Corporate Sustainability Performance and Idiosyncratic Risk: A Global Perspective

Does investing in sustainability leaders affect portfolio performance? Analyzing two mutually exclusive leading and lagging global corporate sustainability portfolios (Dow Jones) finds that (1) leading sustainability firms do not underperform the market portfolio, and (2) their lagging counterparts outperform the market portfolio and the leading portfolio. Notably, we find leading (lagging) corporate social performance (CSP) firms exhibit significantly lower (higher) idiosyncratic risk and that idiosyncratic risk might be priced by the broader global equity market. We develop an idiosyncratic risk factor and find that its inclusion significantly reduces the apparent difference in performance between leading and lagging CSP portfolios.     

The Legislator as Political Entrepreneur: Investment in Political Capital

This paper applies the standard Austrian theory of capital investment to the standard interest group model of legislator behavior. Distinguishing between reputational capital and representative capital as interdependent forms of political capital, I argue that legislator behavior (specifically roll call voting) can be explained as entrepreneurial investment in political capital under uncertainty. I discuss several examples in which this approach can potentially add predictive power regarding legislative voting.     

内部薪酬差距合理性与会计盈余相关性——来自中国上市公司的经验数据

文章基于2006-2012年我国上市公司高管和员工薪酬数据,对企业内部薪酬差距的合理性进行了分析,得出我国企业内部薪酬差距逐渐扩大,内部薪酬差距不合理性凸显的结论。通过采用实证分析的方法,发现会计盈余对企业内部薪酬差距合理性的影响。企业内部薪酬差距合理性可能由经营活动现金流量净额以及总应计共同影响,总应计又分为操控性应计和非操控性应计。经营活动现金流量净额正向影响企业内部薪酬差距合理性;操控性应计项目负向影响薪酬差距的合理性;而非操控性应计对企业内部薪酬差距合理性的影响并不显著。文章研究结果表明,企业进行盈余操纵时,损害了内部薪酬差距合理性,应该充分利用企业内控制度和外部独立审计对企业盈余操纵进行有效监督,进而维护企业内部薪酬差距合理性。     

中国参与ICP的理论基础与实证检验——基于人民币购买力平价理论的协整分析

我国将于2012年通过购买力平价换算GDP参与国际比较项目(ICP),人民币购买力平价在长期内是否成立是我国能否顺利参与这一项目的关键。在中外购买力平价(PPP)实证研究的基础上,选择三变量模型,对1950～2009年间人民币汇率及其中美CPI年度数据进行实证检验。旨在为我国参与ICP提供理论上的支持。     

The Relationship between the Firm Size and the Quantity of Accountants Employed by the Firm： An Analysis of the 436 Listed Firms in the Chinese Shenzhen Stock Exchange

There are 9.56 million accountants in China, who are working in different size firms and nonprofit organizations. The objective of this article is to examine the quantitative relationship between the firm size and the quantity of accountants working for the firm. In this paper, the employees, sales revenues, and total assets in a firm are employed to measure firm size. The authors collect and analyze the data of 436 listed firms from the Chinese Shenzhen Stock Exchange. The result of this study indicates there is a positive relationship between the firm size and the quantity of accountants employed by the firm. The study also establishes the multiple regression equation, which can be used to predict the quantity of accountants of listed firms. And it provides a way to predict the quantity of accountants of legal organizations.     

发达国家城市水污染治理的比较与启示

城市水污染对人类的生存安全构成重大威胁。我国城市水污染日益严峻。在广泛借鉴欧、美、日等发达国家已有治理经验的基础上,深入对比中外城市在管理体制、治理方式与监督机制等方面的差异,提出建立分工协作机制、明确市场作用、强化法律与公众的监管作用等途径,营造我国良好的城市水环境。     

分税制下中央和地方财政支出结构与地区经济增长

文章通过构建分税制下中央和地方财政支出结构与经济增长的数理经济模型和经济计量模型,提出并验证了分税制下中央和地方财政支出结构与经济增长之间的关系,基于对1995--2009年统计数据计量分析的经验证据,最终得出了结论：中央和地方财政支出结构与经济增长的关系是,只有当地方财政支出结构与中央财政支出结构实现结构互补时,地方财政生产性支出才能够促进经济增长。     

企业家声誉结构及声誉驱动机理的研究综述

企业家声誉是企业赢得竞争优势的关键要素,但在新的时代背景下,现有声誉理论对企业家声誉的研究远未成熟。为此,本文简述了声誉理论的宏观、微观和中观三个层面的研究成果,并在此基础上,对企业家声誉结构和企业家声誉驱动机制的认识发展进行了综述和探讨,本文的研究结论对于企业家声誉理论研究的深化和实践探索具有较好的借鉴意义。     

产业集群的自我否定与跨网络学习——以浙江温州低压电器产业集群为例

我国本土产业集群在经过一段时间的高速发展后,围绕＂锁定＂存在的诸多矛盾和潜在风险等问题都逐渐暴露出来,而产业集群升级始终不能很好解决,并成为困扰我国实践和理论的一个棘手问题;文章在辨析产业集群内外双重锁定的基础上,指出升级仅适合集群发展初级阶段时的内部＂锁定＂,而集群发展到高级阶段并面临外部＂锁定＂时,往往不能突破而陷入＂升级悖论＂;基于跨网络学习的视角,本文认为集群只有彻底自我否定,并融入跨国企业网络,才能突破来自内外的双重锁定,获得学习和知识溢出的机会;最后,结合我国浙江温州低压电器产业集群案例,分析在面临跨国公司竞争压力下,本土产业集群如何融入跨国企业网络,并寻求新的发展机会的学习路径。     

企业战略思维新探:内涵、过程及要素

通过对企业战略思维内涵的探索,文章重新定义了企业战略思维,认为企业战略形成于企业战略思维。描述了企业战略思维的基本过程,界定了企业战略思维的基本要素,并基于对企业战略思维认知要素的研究,提出了企业战略的N元思维体系,既为梳理现有企业战略理论体系提供了新方法,也为提出和建立企业战略思维理论体系奠定了基础。