The Effect of Media Coverage on the Pricing of Seasoned Equity Offerings

This paper examines the role of media coverage and investor attention on the outcomes of seasoned equity offerings (SEOs). I use an archive of Thomson Reuters news articles to proxy for firm visibility and investor attention. I find that the volumes of news articles prior to the offerings are positively associated with the offer price discounts of SEOs. Furthermore, the volumes of news articles are negatively associated with the cumulative abnormal returns three days around the SEOs. I conclude that the costs of equity increase with media coverage prior to SEOs. Overall, the evidence is consistent with the hypothesis that media coverage affects investors' information processing in SEOs. Copyright © 2018 ASAC. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

加拿大CITT实质性阻碍案例判解之分析

实质性阻碍损害标准是指倾销进口产品严重地阻碍了进口国一个相同产品新产业的建立。作为反倾销法中损害认定三种损害类型中的一种,国际反倾销协议和各国反倾销法包括发达国家如加拿大的反倾销法对其规定得都较为概括模糊,因此有必要对加拿大国际贸易法庭对有关实质性阻碍的案例解释进行分析,以明确该损害标准的适用规则。从实质性阻碍客体之认定和实质性阻碍因素之认定两个方面对实质性阻碍案例解释进行分析。     

A toolbox for garden governance

A substantial fraction of the open space in (peri-) urban and rural areas is covered by domestic gardens which support the delivery of multiple ecosystem services. Although individually they may look insignificant, the aggregation of domestic gardens and of gardening actions can be significant. Referring to ‘the tyranny of small decisions’, we launch the concept of a ‘resource by small gardening actions’: the positive cumulative outcome of individual garden owners adopting pro-environmental gardening practices. Using qualitative research, we gained a thorough insight into the barriers and levers related to the development of domestic gardens as a ‘resource by small gardening actions’. By combining the data from expert interviews with a design workshop addressing garden and landscape architects, and focus groups with private garden owners, we identified eight barriers and nine levers. These levers are part of a ‘mix and match’ toolbox, allowing the development of tailor-made strategies for garden governance. These insights increase the understanding on if and how private actors and their properties could become part of policy plans to support ecosystem services. This adds to the global understanding of the strategic value of daily-life landscapes that exist all over the world.     

Intercorporate Ownership,Taxes, and Corporate Payout Choices*

This paper examines whether corporate payout choices (dividends or share repurchases) are associated with intercorporate ownership in a firm. Using the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) and the Inter‐Corporate Ownership (ICO) database from Statistics Canada, I find that intercorporate ownership is positively associated with a firm’s propensity to pay dividends and negatively associated with a firm’s propensity to repurchase shares. The findings are robust to the endogeneity of intercorporate ownership and the inclusion of various control variables such as firm size, risk, liquidity, growth, and profitability.     

Differences in the determinants and targeting of antidumping: China and India compared

Despite both being developing countries, China and India have markedly contrasting patterns in their use and targeting of antidumping (AD) measures. We explore the factors driving AD use by these two countries, considering in turn macroeconomic, strategic and other determinants. We find more regular or systematic features of AD use by China, while India displays a less systematic pattern of AD use. Economic growth, AD club effect and free trade agreement participation are shown to constrain AD use by China. Compared to India, AD use by China is also more sensitive across industries. Furthermore, China targets developed countries more than developing countries, while India is less discriminating with respect to the country type it targets.     

Innovation and its diffusion: process,actors and actions

Seeking to understand factors affecting innovation diffusion, research has increasingly focused on process, actors and activities. After two decades of research, however, a systematisation of these three sets of studies is still lacking. Thus, this paper contributes to the existing literature providing a comprehensive framework of factors affecting innovation diffusion between organisations. Specifically it evidences phases of innovation diffusion process, clarifies the role of innovator, adopters and intermediaries and evidences actions that policy-makers can implement to support it.     

加入世贸组织后中国企业的反倾销战迫在眉睫

随着越来越多的针对中国企业的反倾销案件的申请 ,中国企业从不敢应诉到第一起胜诉 ,走过了艰苦的历程。加入世贸组织后 ,欧、美将更频繁地利用反倾销———在世贸组织中具有合法外衣的贸易保护手段 ,压制中国企业产品的出口 ,达到保护当地企业的目的。在中国 ,倾销与反倾销贸易战已迫在眉睫。     

建立适应中国国情的反倾销会计支持体系

目前，国外对我国的反倾销案件调查已达500余起，造成的损失年均达800多亿元。在分析我国应诉反倾销的瓶颈的同时，提出建立适应中国国情的反倾销会计支持体系。     

中国被诉反倾销寒蝉效应的实证分析

文章简要介绍对华反倾销样本构成、来源和统计指标后,统计分析发现中国涉案产品出口受美国、欧盟和印度的影响最大,受反倾销影响的行业主要有贱金属及其制品、塑料橡胶、杂项制品、化学工业、机电设备和纺织品。反倾销寒蝉效应模型实证表明:外国反倾销立案和实施措施对中国出口都具有较大的负面影响,其中反倾销立案给中国出口带来的不利影响要高于实施反倾销措施所带给中国的不利影响。     

如何提升我国服装品质及服装企业竞争力

文章针对目前国外"特保"、反倾销等贸易壁垒盛行及国内服装企业竞争能力不足,没有高品质的产品,出口贸易方式急需转变等问题,从企业的外部和内部两个方面提出了提升我国服装品质,提高服装企业竞争力的策略.