Risk-Adjusted Discount Rates and Projects of Unequal Lives

When evaluating mutually exclusive projects of unequal lives and with differing risk, standard approaches such as the constant chain of replacement, lowest common multiple and equivalent annual value techniques are usually applied. In using these techniques to rank projects, a critical issue is the manner in which uncertainty in the cashflows is resolved through time. We explore the applicability of net present value techniques to the problem of valuing assets with unequal lives, emphasising the use of equivalent annual value and lowest common multiple methods, and the correct choice of discount rate. Our results have direct application to practical capital budgeting problems such as choosing the optimum lifespan for a single asset, choosing between assets with different lifespans, and deciding whether to "run an asset for another year".     

新时期加强教师职业道德建设的若干思考

新时期加强都职业道德建设具有重要的意义，要从教师职业特点出发，突出重点，抓住关键环节，搞好教师职业道德教育。     

反腐败之"高薪养廉"对策辨误

“高薪养廉”是很多人极力推崇的对策之一，无论是从理论上还是实践上看，“高薪养廉”都不适合中国国情，不能从根本上解决腐败问题。腐败问题的解决是一项系统工程。     

Foreign direct investment and vertical integration of production by Japanese multinationals in Thailand

We test the vertical model of foreign direct investment (FDI) empirically using firm level information on Japanese multinational activity in Thailand. These data allow us to investigate the effects of both home country (Japan) and host country (Thailand) characteristics on the inter-industry pattern of FDI. For 85 manufacturing industries over the period from 1985 to 1995, we find a positive influence of industry variation in skill intensity and market size in the host country and a negative effect of transport costs on the amount of FDI. These results provide strong direct econometric evidence of vertical integration of production across the countries. Journal of Comparative Economics 32 (4) (2004) 805–821.     

制度运行机制研究

加入WTO以后，我国面临的最大的挑战是制度创新的挑战，而制度运行机制的创新又是创新的重要组成部分。长期以来，我国各项制度不完善主要表现在运行机制的不完善，因此，要加强制度运行机制的研究和建设。文章提出了制度运行机制的实现形式。     

行政许可法打造法治政府

通过对新颁布的《行政许可法》的梳理和分析，认为《行政许可法》在有限政府、程序政府、责任政府等方面建立了许多具有突破意义的制度和新的规定，这些制度的建立和新的规定的实施，必将为我国建立法治化政府，进而建设社会主义的法治化国家，带来深远意义的影响。     

应用期权方法构建商业银行贷款利率模型

以分析公司普通股所具有的看涨期权特性为出发点，以Black—Scholes看涨期权定价模型为基础，根据不同企业资本结构和资产回报风险的差别，构造了一个商业银行基本贷款利率模型。从期权角度来设计贷款利率模型，除考虑了企业的经营风险因责外，还同时考虑了企业融资结构所带来的财务风险，能更加全面地反映出商业银行贷款的保障程度。     

论我国行政指导的运行及制度构想

行政指导已成为现代市场经济国家行政发展的新趋势,在我国也有了社会经济背景、政府行政背景、民众意识背景和法学理论背景等方面的运行基础。行政指导在我国行政实务中开始得到广泛运用,其独特作用已经显露,但实践和制度上仍有很多不可回避的问题,需要对行政指导在实体规范、程序规范、监督救济机制以及配套规范方面进行制度设计。