Earnings management and abnormal returns: Evidence from the 1970–1972 Price Control Regulations

We examine the association between abnormal returns and earnings management in the context of price control regulations to test the construct validity of the earnings management model. Abnormal returns are used as a market–based measure, and discretionary accruals are employed to measure earnings management. Our results support the hypotheses that (1) price control regulations affect firms' security prices negatively, (2) firms make income–decreasing discretionary accruals to increase the likelihood of price increase approval, and (3) firms that are affected most negatively by the regulations manage earnings more aggressively. We conclude that the earnings management model we use in this study is capable of predicting opportunistic discretionary accruals.     

Dividend Imputation and Shareholder Wealth: The Case of New Zealand

On April 1, 1988, New Zealand stopped the double taxation of dividends by implementing a full dividend imputation program. Because many believed that the tax advantage of debt had led to more highly leveraged firms subject to greater financial risk than was socially optimal, it was hoped the removal of incentives to finance with debt would result in a more efficient allocation of capital. The empirical results suggest that the shareholder wealth gain from dividend imputation was more than offset in firms with large debt levels. Moreover, an examination of debt ratios indicates debt levels declined in the post–imputation period.     

社会养老保险新政的运行效果分析——基于沈阳市国有大型企业的调查

利用调查数据重点考察了社会养老保险新政的实际运行效果,指出了目前存在职工参保意愿不强烈、政策有效性尚不明显、对制度长期建设缺乏信心等现实问题,以期对养老保险制度的改革完善提供理论和政策依据。     

Customer ignorance, price-cap regulation, and rent-seeking in mobile roaming

Mobile phone usage when traveling abroad is expensive. Although the network connection switches frequently between available networks, the choice of network is largely independent of wholesale prices. As a consequence, we show that wholesale prices are strategic substitutes. The recent European price-cap regulation forces firms to reduce wholesale and retail roaming prices, but does not solve the underlying problem. There may thus be a permanent need for regulation analogous to what we have for domestic call termination. Furthermore, we show that there is a risk that wholesale price-cap regulation stimulates wasteful rent-seeking activity.     

创业导向、外部知识获取与创业机会识别

创业活动是创新、就业和经济增长的重要来源。企业家通过持续探索创造新业务,促进社会和经济的发展和繁荣。本文基于资源基础理论和知识基础理论,以大众创业浪潮为研究背景,深入揭示创业导向、外部知识获取与创业机会识别之间的关系,并以中国246份创业新企业为样本进行了实证研究。研究结果表明：创业导向对新企业的机会识别和外部知识获取均具有积极影响;外部知识获取在创业导向和新企业的机会识别之间起到部分中介作用;此外,市场知识获取比技术知识获取对创业机会识别的影响更为突出。     

提升农村公共危机管理能力——建设社会主义新农村的必经之路

2006年关于三农的\"一号文件\"提出了建设社会主义新农村的战略构想,为了建设社会主义新农村,我们必须认清我国农村潜伏的危机,并力图提升我国农村公共危机管理的能力.关于农村公共危机,文章着重分析了我国目前农村公共危机的五种类型,最后根据张成福的\"全面整合\"模式提出了提升农村公共危机管理能力的七种途径.     

论商标反向假冒行为及其法律规制

商标反向假冒行为妨碍了他人对自己商标的正常使用,扰乱了正常的市场秩序,欺骗了广大消费者和公众。很多国家的立法都明文对其进行规制,我国现行法律亦从不同角度对其进行规制。当前,对严重的商标反向假冒行为,应予以刑法调整。     

两江新区发展现代服务业的比较优势及策略分析

两江新区是我国内陆地区唯一的国家级开发开放新区。发展现代服务业已成为两江新区经济发展的重要内容以及重庆市政府实现"314"总体部署的迫切需要和最佳选择。本文从现代服务业的内涵及两江新区发展现代服务业的意义出发,分析了两江新区发展现代服务业具有的比较优势,并从政府行为、产业布局、文化建设、人才引进以及主导产业选择等方面提出相应策略。     

浅析新会计准则对投机性盈余管理的影响

2006年2月15日,我国财政部发布了最新<企业会计准则>,宣告中国建立了完整的会计准则体系.新会计准则在很大程度上规范了财务信息的披露行为,压缩了投机性盈余管理的操作空间,削弱了企业管理层利用其进行投机性盈余管理的广度、深度与频度,会计准则对盈余管理起着关键的制约作用.针对会计准则制定的不尽完善及其尚未规范的空白地带,我国会计准则的制定机构,应细化准则中的公允价值概念,健全会计准则的解释与评价机制,优化准则制定程序,为堵塞恶意盈余管理行为构建一套科学高效的财务信息披露机制.