The effect of a potential borrower's reporting reputation and financial condition on commercial loan officers' estimates of forecast bias and subsequent loan recommendations

This paper investigates whether a potential borrower's reporting reputation and financial condition affect commercial loan officers' loan judgments and recommendations after receiving an earnings forecast that predicts improved financial performance. The results suggest that the earnings forecast is perceived as more credible in the presence of (1) a reputation for objective reporting, and (2) strong financial condition. Also, a reputation for objective reporting allowed the borrower to more credibly convey the expected improvement in performance when financial condition was weak. However, while financial condition predictably affects loan recommendations (likelihood of granting the loan, interest rate), reporting reputation does not. While we find that commercial loan officers discount forecasts under similar circumstances as stock analysts, results suggest that the consequences of developing a reputation for aggressive reporting (e.g., aggressive selection of accounting methods and estimates within GAAP) may be greater in a stock valuation setting (prior research documents lower stock prices) than in a loan setting.     

A Test of Strategic Trade Policy in the Semiconductor Industry: The Impact of Japanese Policy on U.S. Firms

This paper analyzes a multinational corporation that may use tax evasion and profit shifting as a means to minimize tax liabilities. Our main finding is that profit shifting may occur even when tax rates are the same across countries. This will be the case whenever there is a tax differential in effective tax rates resulting from differences in tax enforcement. In this context, profit shifting occurs to enable tax evasion in a country where tax enforcement is less harsh. Moreover, for a given differential in tax rates, differences in tax enforcement may either accentuate or dampen profit shifting. Importantly, the predictions regarding the direction of profit shifting that would result in our set-up may contrast sharply with those of the preceding literature.     

产品分成模式在石油勘探开采领域广泛运用的原因分析

在石油国际勘探开采项目中,产品分成模式已成为主流合同模式,被大多数国家所采用。文章简单地介绍产品分成模式之后,用博弈论对跨国石油公司和资源国的各方利益进行分析,从而说明产品分成模式是最佳的合作模式。     

我国内部控制与公司治理机制的有效对接

内部控制的深层次问题在于我国许多企业缺乏完善、健全的公司治理机制以及有效的公司治理机制与内部控制的互动和对接。因此,只有立足于我国的社会基础、制度体系和文化特征,构筑有中国特色的公司治理机制,才能培育出中国的现代企业。     

国有独资公司进路分析

国有独资公司作为我国现行公司法确认的一种有限责任公司组织形式,在运行过程中面临诸多理论困惑和实践难题。解决这些难题的正确选择就是面对现实,对其进行利弊分析,寻找不断完善的进路,使其真正成为找到国有企业改制最佳途径前的权宜之计。     

治理型公司及其发展前景

传统的公司治理模式强调了权力制衡,目标是为了强化对公司内部人的控制和监督,而治理型公司模式则认为公司治理的核心不在干监督内部人而在于改善决策,目标是降低发生错误的可能性和加快纠正错误的速度。管理型公司反映了人性和组织行为的弱点,公司内部人的错误除非演变为灾难,否则不会得到纠正。在我国现有国情下,治理型公司的优势和前景非常明显,因此,它对我国公司治理改革具有重要的理论和现实意义。     

东亚“雁阵模式”式微原因新析及启示

经济全球化时代,维系“雁阵模式”运行的宏观背景条件正在丧失,“雁阵模式”开始走向终结。日本经济的“制度疲劳”、“四小龙”的兴起、中国的崛起以及亚洲金融危机只是“雁阵模式”式微的表层原因,其真正原因是经济全球化及其机制的作用:即全球信息化、世界经济一体化、跨国公司的发展、知识经济在世界范围的兴起,成为“雁阵模式”终结的力量。“雁阵模式”的终结对于中国产业结构调整与优化,具有重要启示作用。     

论国资委的"超政府性"和"准企业性"

本文从分析国有资产的特征及国有资产经营的内在合理性出发,借鉴西方较为成熟的中央银行机制和现代公司治理结构,揭示国资委在机构定位上的“超政府性”以及在治理结构和运行机制上的“准企业性”,试图为已组建的国资委的规范运作提供相应的理论支撑,从总体上规范国有资产经营管理体制及其运行。     

本土企业应对跨国公司"全球化链条"的战略选择

跨国公司在全球经济生活中正发挥着越来越重要的作用,而"全球化链条"是确保其竞争优势的一大利器,它在同中国本土企业的竞争中将日益发挥其威力。中国本土企业采取何种战略应对竞争是理论家们讨论最多的话题,本文先对"全球化链条"的优势进行剖析,然后相应提出中国本土企业应对     

企业集团财务结算中心模式研究——以厦门国际航空港集团有限公司为例

近年来,企业集团不断加强对资金的管理,逐步建立起一套新型的资金管理模式。文章以厦门国际航空港集团有限公司为例,详细分析了企业集团运用财务结算中心模式的优势,并通过实证分析加以说明。