中国投资者关系管理规范化的障碍与路径

随着经济全球化及人们投资观念的转变，越来越多的上市公司已意识到要保证融资渠道的畅通和公司的持续发展，就必须重视投资关系管理。从证券市场规范发展和国际化着眼，我国上市公司投资关系管理规范化已时不我待，并成为我国证券管理层和理论工作必须研究解决的一个现实问题。     

区块链在证券市场的应用浅析

在比特币热度尚未消退之时,我国央行在上海、深圳等地大力推动着数字货币的发展,作为数字货币和比特币的底层支撑技术——区块链技术,也在不断被各个行业所关注。目前我国的证券市场机制还不够完善,依然存在很多不足之处,正需要一个新技术来规避现有的隐患,区块链技术的出现正好给了我国一个完善证券市场的机遇,它所具有的特性可以让我国证券行业拥有一个更安全更可靠的发展平台。     

信息技术与会计发展安全问题探讨

随着信息技术与会计领域结合的日益紧密,对现代会计发展的安全问题提出了严峻的挑战和一些新的要求。     

论中国的石油安全问题

目前，石油问题引起了业内各界人士的普遍关注，关于石油战略储备的话题沸沸扬扬。中国石油能源面临的主要问题，并不是世界石油资源的短缺或长期供应能力不足；也不是由于政治、军事冲突而对我国可能实行的石油禁运，中国石油能源面临的最大问题是中东地区突发事件引起的国际油价波动，以及其他国家间的重大冲突造成短期石油供应受阻而波及中国。我国的当务之急是尽快建立石油战略储备体系，而且应根据我国的生产和消费状况确定合理的储备规模和储备方式。     

我国能源安全的影响因素及预警系统分析

能源安全问题已经成为制约我国经济持续、健康、稳定发展的瓶颈,并且其影响正日益经延伸到社会生活的各个领域,因此,建立一套科学、完善的能源安全预警体系已迫在眉睫;在分析影响我国能源安全的因素基础上,从能源供需、能源价格以及能源使用安全三个角度构建出我国能源安全预警体系。     

Proposal and validation of a financial protection perception scale

This article proposes and validates a financial protection perception scale (FPPS) from the perspective of the financial services consumer. The scale was applied to a sample of 1137 individuals residing in Brazil and validated using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and standard multivariate validation methods. The FPPS, composed of 14 items, allows the development of an indicator that defines the level of protection perceived by the consumer of financial services, evaluated along the dimensions of transparency, suitability, security, and complaints. The tests and fit indices indicated the reliability and validity of the FPPS. With this scale, researchers, managers, and policymakers can assess the extent to which consumers feel protected when using financial services.     

What do we know about consumers' ontological security in disaster scenarios?

While prior consumer studies have adopted various theoretical perspectives to explain individuals' reactions to disasters, scant attention has been paid to the role of ontological security in shaping those responses. This study attempts to fill this knowledge gap by qualitatively exploring ontological security in two contexts: man-made and natural disasters. To this end, we conducted 35 focus groups in the UK, Germany, and France to address how people reacted to terrorist attacks and the COVID-19 pandemic respectively. Through thematic analysis, three themes emerged: fear versus anxiety, oneself versus others, and materialistic versus experiential purchases. Man-made disasters appear to elicit fear, concern for self, and a preference for materialistic purchases, whereas natural disasters seem to trigger anxiety, concern for others, and a preference for experiential purchases. Both types of disasters seem to evoke a desire to escape from reality. In closing, we discuss both transitory and prolonged threats to ontological security and how they shape individuals' behaviours while restoring their security.     

Health shocks and mortgage debt payoff among American homeowners over age 50: A survival analysis

Mortgage debt is financially burdensome for many older homeowners in the United States. As people age, declining health can bring about increased healthcare costs. Focusing on homeowners aged 50 and older in the U.S., we investigate two research questions: (1) To what extent does a heath shock affect the likelihood of paying off a mortgage voluntarily or involuntarily? and (2) how long does a health shock delay the time it takes to pay off a mortgage? We used eight biannual waves (2004–2018) of the Health and Retirement Study containing 11,772 borrowers to build survival regression models. Results showed that a health shock reduced the likelihood of voluntary payoff by 12%, while it increased the probability of involuntary payoff by 18%. A health shock delayed voluntary and involuntary payoffs for 30 and 21 months, respectively. We discuss tax deduction and HELOCs as strategies to reduce older homeowners' mortgage strain.     

The effects of domestic rice market interventions outside business-as-usual conditions for imported rice prices

The Philippine government intervenes in the domestic rice market through the imposition of import tariffs and the provision of producer and consumer subsidies. While policymakers are aware that these programmes come with allocative efficiency costs, they justify the programmes on the grounds that they insulate the domestic economy from unexpected price spikes in the international rice market. An interesting matter for policy evaluation is to quantify the insulation benefit that the programmes provide in circumstances of sudden severe import price spikes. To examine this question, we undertake a dynamic computable general equilibrium (CGE) simulation in which the Philippines is subject to an external rice price shock. We find that the insulation benefit of the support programmes under a 2008-like event is worth approximately 0.10% of real consumption. However, the cost of insuring against these price spikes is significant. We estimate the annual cost of the rice market interventions at approximately 0.40% of real consumption.     

社会保障与区域经济互动机理及协调度研究

本文立足于社会保障与区域经济协调发展的作用机理,构建了反映社会保障与经济发展两大系统的指标体系及耦合协调模型,然后采用2008年的指标数据,计算并评价了各省市社会保障与经济发展两大系统的协调性。研究表明：社会保障与经济发展水平呈现显著的正相关关系,经济发展水平高的省份,其社会保障水平也相对较高,表现出明显的从东部到中西部的梯度递减趋势;东部地区省份和大部分中部地区省份,社会保障水平滞后于经济发展水平,而西部地区则与之相反,社会保障水平高于其经济发展水平;从协调度所属等级来看,类似于＂橄榄球＂状,优质协调和严重失调的省份较少,基本协调和轻度失调的较多,且东部地区协调度明显优于中、西部地区。