Similar financial models： Are they free lunches？

In recent years, the academic and practical circles have paid so much attention to similar financial models because they generated a miracle in GOME （Gome Electrical Appliances Holding Limited） and SUNING （Suning Appliance Co., Ltd.） respectively. But what＇s the influence of such a model on corporate profitability and risk？ Are similar financial models free lunches？ To seek for the answers to the above questions, in this paper, we take Gree （GREE Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai）, Midea （Guangdong Midea Electric Appliances Co. Ltd. Stores） and GOME for examples to carry out a comprehensive and in depth financial analysis. The conclusions of this paper are： The company with similar financial characteristics has higher profitability and risk level; Only the companies which meet special requirements need or can implement such a model and the identification and control of hidden risk can guarantee its success.     

以防御性策略应对全球金融危机

本文分析了全球金融危机的成因、本质和影响,解释了改革开放以来中国经济增长的奇迹,剖析了当前中国经济增长出现困局的原因。目前,要客观分析我国经济运行的态势和环境,科学确定我国经济增长目标,努力保持人民币市场均衡汇率水平,合理制定长期稳定的房地产市场政策,有效转变经济增长模式,积极推进利率自由化,谨防信用风险和通货膨胀重现,实现经济金融的持续健康发展。     

宁夏房地产企业财务战略与税务筹划

现行的税务筹划属于企业财务战略范畴。本文结合宁夏房地产企业税务筹划现状、宏观经济政策和税收政策，具体阐述了宁夏房地产企业如何从财务战略入手，科学地进行税务筹划，降低纳税成本，从而实现企业价值最大化。     

化解金融危机全球要共同稳定货币

2008年的全球金融危机标志着一个时代的终结,引起了人们的广泛思索。无论发达国家还是发展中国家,都在努力寻求化解危机的办法。浮动汇率制度解决不了金融稳定问题,或许多元化的货币政策是解决问题的方法之一。     

农村金融困境:一个基于金融创新视角的分析

政府、金融机构、农村经济个体三者从个体理性出发的博弈行为所导致的结果是集体的非理性“纳什均衡”——农村金融困境。这与当前社会主义新农村建设亟待金融支持形成极大的反差。将金融创新原理运用于农村金融行为的研究,对摆脱农村金融困境具有较强的理论与实践意义。本文主张从市场主体、客体、交易方式及金融环境等方面进行创新,建立以市场为基础、政府为主导的农村金融体系。     

Regional and Global Responses to the Asian Crisis

This paper examines how economic policy-making changed as a result of the Asian crisis of 1997–1998, in the countries affected, in the region, and at the global level. It is perhaps surprising how little change has occurred in the broad approach to economic policy, but there is a much greater awareness of the vulnerabilities posed by large international capital flows. The broad tenets of the Washington Consensus, with its market-based policies, remain in place, but there is a recognition that well-functioning markets require complex institutions, rules, and procedures, and that these take time and effort to develop. Most of this institutional development will have to take place at the national level, but regional arrangements can offer support, and multilateral agencies, such as the International Monetary Fund, have learned from the crisis.     

Do good governance provisions shelter investors from contagion?Evidence from the Russian crisis1

This paper studies how the Russian crisis of 1998 affected listed firms in transition economies. The data cover 394 companies that were listed before the Russian crisis, and include financial, industry, ownership and stock market information. Results show that in the short term (within one month of the crisis) good governance did not shelter investors from contagion. On the contrary, stock returns during the crisis period were lower for the largest and most liquid stocks and markets in the region irrespective of their direct exposure to Russia. The paper also documents that in the longer term (one year after the crisis) recovery was faster in firms without direct trade exposure to Russia, as well as in firms with better firm‐level governance as proxied by the presence of a foreign blockholder. The paper presents evidence that both firm‐ and country‐level characteristics are important in overcoming the effects of a crisis. Firm‐specific characteristics, however, play a bigger role for companies operating in countries with weaker corporate governance.     

On the Coexistence of Banks and Markets*

We examine the coexistence of banks and financial markets by studying a credit market where the qualities of investment projects are not observable and the investment decisions of entrepreneurs are not contractible. Standard banks can alleviate moral‐hazard problems, while financial markets operated by investment banks can alleviate adverse‐selection problems. In competition, standard banks are forced to increase repayments, since financial markets can attract the highest‐quality borrowers. This, in turn, increases the share of shirkers and may make lending unprofitable for standard banks. The coexistence of financial markets and standard banks is socially inefficient. The same inefficiency may occur with the entrance of sophisticated banks, operating with a combination of rating and ongoing monitoring technologies.     

An enduring need: multilateralism in the twenty-first century

That the global economy has been hugely successful over thepast 50 years is unquestionable. A major underpinning of thatsuccess has been the open multilateral system, which has enabledthe emergence of a truly international financial system, reciprocalreduction of trade barriers, and the emergence of many previouslypoor countries into the status of ‘emerging markets’or even ‘developed’. The open multilateral system,however, is increasingly under-appreciated and taken for granted.Preferential trading arrangements have proliferated, and withthem the possibility of discriminatory arrangements for capitalflows. The absence of an international regime for capital flowspermits this development and poses a threat to the system, asdo all of the issues on which countries' governments assert‘their’ interests, and ignore their interests inthe overall health of the system. It is to be hoped that thebenefits of multilateralism are more greatly appreciated, andthat the current trend toward increasing regionalism and departuresfrom the post-war system is reversed.     

发薪日贷款:特点、争论和启示

发薪日贷款在美国大行其道，其简单便利性使穷人也能够获得信贷服务；但是另一方面，由于借款人缺乏自控，不得不连续借贷，从而陷入债务危机，这也导致了政府监管的不断升级。经济学家对发薪日贷款是否改善借款人的福利进行了实证研究，找到了正反两方面的证据。发薪日贷款使我们认识到方便易得的信贷服务的两面性，对我国正在进行农村金融改革有重要的启示。