UNIT MANAGEMENT BUYOUTS, STOCKHOLDER WEALTH, AND SELLING FIRMS' CHARACTERISTICS

Previous research on unit management buyouts, UMBs, has shown that selling firms benefit from the selloff transaction. The current research demonstrates that when the selling firm has either poor liquidity or poor earnings, selling firm shareholders do not benefit as much. We hypothesize that the unit managers have knowledge about the selling firm's difficulties so they do not pay as large a premium for the assets. Since the unit managers technically are employed by the selling firm shareholders, their bargaining to achieve a better price is an agency cost. Finally, selloff frequency does not affect seller abnormal returns.     

An empirical analysis of the relationship between the hedge ratio and hedging horizon: A simultaneous estimation of the short‐ and long‐run hedge ratios

This article analyzes the effects of the length of hedging horizon on the optimal hedge ratio and hedging effectiveness using 9 different hedging horizons and 25 different commodities. We discuss the concept of short‐ and long‐run hedge ratios and propose a technique to simultaneously estimate them. The empirical results indicate that the short‐run hedge ratios are significantly less than 1 and increase with the length of hedging horizon. We also find that hedging effectiveness increases with the length of hedging horizon. However, the long‐run hedge ratio is found to be close to the naïve hedge ratio of unity. This implies that, if the hedging horizon is long, then the naïve hedge ratio is close to the optimum hedge ratio. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Jrl Fut Mark 24:359–386, 2004     

International Capital Mobility in the Presence of Unemployment Insurance

The paper develops a general–equilibrium model with layoff unemployment to examine the effect of different unemployment insurance policies on international capital mobility. Conditions are derived under which capital will flow to the high–benefit country. Incentives for international capital movements are unaffected by how the burden of financing unemployment benefits is distributed between workers and firms. It is shown that capital outflows might have positive welfare effects for workers. This contrasts with results from standard models of international factor movements.     

大连普兰店北部乡镇与日本同纬度地区资源开发的比较分析

文章基于文献研究以及大连市普兰店北部乡镇的农业发展现状，依照科学发展观的原理，分析了同纬度地区日本的农业资源开发模式，就我国目前的自然条件、农业生产状况、开发经营模式、开发利用效益、农业发展组织模式、化肥施用水平等方面与日本进行比较，为北部乡镇的资源开发和经济发展提供有益的启示。     

对独立董事制度的理性思考

独立董事制度作为改善我国上市公司治理结构的政策措施,已通过证监会的文件《关于在上市公司建立独立董事制度的指导意见》(以下简称《指导意见》)在上市公司推行。但这项政策的实际效果并没有达到预期效果,原因何在?一、独立董事的职能定位独立董事的产生根源是由于股权结构的     

小学体育新课标目标统领下单元教学计划的研究

新的全日制义务教育《体育(1至6年级)课程标准,》对体育课提出了运动参与、运动技能、身体健康、心理健康和社会适应等五大领域的教学目标。文章通过实验,在对比中阐述了以新课程标准为教学目标,进行有针对性的教学设计和课堂实施,可使学生各方面的发展更符合新时期的要求的观点,并提出了单元教学计划设计的方法。     

从《中华人民共和国物权法(草案)》谈城乡规划及其管理观念的转变

城乡规划代表公共利益,物权法保护物权人的合法权益;城乡规划及其管理代表一种调整和规范土地及地上建筑物等不动产物权的设立、行使的公共行政权力,物权法赋予了物权人对其不动产相关物权享有直接支配、排他性干涉的权力;在城乡规划及其管理工作方面,如何平衡上述两种权力?本文从城乡规划及其管理的主要环节--编制、实施、监督检查、批后管理四方面做出了阐释.     

山西天镇晚白垩世恐龙动物群发掘简报

文章简要介绍了山西天镇晚白垩世恐龙化石的发现、发掘概况及动物群的特征，讨论了含化石地层—灰泉堡组的时代，认为无疑应属晚白垩世。以晚白垩世蜥脚类巨龙科和鸟臀类甲龙科化石为代表，别具特色的新恐龙动物群为一突破性的发现，对它的深入研究，将对蜥脚类、甲龙类及其共生动物群的组成、性质、演化、迁徙和动物地理区的划分及探讨白垩纪末恐龙的绝灭有重要的科学意义。     

党员先进性教育必须以提升师德水准为长效机制

结合高等院校“保持共产党员先进性教育”活动,提出了建立高校先进性教育的长效机制的关键是提升师德水准。要从办学理念、服务育人理念及大学生德育工作入手,在先进性教育活动实践及制度建设中提高师德认识、培养师德素质、提高师德信念、保障师德建设。     

信用的二重性探究

人类最初产生的信用 ,是包含在公道和友谊之中的信用 ,后来才产生借贷这种经济学意义上的信用。信用同时具有伦理品性和经济品性双重属性。现代信用既具有私人物品的竞争性、排他性 ,又具有一般公共物品的非竞争性、非排他性特征 ,还具有一般公共物品所不具备的无形化及以社会道德为基础等特殊性。信用作为公共物品仍是经济品性和伦理品性的同构体