Industry specific effects in investment performance and valuation of firms

A necessary criterion for a performance measure in corporate governance is the degree to which it mirrors how well the management succeeds in maximizing firm value. Such a performance measure is marginal q which links changes in firm value to the investments undertaken by the management. Empirical studies of investment and performance based on marginal q have demonstrated the usefulness of this measure. Most research however, has mainly focused on long-term performance. This paper takes a short-term perspective and, based on the marginal q-theory, considers how firms’ market values change in the extreme stock price cycle of a stock market bubble. Using a data set of listed Swedish corporations we find an anomaly in form of a new industry specific effect that, in addition to investment, explains changes in firm value.

税负效应与除息日股票价格行为研究——来自A股市场的实证证据

本文基于我国A股市场相关数据对除息日股价行为的税负效应进行全面检验,实证结果表明股息和资本利得税率对除息日股价波动行为具有显著影响,税负效应理论存在于A股市场,但除息日股价波动行为不能完全由税负效应进行解释,另外实证研究还发现我国A股市场不存在税收诱导客户效应。     

The Gilt-Equity Yield Ratio and the Predictability of UK and US Equity Returns

A number of financial variables have been shown to be effective in explaining the time-series of aggregate equity returns in both the UK and the US. These include, inter alia , the equity dividend yield, the spread between the yields on long and short government bonds, and the lagged equity return. Recently, however, the ratio between the long government bond yield and the equity dividend yield – the gilt-equity yield ratio – has emerged as a variable that has considerable explanatory power for UK equity returns. This paper compares the predictive ability of the gilt-equity yield ratio with these other variables for UK and US equity returns, providing evidence on both in-sample and out-of-sample performance. For UK monthly returns, it is shown that while the dividend yield has substantial in-sample explanatory power, this is not matched by out-of sample forecast accuracy. The gilt-equity yield ratio, in contrast, performs well both in-sample and out-of-sample. Although the predictability of US monthly equity returns is much lower than for the UK, a similar result emerges, with the gilt-equity yield ratio dominating the other variables in terms of both in-sample explanatory power and out-of-sample forecast performance. The gilt-equity yield ratio is also shown to have substantial predictive ability for long horizon returns.     

浅析连锁便利店之竞争优势

我国连锁便利店自20世纪90年代初开始出现以来,发展迅速,大有星火燎原,全国蔓延之势,但背后蕴藏着潜在的危机和薄弱环节。本文主要阐述连锁便利店如何形成自己的竞争优势,在需求过剩、市场激烈竞争中脱颖而出。     

宏观经济波动的微观基础:基于股权配给角度的分析

当宏观经济进入衰退阶段,由于上市公司的股权配给,上市公司投资的边际破产成本上升,导致上市公司的投资下降,在投资乘数原理和加速数原理的相互作用下,会使宏观经济衰退更加严重,宏观经济陷入经济衰退与股权配给相互作用的恶性循环中,宏观经济衰退的程度会进一步加大。当宏观经济进入繁荣阶段,呈现与上述相反的过程,会导致宏观经济持续过度繁荣。因此,股权配给是宏观经济波动的加速器。我国的现实是,从微观角度分析,上市公司具有强烈的股权融资偏好;从宏观上看,政府进行股权配给。两者的共同作用,使股权配给具有平抑宏观经济波动的功能。     

我国上市公司增发的市场效应研究

通过研究2000-2004年沪深股市实施增发的86家A股上市公司在增发公告日、上市日的表现,发现公告日、上市日的平均超额收益率均为显著的负数,且上市日的负价格效应要大于公告日。老股东优先配售比例和再发行价格/前价格均对原流通股股东发生作用,而增发价格除以每股净资产和资产负债率则更多地对新流通股股东发生作用,由此印证了最初的假设：公告日股票价格波动的行为主体是原来的流通股老股东,上市日股票价格的波动主要是受新流通股股东的影响。     

投资、银行金融支持与房产泡沫

通过建立房产投资经济模型来分析居民在各种融资情形下房产泡沫的生成机理,结果表明：无论银行是否进行金融支持,房产泡沫都取决于房产预期收益率、房产的投资成本和银行利率;如果居民不存在贷款违约,银行的金融支持不会加剧房产价格的攀升和房产泡沫的生成,而如果居民存在贷款违约,则情况相反,且房产价格和房产泡沫随着居民按揭贷款比例及违约率的提高而提高。这说明政府可以通过提高利率、提高房产交易成本、提高按揭贷款的首付比率、控制贷款违约率以及通过政策宣传引导居民理性购房等措施来控制房产泡沫。