{"title":"The Impact of Two-Way Mixing Path Choice on Corporate Innovation-A Quasi-Natural Experiment From China","authors":"Kai Wan, Jia Zhao","doi":"10.1111/1467-8454.12395","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8454.12395","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study utilizes data from Chinese publicly listed companies between 2008 and 2020 and applies the PSM-DID model to examine the impact of dual mixed-ownership reform and the shift in relative control rights on corporate innovation, as well as the underlying mechanisms. The results indicate that mixed-ownership reform significantly promotes corporate innovation, particularly enhancing innovation levels in state-owned enterprises. This positive impact of mixed-ownership reform on innovation is more pronounced in large state-owned enterprises. Moreover, when private shareholders acquire relative control, the innovation effect of mixed-ownership reform is amplified. The transfer of relative control rights in smaller private enterprises has an even greater positive effect on innovation. Further analysis reveals that market mechanisms can strengthen the innovation effect of mixed-ownership reform in private enterprises and that such reforms also significantly improve corporate economic performance. Our findings are of great significance for the breakthrough of mixed ownership reform from “quantitative change” to “qualitative change” as well as for promoting reform through classification and stratification.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":46169,"journal":{"name":"Australian Economic Papers","volume":"64 3","pages":"309-319"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144927464","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Exploration of Auction Price Concentration at the Artist Level","authors":"Tim R. L. Fry","doi":"10.1111/1467-8454.12394","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8454.12394","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Auction price studies have typically had an object-based focus, employing models to understand the prices of artworks. In this paper, we take an alternative focus on price heterogeneity, considering the artist, not the artworks, as the level of observation. Understanding how factors relating to the artist, such as gender and region, and their work, such as how diverse their oeuvre is, provides new insights into our overall understanding of price heterogeneity in the art auction market. Using panel data from the Australian Art Sales Digest for auctions containing artworks by Australian Indigenous artists, we investigate artist-level price heterogeneity. We find significant impacts of product and supply diversity, regions, fame and the living status of the artist, particularly a strong death effect. Conversely, there are no significant effects of artist supply factors (number of works offered) or the gender of the artist.</p>","PeriodicalId":46169,"journal":{"name":"Australian Economic Papers","volume":"64 3","pages":"299-308"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1467-8454.12394","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144927660","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Effectiveness of Macroprudential Policies on Credit Growth in Vietnam","authors":"Thi Thu Hong Dinh, Tuan Huu Nguyen","doi":"10.1111/1467-8454.12393","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8454.12393","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study presents a comprehensive analysis of the effectiveness of macroprudential policies on credit growth in Vietnam. It introduces an advanced approach to create a macroprudential index (MPI) that measures the state of macroprudential policy. The MPI is then applied to a high-frequency database on a monthly basis to estimate its impact on real credit growth and the country's credit growth cycle. The study's comprehensive nature is evident in the manual survey of the policies of the State Bank of Vietnam and the information published by commercial banks from January 1999 to June 2023. The findings reveal that, unlike flexible monetary policy, macroprudential policy tools have gained prominence and have been tightened since 1999. Moreover, empirical evidence suggests that tightening macroprudential policies in Vietnam has helped reduce real credit growth, although they have not been effective in smoothing real credit growth cycles.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":46169,"journal":{"name":"Australian Economic Papers","volume":"64 1","pages":"139-151"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143530619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dynamic Interconnectedness of ESG Indices and Crude Oil Prices: A Wavelet Coherence Approach in Asia-Pacific Markets","authors":"Chandan Sharma, Priya Rani","doi":"10.1111/1467-8454.12392","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8454.12392","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study examines the interconnectedness between crude oil prices and ESG (environmental, social, and governance) indices in major Asian economies, using wavelet coherence analysis to explore their dynamic co-movements. The analysis includes daily data from January 2019 to March 2024 for nine economy-specific ESG indices, an ASEAN regional ESG index, and the Dow Jones Brent Crude Oil Index. Wavelet coherence results reveal high coherence amidst ESG indices and the crude oil index during the COVID-19 pandemic, indicating a significant synchronized impact on global markets. Post-2020, the relationship becomes more variable, with intermittent coherence reflecting different phases of economic recovery and responses to new market conditions. Notably, ESG indices often lead crude oil prices, suggesting that they respond anticipatorily to economic signals, sustainability trends, and policy changes. The results highlight the complex and diverse relationships between oil prices and ESG indices. This underscores important implications for investors and policy-makers striving to balance sustainability goals with economic stability. By contributing to the understanding of regional market dynamics, this research offers valuable insights for developing resilient investment strategies and policies in the context of sustainable finance in Asia.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":46169,"journal":{"name":"Australian Economic Papers","volume":"64 3","pages":"289-298"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144927721","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Government Intervention in Land Markets: The Role of Industrial Policies in Shaping Land Use Costs","authors":"Kaishun Li, Kaiming Li","doi":"10.1111/1467-8454.12391","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8454.12391","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Industrial policies influence national economic development by allocating industrial land resources. Unlike the market-oriented industrial land transaction systems in developed countries, China's industrial land transactions are significantly influenced by governmental intervention. However, there is insufficient research on the extent and mechanisms of industrial policy's influence on land use costs in this context. Therefore, this study combines land transactions, industrial policy, urban statistics, and listed company data, creating a dataset of 9705 land transactions from 2011 to 2020 to analyze industrial policies' impact on land use costs. The findings are as follows: First, different industrial policies have differentiated effects on land use costs, with lower costs for key industries and higher costs for heavily polluting industries. Second, the impact is more pronounced when the land parcel is situated outside the development zone, transferred by the prefecture-level city government, and the proportion of the tertiary industry in the province is relatively low. Third, local governments achieve regulation of land use costs through industrial policies by employing listing method and transferring land to state-owned enterprises. Furthermore, subsequent investigations reveal that industrial policies can mitigate the decline in total factor productivity caused by increased land use costs for enterprises. This article holds significant implications for optimizing industrial land resource allocation and facilitating industrial transformation and upgrading in developing countries.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":46169,"journal":{"name":"Australian Economic Papers","volume":"64 2","pages":"267-278"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144207034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Walid Mensi, Ramzi Nekhili, Xuan Vinh Vo, Sang Hoon Kang
{"title":"Hourly Asymmetric Multifractality and Dynamic Efficiency in Cryptocurrency Markets: The Effects of COVID-19 and Russia–Ukraine Tension","authors":"Walid Mensi, Ramzi Nekhili, Xuan Vinh Vo, Sang Hoon Kang","doi":"10.1111/1467-8454.12390","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8454.12390","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This paper examines the hourly downward/upward multifractality and dynamic efficiency of four cryptocurrencies—Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Ripple (XRP), and Litecoin (LTC)— before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, and during the Russia–Ukraine tension. Using the asymmetric multifractal detrended fluctuation analysis method, the results show significant asymmetric multifractality in all series, which intensifies for BTC only throughout the COVID-19 crisis and narrows for ETH, XRP, and LTC. Moreover, we show that cryptocurrency markets are more inefficient during the upward (downward) trend and before (during) the COVID-19 crisis. LTC is the least inefficient market pre COVID-19, whereas XRP is the least inefficient during the pandemic crisis. The results show evidence of excessive asymmetric multifractality for all four crypto markets. Before the COVID-19 crisis, positive values of excess asymmetry in multifractality have been identified for BTC and LTC markets, whereas the excess asymmetry values were negative for ETH and XRP markets. BTC and ETH markets showed wider multifractality fluctuations compared to LTC and XRP, indicating a stronger reaction to the war's impact.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":46169,"journal":{"name":"Australian Economic Papers","volume":"64 2","pages":"251-266"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144206951","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Predictive Power of Economic Policy Uncertainty for Exchange Rate Volatility: Evidence From Multiple Economies","authors":"Qing Wei, Bisharat Hussain Chang, Yingyuan Cai","doi":"10.1111/1467-8454.12389","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8454.12389","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This paper evaluates the in-sample and out-of-sample forecasting performance of EPU vis-à-vis other widely used macroeconomic variables for volatility in exchange rate variability. Our findings, based on both in-sample and out-of-sample forecasting across a range of economies, indicate that the differential of the EPU between any two nations is persistently one step ahead of alternative macroeconomic predictors. Monte Carlo simulations and mechanism analysis indicate that a greater differential of the EPU is negatively correlated with bilateral trade, on the one hand, and positively with bilateral foreign exchange trading activities, on the other hand. The findings further indicate that EPU is a formidable predictor of both short-run and long-run exchange rate volatility once the endogeneity problem has been addressed, along with using multiple proxies. These results have important implications for studies about the causes of exchange rate fluctuations and enlighten policymakers and market participants on managing foreign exchange risks.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":46169,"journal":{"name":"Australian Economic Papers","volume":"64 2","pages":"235-250"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144207061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Petrol Prices, Food Prices, and Inflation Perceptions in New Zealand—Evidence From a Threshold Analysis","authors":"Puneet Vatsa, Gabriel Pino","doi":"10.1111/1467-8454.12388","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8454.12388","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Inflation perceptions shape inflation expectations. However, little is known about the factors influencing these perceptions. In this study, we address this gap by employing threshold regressions to analyze the associations between changes in petrol and food prices—two of the most conspicuous prices—and inflation perceptions in New Zealand. Findings reveal a positive association between petrol and food price inflation on the one hand and inflation perceptions on the other, with some evidence suggesting closer associations for food price inflation. Furthermore, the relationships do not change when high inflation rates are considered instead of low inflation rates. Finally, inflation perceptions are more closely related to petrol and food price inflation over the previous year than just the most recent quarter.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":46169,"journal":{"name":"Australian Economic Papers","volume":"64 2","pages":"170-178"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144207039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effective Market Power and Welfare Loss","authors":"Zhongqi Deng, Yue Luo, Cailin Yang, Xuecheng Fan","doi":"10.1111/1467-8454.12386","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8454.12386","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This paper introduces a straightforward and effective estimation methodology for quantifying firm-level welfare losses attributable to market power in monopolistic competition markets. Our analysis underscores that welfare losses are primarily contingent on effective market power, expressed as the product of the Lerner index and market share. Furthermore, our study demonstrates that welfare loss computed using the Hicksian measurement is smaller than that obtained through the Marshallian measurement. Finally, we apply this methodology to estimate firm-level market power and welfare losses in the Chinese carbonated beverage industry.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":46169,"journal":{"name":"Australian Economic Papers","volume":"64 2","pages":"279-287"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144207069","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analyzing Healthcare Production Under Uncertainty in a State-Contingent Framework","authors":"Sriram Shankar","doi":"10.1111/1467-8454.12387","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8454.12387","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>In health care, decision-makers grapple with uncertainty, influencing production choices. This paper introduces a model exploring healthcare production under uncertainty using a state-contingent framework. Employing a parametric model and a general utility function, it calculates decision-makers' subjective probabilities for potential future states. Through numerical examples, it illustrates how optimal production choices are made. The model defines production technologies as state-allocable, facilitating resource allocation among various states and allowing for substitution of state-specific outputs. This approach offers more flexibility compared to traditional production analyses, empowering healthcare producers to better adapt and respond to uncertainties.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":46169,"journal":{"name":"Australian Economic Papers","volume":"64 2","pages":"179-188"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144206449","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}