是对税式支出进行管理控制的有效手段,应该根据我国国情特色,逐步建立起我国的税式支出预算管理制度。     

构建和谐世界背景下提升我国文化软实力的思路探索

加强文化软实力建设,对增强我国的综合国力具有重要作用,关系着我们党和国家事业发展的全局.本文以文化及文化软实力的功能、地位为切入点,结合"和谐世界"的理念,对在构建和谐世界背景下我国文化软实力建设上存在的缺陷及如何提升文化软实力进行了探讨.     

浅析现代企业文化建设

当前随着社会经济的飞速发展,市场竞争越来越激烈,与此同时企业文化在组织管理中的作用也愈加明显。鉴于此,本文对现代企业文化建设的内涵和建设步骤进行了探讨,以期能为创业者或是企业管理人员提供一定的理论借鉴和帮助。     

2010年世博会与上海国际大都市形象塑造研究

上海城市形象建设存在明显短板,外界的负面评价也不少。首先从理论上归纳了国际大都市的4大核心特征;然后基于国际大都市的核心特征和上海市发展愿景,运用城市营销理论,从满足目标市场需求角度提炼出上海应该重点塑造的国际大都市导向的7种核心城市子形象。其次,通过对博览会理论和世博会实践的研究,剖析了世博会为上海城市形象塑造带来的6方面机遇。最后,提出成立上海城市形象战略管理中心等一系列对策建议。     

Budgeting practices in the Turkish hospitality industry: An exploratory survey in the Antalya region

The present study aims to explore budgeting practices of Turkish hotels in the Antalya region which is the most prominent tourism center of the country. The results indicate that having a budget committee and budget manual are common for Turkish hotels. Secondly, participative budgeting is advocated within the industry. Furthermore, budget period seems dynamic, because hotels state that they revise budgets and make periodic reporting within the budget period. Profitability and cost control are the primary reasons in budget preparation. Finally, budgets are viewed as one of the primary performance indicators.     

预算软约束、企业财务风险与审计定价

本文具体考察在上市公司存在预算软约束的情况下,我国的会计师事务所在审计定价时如何考虑上市公司的财务风险.研究结果表明:①事务所的审计收费与上市公司的负债比率之间呈显著的正相关关系;②在国有上市公司中,预算软约束程度的增加降低了公司的财务风险,因此审计收费与公司负债比率之间的正相关关系有所减弱;③在金融发展水平比较高的地区,预算软约束程度的减轻提高了公司的财务风险,因此审计收费与公司负债比率之间的正相关关系有所增强.这一研究结果说明,我国的会计师事务所在审计定价时不仅考虑了上市公司的财务风险,而且还会根据公司的预算软约束程度对其财务风险进行相应的调整.     

Expected revenue of all-pay auctions and first-price sealed-bid auctions with budget constraints

We show that all-pay auctions dominate first-price sealed-bid auctions when bidders face budget constraints. This ranking is explained by the fact that budget constraints bind less frequently in the all-pay auctions, which leads to more aggressive bidding in that format.     

Economic impact of onabotulinumtoxinA for overactive bladder with urinary incontinence in Europe

Background: Overactive bladder (OAB) is a common condition that has a significant impact on patients’ health-related quality-of-life and is associated with a substantial economic burden to healthcare systems. OnabotulinumtoxinA has a well-established efficacy and safety profile as a treatment for OAB; however, the economic impact of using onabotulinumtoxinA has not been well described.

Methods: An economic model was developed to assess the budget impact associated with OAB treatment in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK, using onabotulinumtoxinA alongside best supportive care (BSC)—comprising incontinence pads and/or anticholinergic use and/or clean intermittent catheterisation (CIC)—vs BSC alone. The model time horizon spanned 5 years, and included direct costs associated with treatment, BSC, and adverse events.

Results: Per 100,000 patients in each country, the use of onabotulinumtoxinA resulted in estimated cost savings of €97,200 (Italy), €71,580 (Spain), and €19,710 (UK), and cost increases of €23,840 in France and €284,760 in Germany, largely due to day-case and inpatient administration, respectively. Projecting these results to the population of individuals aged 18 years and above gave national budget saving estimates of €9,924,790, €27,458,290, and €48,270,760, for the UK, Spain, and Italy, respectively, compared to cost increases of €12,160,020 and €196,086,530 for France and Germany, respectively. Anticholinergic treatment and incontinence pads were the largest contributors to overall spending on OAB management when onabotulinumtoxinA use was not increased, and remained so in four of five scenarios where onabotulinumtoxinA use was increased. This decreased resource use was equivalent to cost offsets ranging from €106,110 to €176,600 per 100,000 population.

Conclusions: In three of five countries investigated, the use of onabotulinumtoxinA, in addition to BSC, was shown to result in healthcare budget cost savings over 5 years. Scenario analyses showed increased costs in Germany and France were largely attributable to the treatment setting rather than onabotulinumtoxinA acquisition costs.