侵权干涉与效率违约的比较——以引诱违约情形的经济分析为中心

效率违约理论认为在引诱违约的情况下,违约能够导致资源流向更高价值的用途,并且减少了交易成本。研究表明,上述两个假设都不能成立。而且由于补偿不充分,效率违约还导致了过多的违约。相反,侵权干涉规则保证了资源流向更高价值的用途,并降低了交易成本,而且避免了过多的违约。     

论网络点击合同下消费者权益的法律保护

点击合同是格式合同在网络环境下的嬗变，是电子商务交易中的主要形式之一。点击合同在信息披露、不公平条款、合同确认方式等方面存在很多亟待解决的新问题，这些问题也直接影响到网络消费者权益的保护。我国应当在借鉴国际先进立法和实践的基础上，对点击合同予以重点监管和规制以适应网络经济发展的需要，为网络消费者权益的保护提供制度保障。     

Embedded counselling in advisory work with clients in debt

This article addresses the potential for embedded counselling in social work with clients in debt. It is based on experiences from Sweden where budget and debt advisors employed by the municipalities give assistance to clients in financial difficulties. A distinction is made between advice and guidance on the one hand and counselling on the other. As the financial problems often have been long lasting, it is not enough with one-time advice that the client hopefully then follows. The purpose of the article, thus, is to explore the possibilities of incorporating counselling in the role of the advisor.     

Coordinating contracts for a financially constrained supply chain

We consider a financially constrained supply chain in which a supplier (leader) sells products to a retailer (follower) who has no access to bank financing due to her low credit rating. However, the supplier can borrow from a bank and offer trade credit to the retailer to alleviate her financial constraint. Failure to pay off a bank loan or trade credit incurs a variable default cost. We analyze the centralized version of the supply chain to obtain new coordination requirements. We then examine whether revenue-sharing, buyback, and all-unit quantity discount contracts can coordinate our supply chain. We show that the all-unit quantity discount contract fails to coordinate. However, the revenue-sharing and buyback contracts can coordinate the supply chain, but only when the supply chain has a sufficient total working capital. Moreover, they cannot allocate profit flexibly unless the supplier has a large enough working capital. Finally, we design a generalized revenue-sharing contract that coordinates the supply chain with flexible profit allocation, and also show by numerical examples its superiority over the revenue-sharing and buyback contracts.     

欧洲债务危机的主要成因分析

肇始于希腊的欧洲债务危机到目前为止都没有停息的迹象,甚至还呈蔓延之势。欧洲债务危机爆发的直接原因是在金融危机的背景下,政府支出规模持续扩大,导致财政赤字居高不下,最终使得国债规模超过政府的偿还能力,出现明显的违约可能性。同时,国际竞争力不足,导致出口受阻,使得资金问题更加严重。从更深层次看,产业结构不合理,经济发展速度缓慢,过低的投资率和储蓄率及过高的储蓄投资转化率,都是导致欧债危机的重要原因。     

Debt‐Relief Effectiveness and Institution‐Building

This article provides new evidence on the effects of recent debt‐relief programmes on different macroeconomic indicators in developing countries, focusing on the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs). The relationship between debt relief and institutional change is also investigated to assess whether donors are moving towards ex‐post governance conditionality. Results show that debt relief is only weakly associated with subsequent improvements in economic performance but is correlated with increasing domestic debt which undermines the positive achievements in reducing external debt service. There is also evidence that donors are moving towards a more sensible allocation of debt forgiveness, rewarding countries which have better policies and institutions.     

自贡盐业契约“出山约”与“出丢上中下节约”研究

在清代民国时期，四川自贡井盐生产过程中出现了“出山约”、“上、中、下节约”等特殊契约形式，导致这种契约形式出现的原因是多方面的，其中自然环境、盐井开采技术以及市场竞争是导致这些契约关系出现的重要原因。这些契约形式的出现对当时自贡地区盐业生产产生了极大的影响，有效地解决了投资者与地主之间的矛盾，保证了井盐开采所需资金来源，分散了投资风险，优化了盐井生产组织形式，提升了投资的积极性，从而使自贡地区的井盐生产能形成独特的生产模式，长盛不衰。     

论主管机关的海难救助报酬请求权

主管机关成为《海商法》上的救助方,不存在法律上的障碍.在我国司法实践中已经出现承认主管机关救助报酬的背景下,结合我国救助费用面临巨大缺口的现实,应承认主管机关的海难救助报酬请求权.同时,鉴于主管机关主要由国家配备公务人员及设备,并由国家财政拨款建立和维持,在确定主管机关救助报酬的具体数额时,应将《海商法》第180条中的奖励性因素排除,主要考虑主管机关的成本费用支出.     

高管层报酬契约构成与标准——基于问卷调查的研究

基于委托代理理论的分析框架,对高管层报酬契约结构与业绩评价标准进行了问卷调查,运用SPSS统计分析软件,对调查结果进行了分析。得出了研究结论:在我国目前上市公司中,高管层报酬契约存在着实行长期期权激励和没有实行长期期权激励的二元结构,具有激励高管层最大化股东财富行为选择的报酬构成是长期期权激励,而没有实行期权激励的公司中,效益报酬具有激励作用;高管层业绩考核指标包括评议性指标和定量指标,运用主成分分析法对业绩评价指标进行了因子界定。     

Managing Quality in a Heterogeneous Contract Manufacturing Environment

The outsourcing of production is a prominent strategy across industries. While the strategy can have many benefits, the popular press reports numerous examples of quality issues originating with contract manufacturers (CMs). Observing these quality issues, multiple scholars call for the quality management (QM) literature to be extended to explicitly address the challenges of managing quality in an inter‐organizational context. Additionally, QM researchers recognize the need to consider contextual contingencies for the effectiveness of specific QM practices. Responding to these calls, we focus on the potential contingent factor of CM heterogeneity (i.e. the degree of product and process diversity at the CM plant). We first test the direct relationship between CM manufacturing heterogeneity and CM quality conformance performance, as reported by the CM's customers, brand‐owning firms. Next, we evaluate the effectiveness of multiple practices that these brand‐owning firms can employ to mitigate the anticipated negative effect of heterogeneity on their CM's conformance quality. We utilize paired dyadic data on 106 contract manufacturing relationships in the food, drug, and medical device industries to test our hypothesized model. The results of our analysis reveal a negative association between heterogeneity at CM facilities and their conformance quality performance. Our results also identify cooperative relationships, contractual coordination provisions, and formal performance assessment programs as practices that brand‐owning firms can employ to largely eliminate the negative impact of heterogeneity on CMs’ conformance quality performance.