Do special issues offer something special? An overview of research trends in Telecommunications Policy special issues

This study explores the value of special issues by analyzing the characteristics of special issues of Telecommunications Policy (TP). Specifically, this study examines the status of special issue publications, the characteristics of their articles compared with those of general issues, and the factors affecting article citations. For the analysis, all information on TP articles published from 1976 to 2018 was collected from the Scopus database. A comparative analysis as well as a negative binomial regression were conducted on papers published after 1994, when the first special issue was published. The results show that special issues are distinguished from general issues by various characteristics, such as multinational author collaboration, number of references, keywords, and funding. While general issue papers are more frequently cited in academia, special issue papers show better performance in terms of online captures and social media sharing. Moreover, the smaller number of variables affects the frequency of citations in the case of special issues, revealing that content and format are more influential than author factors.     

Easing the assessment of emerging technologies in technology observatories. Findings about patterns of dissemination of emerging technologies on the internet

This paper considers the Web as a big data container that can be used by Technology Observatories and administrations to track emerging issues and more specifically emerging technologies. It considers information that is available on the Internet for free from different sources, and proposes a framework that can be useful to characterise them and to detect patterns of dissemination. This framework is made up of 30 metrics obtained from different kinds of sources (general web, patents, scholars?…). Some of them are obtained directly as the number of hits retrieved by queries on a search engine, and other ones calculated by means of ratios. This paper contains the development of a complete case that utilises this framework to characterise emerging technologies included in the well-known Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, in this case the 2015 release¹ and to analyze patterns of dissemination of these technologies on the Internet.     

Debt Issue Costs and Issue Characteristics in the Market for U.S. Dollar Denominated International Bonds

This paper analyzes the issue costs and initial pricing of bonds in the international market. In particular, we investigate the determinants of three components of issue costs: underwriter fee, underwriter spread (the difference between the offering price and the guaranteed price to the issuer), and underpricing (the difference between the market price and the offering price). Total underwriter compensation increases with the bonds' credit risk and maturity, but it is insignificantly related to issue size. Interestingly, underwriters appear to price some issue characteristics directly (by adjusting the fee) and other characteristics indirectly (by setting the guaranteed price). The two compensation components (fee and spread) are negatively related to each other. We provide evidence that this trade-off is consistent with income tax considerations, as well as with two-tier pricing by underwriters. We find no evidence of underpricing.     

宝钢武钢“整体上市”异同探究

宝钢集团于2004年8月12日推出增发方案后股价大跌,与2003年11月18日武钢增发方案推出时的市场表现大相径庭。两者整体上市模式基本相同,为何反差如此之大?本文试图从其“增发方案是否存在让利”,“融资量是否为市场所容纳”,“拟收购资产是否高质量”三个方面找出其原因所在,也为当前欣欣然的“整体上市”热潮敲一下警钟。     

存款保险制度的产生发展及其理论基础

本文通过对存款保险制度在国际上产生发展的背景分析 ,发现该制度在实践中有内在的必然性 ,在理论上有坚实的基础 ,银行的存在是金融效率所在 ,尽管挤兑可能会发生甚至迅速演化为银行危机 ,但不能否定银行的客观必要性。相反 ,需要防止挤兑和银行危机发生的制度安排 ,其中没有任何一种安排能够取代存款保险制度。中国现在比以往任何时候都需要采纳这一制度以适应市场化金融改革开放的需要 ,当然相应的技术问题仍需要解决。     

浅议我国股票发行制度改革及对券商的影响

本文论述了我国股票发行制度从额度审批制到核准制,又到保荐人制的演变过程及其影响。同时阐述了券商投行在新的保荐制度下的应对策略。     

从热工理论基础教学刍议课程改革

热工理论基础是经典、传统、系列化、内容广泛的课程,但对不同专业所需侧重点是不一样的。要 根据不同专业的实际需要,对课程内容和形式进行优化,符合职业技术教育的特点。     

武汉市私营企业发展的理论分析

武汉市同东部沿海城市相比，差距越拉越大，武汉市综合实力在19个副省级城市的排位中不断后移，改变这一格局需大力发展私营企业。武汉市发展私营企业的理论依据一是私营经济发展迎来重要战略机遇期；二是私营经济是全面建设小康社会的发动机；三是发展私营经济是重要的就业平台。     

年金基金投资理论与经验研究综述

年金基金的投资,在西方国家金融理论界和实践界是一个关注的研究问题。在理论研究上,税收套利模型和卖出期权的资产组合模型存在对立观点。而经验研究说明,年金基金的资产组合与资本市场发展阶段、监管规则、发起企业经营状况等密切相关。年金基金投资推动了免疫、条件免疫等投资技术以及衍生金融产品的发展。20世纪90年代以来西方国家出现了年金的自我投资、治理投资和社会投资等新问题。     

关于经济逻辑学及其研究的基本构想

经济逻辑学是国内外理论界所关注的一个新的热门课题。本文从对象、性质、学科特征方面阐述了经济逻辑学的基本概念,构建了该学科的理论研究框架,论述了该研究的理论依据,分析了研究的难点和重点,提出了这一跨学科研究的新的研究方法,从而全面阐述了经济逻辑学及其研究的基本构想。