Impulse response function analysis of the impacts of land value-added tax policy on government performance

In this study, an epsilon-based network data envelopment analysis is employed to construct assessment mechanisms for government performance. Moreover, performance indicators of two dimensions of tax collection efficiency and financial effectiveness are measured. We propose a vector autoregression model in which all economic variables are regarded as dependent variables to address the disadvantages of traditional regression model. The conclusions are as follows: (a) measures of tax collection efficiency deteriorated, whereas those of financial effectiveness improved. (b) In an impulse response analysis of the model, an increase in government-published land values produced significantly increased tax collection efficiency.     

Volatility forecasting: long memory,regime switching and heteroscedasticity

In this article, we account for the first time for long memory, regime switching and the conditional time-varying volatility of volatility (heteroscedasticity) to model and forecast market volatility using the heterogeneous autoregressive model of realized volatility (HAR-RV) and its extensions. We present several interesting and notable findings. First, existing models exhibit significant nonlinearity and clustering, which provide empirical evidence on the benefit of introducing regime switching and heteroscedasticity. Second, out-of-sample results indicate that combining regime switching and heteroscedasticity can substantially improve predictive power from a statistical viewpoint. More specifically, our proposed models generally exhibit higher forecasting accuracy. Third, these results are widely consistent across a variety of robustness tests such as different forecasting windows, forecasting models, realized measures, and stock markets. Consequently, this study sheds new light on forecasting future volatility.     

Relative-to-rival corporate philanthropy,product market competitiveness,and stakeholders

Unlike most of the literature that examines the relationship between corporate philanthropy and financial performance, this study investigates the mechanisms through which corporate socially responsible behaviors produce financial outcomes. We propose that corporate philanthropy improves corporate competitiveness by eliciting positive responses from stakeholders, who assess a firm’s philanthropic contribution in relation to its rivals to determine what level of support they wish to provide to the firm. We predict that a firm’s philanthropy relative to its rivals has a positive effect on its product market competitiveness, and that this positive effect is moderated by three conditions that influence stakeholder response: stakeholder attention to philanthropy, its perceived legitimacy, and expectations of corporate giving. Our predictions are generally supported by our analyses. Overall, this paper shows that strategic philanthropy has a quantitative dimension, and firms obtain the market competitiveness associated with corporate philanthropy by integrating their rivals’ positions into their decision making.     

从空间的权益解析当下开放式住区的实践途径

"开放式住区"意味着住区街道、公共空间等面向城市开放,与封闭式住区相比,其内部公共产品的空间属性产生了变化,这也引起居民在物权方面的担忧。从空间权益的角度解读开放式住区的实践途径具有现实意义。"大院"和"小区"是最典型的中国居住区模式,分析认为,它们是政府对城市基层单位的空间发展权让渡,形成了空间权益的内化现象。开放式住区则意味着地方政府对基层空间主导权的回收。在实践途径上,比较了财产权模式与中国模式的区别,提出加强政府对城市空间发展权的主张;并分别针对"新建住区"和"改造住区"讨论了实践中的主要问题和可行方法。     

跨入新世纪的石油、能源和经济发展记"2001·北京--世纪石油论坛"

“2001·北京——世纪石油论坛”于10月23～24日在北京举行。论坛由国家经贸委主办,中国石油天然气集团公司、中国石油化工集团公司、中国海洋石油总公司和中国化工进出口总公司协办,国家经贸委经济研究中心和3E信息咨询公司承办。这是在“9·11”恐     

征占用林地生态公益林价值评估的探讨

国家重点工程建设常常需要征占用生态公益林的林地.在进行补偿时,如何评估此生态公益林林木的价值呢?不同评估方法,其评估价值有很大的差异.本文将征占用林地的天然生态公益林的评估价值定为以培育中径材为目标的同类林分用材林评估价值的三倍至五倍.作者认为这样的评估价值最接近现行市场交易价,能够为征占用单位和林木所有者所接受.     

加大关键性领域改革力度奠定经济发展体制基础

2005年,是我国改革与发展继往开来的重要年份。我国将要完成“十五”规划提出的各项主要任务,并向全面建设小康社会的第二个五年迈进;同时,加入世贸组织的三年过渡期基本结束,开始跨进范围更广、层次更深的开放型经济。2005年能否保持经济平稳较快增长,不仅关乎年度宏观经济稳定,而且涉及能否为“十一五”期间奠定坚实的、可持续的基础,甚至将影响到整个“十一五”时期的经济走势。因此,今年经济工作不仅应实现年度宏观调控的四大目标(经济增长、物价稳定、就业增加和国际收支基本平衡),而且还要为延长经济上升期创造有利条件。一、目前我国…     

票据无权代理追认制度微探

票据行为是一种法律行为，自然也可以以代理方式为之。民法上有关代理制度的规则一般也都可以适用于票据代理行为。但由于民法与商事法的立法旨趣各有侧重，为促进票据流通、保障交易安全，票据代理不能照搬民法上关于代理制度的规定。票据的无权代理是票据代理中一个非常典型的问题，与民法上的无权代理区别很大，其中存在的问题很多。对于票据的无权代理中是否应当赋予本人以追认权，多数大陆法系国家的立法例与英美法系国家之立法例有所不同。