The effectiveness of quantitative easing: new evidence on private investment

This paper examines the effect of Federal Reserve’s large-scale purchases of securities on private investment. We find tentative evidence that quantitative easing (QE) stimulated the level of aggregate investment through the interest rate channel by narrowing corporate bond spread. In particular, the Fed’s purchases of mortgage-backed securities were found to have a statistically significant effect on aggregate private investment. Moreover, using a GARCH model, we find that QE has led to a reduction in the volatility of private investment. This finding remains robust with a QE dummy variable as an alternative measure of the unconventional monetary policy. The study also indicates how different aspects of QE influence private investment and its volatility.     

Understanding New Resource Projects

The surge in new resource projects has been a prominent feature of the recent strong performance of the Australian economy, with mining and energy investment accounting for almost one‐half of all private investment. Although the current round of resource investment has now peaked, as swings in the resource sector tend to repeat themselves, there is an ongoing need to carefully understand the available information sources. We use a specially developed panel of matched projects from three widely followed, but under‐researched, sources to analyze cost inflation, the biases, the degree of independence, and timeliness of each source. This information is of use to policy makers who have to closely monitor these developments, analysts following the resources sector, and project proponents wanting to know something about the typical cost profile of a project.     

Rights,governance, and foreign direct investment: an industry-level assessment

Theories of multinational enterprises emphasize that foreign direct investment (FDI) is undertaken in different industries for different reasons, yet studies of the effects of rights and governance on FDI generally rely on aggregate-level FDI data. This paper evaluates US FDI outflows to 15 industries (eight manufacturing, seven non-manufacturing) in 54 countries in a linear dynamic panel data gravity FDI model using a ‘system’ generalized method of moments estimator and several widely used rights and governance indexes. At the aggregate level, we estimate that stronger rights and governance have a positive effect on FDI, consistent with most prior studies. At the industry level, we estimate larger positive effects of rights and governance on FDI for service than manufacturing industries, particularly for the information and the finance and insurance industries.     

企业战略投资的分类治理——基于交易治理期权观的视角

在不确定和竞争的环境下,企业战略投资价值实现方式的选择或治理模式的选择成为关系战略投资战略价值实现的根本问题。若基于交易成本理论来选择战略投资的治理模式,势必影响企业的重大战略时机和战略价值的实现;而基于期权观的治理理论来选择战略投资的治理模式,不但可以确保战略投资灵活性期权价值的实现,而且能最大化实现企业的战略价值。本文对企业的4类战略投资(技术研发投资、战略原料投资、战略市场投资、战略人力资本投资)的治理问题的具体分析证明了期权治理观的观点。     

Are Venture Capitalists a Catalyst for Innovation?

In this paper we test two hypotheses concerning the presence of innovation in venture capital investments and the growth of innovative venture backed firms. To examine these hypotheses we considered sample of 37 Italian venture backed firms that went public on the Italian Stock Exchange between 1995 and 2004 and by a statistical matching procedure we picked 37 twin firms among the non‐venture backed IPOs for the same period. Our evidence shows that innovation is an important factor during the selection phase but once the investment is made, the company does not promote continued innovation and concentrates all efforts to improve other economic and managerial aspects.     

试论西部投资基金业的发展方式与途径

发展西部金融市场是发展西部投资基金业的首要步骤 ;把金融市场的发展与投资基金的发展相互协调、统一规划是超常规发展西部金融市场的重要方式。培育投资基金的行业主体、创造适合投资基金发展的软环境是发展西部投资基金业的重要步骤。发展西部投资基金业应尽可能利用各种外部力量 ,把发展各种形式的国家基金性质的西部基金作为加快西部基金业发展的重要途径。发展西部基金业 ,应坚持开放式基金与封闭式基金同步发展和股票基金与债券基金同步发展、重点发展债券基金的商品策略     

Social Capital,Investment and Economic Growth: Some Evidence for Spanish Provinces

Abstract

This article analyses the impact of social capital on regional economic growth in Spain during the 1985–2005 period. The literature in this context is virtually nonexistent and, in addition, whereas most studies, regardless of their context, have used survey data in order to measure social capital, we use a measure whose construction is based on similar criteria to other measures of capital stock. Compared with more standard measures of social capital and trust, our measure is available with a high level of disaggregation, and with annual frequency for a long time period. Following a panel data approach, our findings indicate that social capital has a positive impact on GDP per capita growth in the context of Spanish provinces, implying that ‘social features’ are important for explaining the differences in wealth that one might find across Spanish provinces. We also explore the transmission mechanisms from social capital to growth, finding a highly positive relation between social capital and private physical investment.     

中国利用FDI地区差异因素分析

由于各地区利用外资的政策和环境条件的不同,造成了中国利用外商直接投资（FDI）主要集中在东部地区,而中西部地区相对较少的严重不均衡现象。通过地区差异的理论研究结果以及在中国外商直接投资的实际情况,来探讨影响外商直接投资在中国区位差异的主要因素。中国可以通过调整吸引外资政策,加强对中西部地区引资的政策支持力度,促进其完善基础设施建设和优化产业结构等政策措施,来改善中西部地区的投资环境,以促使FDI在东、中和西部地区协调发展。     

北美自由贸易区经济周期协动性的实证研究

自《北关自由贸易协议》签订并实施以来,美国、加拿大、墨西哥三国间的经贸联系日益密切。三国间经贸投资联系的加强必然会作用于三国宏观经济波动的传导,并改变北美自由贸易区内美、加、墨三国经济周期协同的特点。本文首先探讨了《北美自由贸易协议》对美国、加拿大、墨西哥三国间贸易与投资的积极效应,然后对三国在北美自由贸易区成立前后的经济周期协动性变化的特征事实进行了分析,最后考察并检验了《北美自由贸易协议》对三国间经济周期协动性的影响。     

Enterprise Information Management Stratagem on Investment Value Assessment

Enterprise information Management Stratagem is the integration of the enterprise assisted management system and information system including organizational management, products research, production management, marketing. The value of the enterprise IT application is based on the embodiment of copositive benefit in the production operation and management course. The true value of the EIMS not only includes the catalogue in the enterprise operation course, but accord with the enterprise long business operation activities and enterprise value chain increment course.