美国第二轮量化宽松政策实效分析

本文对美国第二轮量化宽松政策实效进行分析,认为总体上该政策取得了一定的成效,表现在一些部门投资扩大,耐用消费品支出增加,股市出现价格指数上升趋势。但是,房地产市场复苏缓慢,建筑投资依然低迷;工薪收入增额下降和较高失业率的存在,以及对未来经济前景的信心不足,使得个人消费支出难以迅速扩大。此外,该政策推动了国家债务规模进一步扩大,政府信用等级下降,投资者风险增大,这些因素反过来进一步使得投资者信心不足,就业岗位创造艰难,GDP增长疲软。该政策虽使金融市场流动性增加,但促进投资、刺激消费的两大目标并未充分实现。     

International comparative analysis of the association between board structure and the efficiency of value added by a firm from its physical capital and intellectual capital resources

This study investigates the link between corporate board features and corporate performance for a sample of 286 publicly traded firms from South Africa (84 firms), Sweden (94 firms), and the UK (108 firms). Corporate board features considered are board composition, inside director ownership, duality and board size. In contrast to prior literature, performance is defined as the efficiency of value added (VA) rather than in financial terms. Further, the analysis examines the association between board features and efficiency of VA and each of the firm's physical capital (PC) and intellectual capital (IC), respectively. Finally, the present study analyzes the association between board features and corporate performance conjointly. Comparable to general findings from studies using U.S. data, the empirical analysis as a whole did not discern consistent significant link between the four board features and corporate performance across the three nations. However, individual board features are found to influence corporate performance in isolated cases. Overall, results provide evidence that even under different sociopolitical and economic conditions, governance needs vary across firms. Consequently, these findings do not lend support to the notion that uniform board structures should be mandated.     

中小板上市公司股权结构对融资偏好的影响研究

本文从代理成本和控制权收益角度分析了股权结构对融资偏好的影响,以2006年年底之前在中小企业板上市的102家公司2007至2009年的数据为样本进行了实证分析。研究结果表明,不同类型的股权结构对公司融资偏好的影响有着很大差异。法人股比例与股权融资率显著正相关,限售自然人持股比例和股权融资率呈负相关关系,国有股、高管持股比例、股权集中度、股权制衡度则对股权融资率影响不显著。中小板上市公司并未表现出主板上市公司＂偏好股权融资＂的特征,但高管持股比例过低、一股独大是中小板与主板上市公司的共性。我国中小板上市公司的高管持股比例需要提高,股权激励制度仍需进一步完善,股权集中度和股权制衡度应适度提高。     

The association between voluntary disclosure and corporate governance in the presence of severe agency conflicts

Agency conflicts between different types of investors are particularly severe in the presence of high family and block-holder ownership. By focusing on a setting characterised by high ownership concentration, we study the role of independent directors in promoting transparency through increased disclosure. In our tests, we use a sample of Spanish firms and, consistent with prior work, show that the presence of these directors is strongly associated with increased voluntary disclosure. Additionally, we find that when an executive director takes on Chair responsibilities the level of voluntary information is reduced, creating potential conflicts with the role of independent directors. Our results suggest that a strong legal framework holds firm-level clashes of interest in check. We conclude that this regulatory environment can create sufficient incentives to bring together the interests of minority and majority shareholders and guarantee an efficient monitoring role of independent directors. However, results suggest that other mechanisms should be reinforced in order to improve the role of governance control on agency relationships, particularly in the case of the concentration of Chair and executive responsibilities.     

Board, audit committee and restatement-induced class action lawsuits

We examine the influence of monitoring provided by the board and audit committee on the probability of restatement-induced securities class action lawsuits using a sample of firms that have restated earnings in the period of 1997-2002. Logistic regression of the probability of restatement-induced class action lawsuits indicates a negative association between proportion of independent board members and the likelihood of restatement-induced class action lawsuits. We also find that when the market reacts more negatively to restatement announcements, shareholders are more likely to initiate a class action lawsuit. Finally, we document that restatement of revenues is positively associated with the likelihood of restatement-induced shareholder litigation. Our results are robust after controlling for the restatement initiator, restatements categorized as irregularities and Blue Ribbon Recommendations.     

国际板建设的理论、制度和操作层面障碍

本文讨论了国际板建设涉及的三方面的理论问题,以及五个具体操作层面的问题。这三个方面的关系问题是国际板与香港国际金融中心的地位关系问题、国际板与外汇管理制度的关系问题以及国际板与国内板的关系问题。五个方面具体操作层面的问题包括国际板的保荐、发行和审批流程问题、国际板的招股书披露要求问题、国际板的适用财务准则问题、国际板的上市规则问题以及国际板的公司治理问题。     

金融危机中美联储的货币政策工具创新及启示

2007年8月美国次贷危机爆发以来,美联储针对金融动荡、信贷收缩和经济减速在常规货币政策的基础上采用了一系列诸如TAF、PDCF、TSLF、AMLF等货币政策工具创新,向金融市场注入流动性。这些货币政策工具的创新和应用对提供额外流动性,稳定市场信心,改善金融市场功能起到了一定的作用,也给其他国家中央银行实施货币政策、进行货币政策工具创新提供了借鉴。     

Board Connections and Dividend Policy

We examine the role of firm board connectedness in shaping a firm's dividend policy. We show that firms with well-connected boards not only have a higher likelihood of paying dividends in the pooled sample of both dividend payers and non-payers but also pay more dividends in the sample of dividend payers, compared with those with poorly connected boards. Further analysis reveals that the relation between board connectedness and dividend-paying behaviour tends to be economically stronger in firms pre-identified to have more severe agency conflicts, suggesting that well-connected boards tend to use dividends to mitigate agency problems in these firms. These findings are robust to different measures of board connectedness, different dividend payout measures, alternative estimation methods, and tests that account for endogeneity.     

Transmission of future prices of corn of the Chicago Board of Trade to the Mexican spot market

In Mexico, the use of the coverage program of the Bureau of Market Services and Agricultural Market Development (ASERCA for its acronym in Spanish) is a tool that has been used by corn producers (mainly for white corn) for the acquisition of derived products in the CBOT (Chicago Board of Trade), the underlying element of which is US#2 grade yellow corn. In a high volatility environment regarding the prices of corn, the prices of CBOT should be adjusted with the spot domestic prices to incentivize Mexican producers to participate in the program. However, through a multivariate stochastic volatility analysis during the period of 2007–2012, it was shown that the future price of corn is not strongly related to the prices registered in some states of the country, therefore, it can be inferred that the coverage through the ASERCA program does not properly comply with its objective of protecting the national farmers that grow white corn, despite the fact that its use has increased.     

The fast track IPO – Success factors for taking firms public with SPACs

Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) are shells initiated with the sole intent of acquiring a single privately held company. SPAC shareholders vote on this acquisition, and in this paper we identify the factors that affect approval probability. Surprisingly, the data indicate more experienced managers and boards do not enhance the probability of deal approval. Similarly, glamor underwriters and larger underwriter syndicates are less likely to be associated with successful SPACs. Further, we find a negative relation between the presence of active investor (hedge funds and private equity funds) shareholdings in a SPAC and approval probability.