Rise of the gold market in China: liberalisation and market development

The Chinese gold market is rapidly rising to global prominence in the recent decades. The paper reviews the history of the gold market in China and its liberalisation process amid the country’s opening to the outside world. Details of the current market structure and its main business are presented. Global impacts of the rise of the Chinese gold market are discussed.     

Access to Finance,Financial Development and Firm Ability to Export: Experience from Asia–Pacific Countries

With particular reference to Asia–Pacific countries, the present study examines how access to finance and financial development affects firms’ ability to enter export markets. Using firm‐level data from the World Bank Enterprises Survey, we found that access to finance plays a significant role in improving firms’ ability to export. In addition, development of the financial sector fosters export market entry. Among the financial development indicators, reach of the banking sector variable is most prominent. The present study suggests that improvements in access to finance and financial development (increases in the reach of the banking sector) enable firms operating away from capital or major cities to enter export markets easily. The present study supports policy intervention to strengthen access to the financial sector, which would encourage firms to export, and to facilitate export market entry for remotely located firms.     

Industry‐specific Exchange Rate Fluctuations,Japanese Exports and Financial Constraints: Evidence from Panel Vector Autoregressive Analysis

Using a panel vector autoregression approach and industry breakdown data for financial constraints obtained from the Bank of Japan's Tankan (Short‐Term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan) database, this study empirically investigates whether and how Japanese firms' financial constraints (internal and external) influence the response of Japanese sectoral exports to an exchange rate shock. Furthermore, we use the industry‐specific real effective exchange rate data developed by to allow for different movements of real effective exchange rates across industries. It is found that financial constraints have a significant influence on Japanese exports in response to exchange rate shocks. Japanese exporters with either lower internal financial constraints or external financial constraints are less affected by the yen's appreciation. In addition, if firms face high external financial constraints, only reducing the internal financial constraints cannot help them mitigate the impact of the yen's appreciation on their exports. Thus, an accommodative financial environment also plays an important role in alleviating the impact that the yen's appreciation has on Japanese exports.     

An innovation to improve health outcomes in Amajuba district,KwaZulu-Natal,South Africa

Systems’ thinking places high value on understanding the context. This study focused on the collection of disaggregated data in order to understand the context, to facilitate improvement of health outcomes. The aim of this article was to assess the implementation of municipal ward-based health data collection (disaggregated data) and health care workers’ perceptions of this data collection process. This cross-sectional study used mixed methods in Amajuba district. The participants were professional nurses at the Primary Health Care level. Of the 131 respondents, 123 (93.9%) collected municipal ward-based health data, and found it useful. Opportunities for improving data collection were identified. Disaggregation of the data at ward level contributes to a better understanding of the target population’s health, assists planning for health needs and enables provision of targeted interventions in order to improve health outcomes, to prevent financial regression and waste of health resources.     

论有效金融监管与我国金融现代化

有效金融监管是指金融监管当局为实现维护金融体系稳定和鼓励市场创新目标而进行的效率和效果并重的金融监管。基于对国际经验教训和我国金融现代化基本特征的现实考虑,我国应通过对金融监管体制的审慎调整与变革,通过树立风险为本的监管理念、构建和混业经营相适应的金融监管组织体系、加速培育有效金融监管的外部条件等措施,不断加强有效金融监管,稳步推进金融现代化,并以此促进我国经济发展的现代化。     

我国地下金融监管困境的博弈分析

20世纪90年代以来我国地下金融规模急剧扩大。地下金融一方面促进了经济增长,另一方面对正常的经济金融构成危害。虽然我国有关监管机构对地下金融进行严厉监管,但收效不大。文章论述了我国地下金融的成因、规模和利弊,并从不完全信息动态博弈的角度分析了我国对地下金融的监管中存在的问题,指出了如何打破地下金融监管困境的方向。     

区域金融创新体系研究

金融创新是金融发展的主要推动力之一,由于每一地区的经济、金融环境各不相同,有必要对区域金融创新体系的建立进行探索与研究,这样才能有针对性的对区域金融、经济的发展提出建设性的建议。因此,为了促进具有区域特色的金融创新的产生和发展,并使金融创新促进本地区的产业升级和经济发展,针对现有研究,文章对区域金融创新体系的概念界定、要素构成、运行机制、功能作用和构建中的实践问题等几个方面进行了分析研究。     

企业融资偏好解析——基于农业上市公司的实证数据

自MM理论以来,企业融资行为的理论与实证研究不断深入.大多国内研究文献认为我国企业融资行为具有明显的股权融资偏好.文章运用新的研究思路与方法,对我国农业上市公司的融资偏好与融资结构特征分别进行了实证研究,结果发现虽然融资结构特征体现出明显的股权融资依赖性,但企业并不具有股权融资偏好.     

我国农村金融市场的区域比较与改革研究——基于六县市实地调研数据分析

如何破解"中国农村金融之谜",为发展现代农业扎实推进社会主义新农村建设提供必要的金融支持,近年来成为了国内学者关注的热点。本文基于六县市的实地调研,通过对中国农村金融困境的现实考察和区域比较,可得出如下主要结论:经济发达地区信用社的股份制改革不仅可满足当地市场化农户的融资需求,而且为非正规金融演变创造了条件;而落后地区信用社应坚持合作制取向并加强与非正规金融的垂直联接。     

民营银行准入的福利效应研究

文章为改善中小企业融资难困境,文章运用信贷配给模型,讨论民营银行准入这项政策的福利效应问题。文章认为在我国金融结构发生深刻变化情况下,民营银行准入不会克服信息不对称这一根源性问题,准入的资产业务内容不同,民营银行的福利效应也会不同,总体上说这一政策的福利效应是有限的。