The valuation relevance of environmental performance revisited: The moderating role of environmental provisions

This study attempts to broaden our understanding of the value relevance of environmental performance by providing empirical evidence on the moderating role of financial environmental reporting. Previous studies find that firms' environmental performance can be both positively and negatively associated with market value. Such contradictory findings can be attributed to the fact that environmental performance is associated with future economic benefits and costs. This study suggests that firms with recognized environmental provisions on their balance sheets enable investors to disentangle these opposite effects either by signaling strong future financial performance or by enhancing the reliability of environmental performance information. Regardless of the mechanism by which this moderation effect is invoked, it is hypothesized that capital market participants place a positive and significantly higher value on the environmental performance ratings of firms with recognized environmental provisions than on the ratings of firms without environmental provisions. Utilizing a sample of 692 firm-year observations of French listed firms and employing a linear price-level model that associates the market value of a firm's equity with its environmental performance, I provide empirical evidence to corroborate this thesis. In addition to contributing to the academic debate on the market valuation implications of environmental performance, this study intends to provide useful insights from a country that can be considered a pioneer of environmental reporting legislation; hence, it provides valuable lessons for other jurisdictions that are in the process of developing their sustainability reporting regulations. Finally, the findings of this study support the calls for more integrated reporting showing that the interaction of financial and non-financial information has market valuation implications.     

Mandatory IFRS adoption and management forecasts: The impact of enforcement changes

We examine how concurrent enforcement changes affect the positive relationship between mandatory IFRS adoption and firms’ voluntary disclosure. We show that the increase in the issuance of management forecasts after IFRS adoption is smaller for firms from IFRS-mandating countries with concurrent enforcement changes than for those from countries without such changes. We find no difference in the increase of forecast informativeness between firms from IFRS-mandating countries without concurrent enforcement changes and firms from non-IFRS-mandating countries; however, firms domiciled in IFRS-mandating countries with concurrent enforcement changes exhibit a significantly smaller increase in forecast informativeness. Our findings suggest that better IFRS enforcement distinctly weakens (strengthens) the positive effect of IFRS adoption on voluntary (mandatory) disclosure.     

经济管理综合实验中心运行工作的探索

围绕经济管理综合实验中心运行的工作内容、工作流程、组织机构、管理制度和团队建设进行了讨论,并对各环节的优化提出了设计思路。     

日本行政规制改革的全景透析及其启示

自上个世纪80年代初始,日本进行了一场以经济振兴为核心目标、以行政规制缓和为主要内容的行政改革。探究日本行政规制改革的背景和动因,评介日本行政规制改革的历程与策略,剖析日本行政规制改革的特征及其对我国行政规制改革的启示,具有极其重要的理论意义和现实意义。     

声誉机制对环境规制效率的影响研究——基于环境保护财政资金的绩效评价视角

在基于环境保护财政资金的绩效评价视角上，采用博弈论的分析框架，先后使用无限期重复博弈模型和KMRW声誉模型来解释环境保护财政资金使用者声誉机制对环境规制效率的影响。     

论多边贸易体制下的绿色壁垒

该文首先分析绿色壁垒的成因、特点及表现形式,接着指出了WTO中涉及到绿色壁垒问题的相关规定,最后指出我国面对绿色壁垒的应对措施.     

企业财务制度改革有关问题初探

每一次税收的重大改革都伴随着企业会计制度的重大变革：我国企业会计制度的改革经过几十年的改革已基本完善和健全，但实际工作中仍存在许多不足之处。作者总结多年的实际工作经验，提出现代企业财务制度改革的新方法、新思路和新观点。     

WTO规则与中国制造业保护的政策措施

中国政府在加入WTO议定书中，对我国制造业的产业政策、执行国际化标准等问题作出了具体承诺。“中国制造业”推动了中国经济的快速增长，要用WTO规则维护中国制造业的权益，中国制造业要优先发展IT产业。政府要采取切实政策措施使更多的制造业走出国门，要花大气力帮助制造业实现新的跨越，要依靠科技创新提升中国制造业的国际竞争水平，要依靠知识产权培育中国制造业的核心竞争力，要通过环境保护提升中国制造业的形象认同力，要通过认证机制提高中国制造业的技术跨越力。     

美国反洗钱机制及对我国的启示

近年来,我国政府加大了反洗钱工作力度，反洗钱和反恐融资工作逐渐走上正轨，但与该领域的国际标准相比,仍然有较大差距.美国作为全球反洗钱领域的带头羊，其反洗钱的运作和手段确有高明之处。夏我们要善于学习和借鉴国际经验，不断发展与完善具有中国特色的反洗钱机制。     

刍探企业盈余管理

盈余管理不同于会计造假，它是在会计准则允许的范围之内，通过会计政策的选择和会计估计的变更等，合法地调节企业对外报告盈余的行为。当前，我国应进一步修订和完善会计准则等相关会计规范，改善公司治理结构和强化内部控制，加强对企业会计信息披露的外部监管，完善绩效考评制度和管理者薪酬制度，以规范企业的盈余管理行为。