A framework for analyzing money stock control under the Monetary Control Act

This paper analyzes the money stock effects of the Monetary Control Act (MCA) under a nonborrowed reserve (NBR) operating procedure. Prior to the passage of the MCA, policy was conducted under an interest rate operating target where reserve requirement reforms such as those introduced by the MCA had little influence on money stock variability. Under an NBR procedure however, the structure of reserve requirements may have a significant impact on monetary control. Our analysis indicates that the relative improvement in monetary control greatly depends on the degree of tightness exercised by the Federal Reserve over total reserves in an MCA regime. The tighter the control, the more significant the estimated monetary control benefits of the MCA under an NBR procedure.     

Usefulness of financial ratios in a single industry

This paper reports the findings of a study on the relationship and ratio grouping of a well-published set of financial ratios within the context of a single, homogenous industry. The findings provide some insight into the validity of using single-industry ratio averages as standards to evaluate individual firm performance. Factor analysis was used to study the interrelationship among the ratios and to determine whether these ratios group in the “traditional” category of ratios suggested in the financial statement analysis literature. This analysis was followed by a cluster analysis of the composite ratios derived from the factor analysis to determine whether any consistent and stable statistical grouping of firms developed over time within the industry. These analyses were done for 72 companies for the period 1966–1975 using Dunn and Bradstreet ratios and Compustat data.     

出口退税、贸易盈余和外汇储备的一般均衡分析与中国的实证

本文构建了一个简单的大国开放经济一般均衡模型,从理论上探讨了外汇储备从贸易盈余时的短期均衡到贸易平衡时的长期均衡的动态变化过程,并在此基础上量化分析了降低出口退税率对长期均衡时的外汇储备的影响。研究表明,降低出口退税率在短期内对减少贸易盈余和控制外汇储备增量有一定的帮助,但长期来看则与出口产品的价格弹性密切相关,只有降低那些价格弹性较大的产品的出口退税率,才能够有效地减少长期均衡时的外汇储备,否则可能产生适得其反的效果。中国数据的实证研究支持了理论模型的结论。由于中国的出口产品总体缺乏价格弹性,因此,近年来实行的一系列出口退税政策改革在长期内使国家外汇储备出现了一定程度的增加。本文最后提出了相关的政策建议。     

担保准备金公允价值计量方法研究

目前我国担保公司担保准备金按固定比例提取,有悖于其或有性。担保准备金实质上是一种或有负债,应采用公允价值计量。对未到期责任准备金的提取,短期担保合同采用未赚保费法,长期担保合同采用三因素法。担保赔偿准备金提取采用逐案估算法、平均值估算法、损失率法,并增加理赔费用准备金。     

国际储备货币演变的计量分析研究——兼论人民币国际化的可行性

美国次贷危机的爆发及中国经济的迅速崛起引起了世人对国际货币体系前景的重新构思,该过程中人民币国际化问题也越来越成为学术界关注的焦点。本文从实证的角度对目前国际储备币种构成的历史演变(1980-2008年)进行了计量分析,尝试从更加规范的角度探讨货币国际化的内在影响因素,及其影响程度的大小。本文的研究结果表明,一国的经济总量、进出口总量、金融市场是影响该国货币在国际储备中占比的基础性因素,同时还受到通货膨胀率、汇率水平等等因素的影响。本文进一步根据实证分析的结论将中国与国际货币国家(如美国、日本、德国等)的经济状况进行了分析比较,并得出人民币已经初步具备国际化条件的结论。     

中国外汇储备适度规模与需求结构研究——基于修正的Agarwal模型

本文对Agarwal模型进行修正,并运用修正后的模型对中国1994—2010年的外汇储备适度规模进行了实证研究。研究结果表明,中国外汇储备的实际规模自2004年起超过适度规模;中国外汇储备的需求结构发生了很大变化,其中预防性需求已经占据绝对的主导地位,同时预防性需求中,用于维护外汇市场稳定的干预性储备已经成为其中的主导需求。     

我国外汇储备结构的优化分析

近年来我国外汇储备的一半以上都投资在了美国债券和以美元表示的不动产上。为最大限度地降低风险,外汇储备结构需适时调整。本文在遵循安全性、流动性、收益性的原则下,结合海勒-奈特模型、杜利模型考虑的相关因素,对我国外汇储备资产结构与币种结构进行优化分析,并给出对策建议。     

肇东沿江湿地自然保护区种子植物属分布区类型的研究

肇东沿江湿地自然保护区保存了较为完整的湿地景观,据不完全统计,有维管束植物214属,其中种子植物211属;过对保护区内种子植物属的分析,旨在摸清其种子植物属的分布区类型。     

对我国能源安全战略问题的思考

能源安全是能源供应安全和能源使用安全的有机统一,能源安全的重要性已得到国际社会普遍认可。随着中国经济飞速发展带来的巨大的能源需求,国内能源供应将面临潜在的总量短缺,尤其是石油、天然气供应将面临结构性短缺,能源使用与环境保护之间的矛盾呈恶化趋势。我国应从海外开拓、国家石油战略储备、节能降耗、能源结构转换与新能源开发利用等战略方面采取有效对策,保证充足的能源供应,构筑可持续发展的社会。     

On credit and output: Is the supply of credit relevant?

The consensus that changes in the supply of credit were irrelevant to making monetary policy decisions existed among macroeconomists during the second half of the twentieth century. Transmission of shocks to the real economy through changes in the supply of credit, however, played an important role in the recent U.S. financial crisis. This paper explores the extent to which policymakers should consider changes in the supply of credit when making forecasts and monetary policy decisions. More specifically, it considers whether a measure of real credit balances offers consistent and stable information, beyond that of a real interest rate and real money balances, about future output gaps during the U.S. post-war era. Results yield evidence that changes in real credit balances are the only variable, among those considered, to provide consistent and stable information about future output gaps over the entire sample period. Each information variable, however, provides relatively little value added for forecasting future output gaps, beyond a simple autoregressive model. To improve upon forecasts and monetary policy decisions, policymakers therefore should consider a broader range of information variables and occasionally reassess the relative weightings assigned to each.