Economic ModellingPub Date : 2024-10-15DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2024.106915
{"title":"Market segments and pricing of fine wines over their lifecycle","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.econmod.2024.106915","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.econmod.2024.106915","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Is the fine wine market segmented? The literature shows that this is the case for ordinary wines, and this has significant implications for hedonic analysis. We apply a finite mixture model to a 20-year dataset of auction prices. Our results reveal the existence of five segments in the fine wine market that differ in both their composition and the effects of scores, age, and market conditions on prices. This segmentation helps reconcile the divergent findings in existing research: some wines are highly sensitive to market conditions and have yielded significant returns (investment wines), while prices of other wines are primarily influenced by age (collectible wines) or quality (drinking wines). Our findings enhance the understanding of fine wine pricing and offer new insights into the age-price relationship, which is generally linear but varies by segment and vintage quality.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48419,"journal":{"name":"Economic Modelling","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142444656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Economic ModellingPub Date : 2024-10-11DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2024.106905
{"title":"Air pollution, healthcare use, and inequality: Evidence from China","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.econmod.2024.106905","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.econmod.2024.106905","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study provides the first investigation into the causal distributional effects of air pollution on healthcare utilization in China. Studies have addressed the average impact of air pollution in developed countries while overlooking its distributional effects in developing nations where inequality is evident. We obtained data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study and employed wind direction as an instrumental variable. The findings indicate that air pollution significantly increased inpatient care use among individuals aged 60 and above. Moreover, the study documents significant disparities between and within urban and rural populations. The mechanism analysis indicates that accessibility of healthcare services contributes to inequality. Contributing factors include China's Hukou system, health insurance system, and the distance to hospitals in rural areas. The findings indicate that air pollution intensifies health inequality in the developing world while suggesting that policies to increase healthcare equity could generate significant welfare benefits.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48419,"journal":{"name":"Economic Modelling","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142441777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Economic ModellingPub Date : 2024-10-10DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2024.106903
{"title":"Institutional investor networks and earnings management: The role of the exit threat","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.econmod.2024.106903","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.econmod.2024.106903","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines the potential of institutional investor networks in mitigating horizontal agency conflicts, addressing the gap in the regulatory role of institutional investors in concentrated equity markets. Using data on Chinese listed companies from 2007 to 2020, we employ the multiplex network method to investigate the impact of institutional investor networks on earnings management. Our findings reveal a significant negative correlation between institutional investor networks and earnings management. The mechanism analysis indicates that institutional investor networks primarily exert governance through the exit threat rather than through direct intervention and information dissemination. Collectively, our findings elucidate the important role of institutional investors in corporate governance and promote the application of multiplex network theory to the financial field.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48419,"journal":{"name":"Economic Modelling","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142441776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Economic ModellingPub Date : 2024-10-09DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2024.106906
{"title":"The impact of state-owned capital on labor cost stickiness in private firms: Evidence from China","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.econmod.2024.106906","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.econmod.2024.106906","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Cost stickiness is common in enterprise production and can significantly affect internal resource allocation. Past studies suggest that cost stickiness is more prominent in state-owned enterprises (SOEs). However, these studies have not addressed the impact of state-owned capital (SOC) on the cost stickiness of private enterprises. This study examined the effect of SOC on labor cost stickiness in private firms, employing data from China's private listed firms from 2010 to 2019. Empirical results show that SOC participation in private firms concurrently increased adjustment costs and decreased financing constraints. SOC also significantly exacerbated labor cost stickiness. This relationship was more evident among ordinary employees, competitive industries, and China's central and western regions. The findings demonstrate that SOC participation can harm corporate productivity in the short term but can benefit corporate innovation in the long term.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48419,"journal":{"name":"Economic Modelling","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142432198","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Economic ModellingPub Date : 2024-10-04DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2024.106901
{"title":"Examining the behaviour of inflation to supply and demand shocks using an MS-VAR model","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.econmod.2024.106901","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.econmod.2024.106901","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper examines how inflation reacts depending on whether a supply (cost) or demand (markup) shock occurs. Despite their importance, the behaviour of markups remains an open empirical question in the literature. We use data for the US over the 1948q1-2019q3 period, decompose the price index to markups and costs, and employ a small-scale DSGE model to extract identifying size conditions for the coefficient estimates. These are then used in a Markov-switching VAR (MS-VAR) with fixed transition probabilities using an updating step. The empirical exercise shows that three different regimes exist (expansionary, contractionary, supply shock), while the Generalized Impulse Response Functions document that markups appear to be countercyclical and marginal costs are procyclical across all regimes. As such, inflation's reaction to a shock can be less volatile than expected depending on the regime. In addition, larger shocks have a lower and less persistent effect on inflation, because they are more easily identifiable, allowing corrective action to be taken.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48419,"journal":{"name":"Economic Modelling","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142425579","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Economic ModellingPub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2024.106896
{"title":"The impact of late payments on SMEs’ access to finance: Evidence from credit rationing and loan terms","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.econmod.2024.106896","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.econmod.2024.106896","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Late payments represent a significant threat to the financial resilience of European SMEs, with wide-reaching implications. While existing literature highlights the detrimental impact of late payments on SME liquidity and insolvency risk, the specific effects on credit availability and loan terms remain underexplored. Using unique firm-level data from 11 European countries over the period 2019–2023, we examine how late payments impact SMEs’ access to finance. We document that SMEs experiencing frequent or occasional late payments face difficulties in accessing finance. The primary mechanism is credit rationing, as banks potentially view cash flow uncertainty as an increased risk, prompting them to restrict lending. The increased risks perceived by banks translate into less favorable loan conditions for SMEs facing late payments, such as higher interest rates and smaller loan amounts. These findings highlight the importance of strengthening and enforcing the Late Payments Directive to address the persistent issue of late payments.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48419,"journal":{"name":"Economic Modelling","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142425917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Economic ModellingPub Date : 2024-09-30DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2024.106899
{"title":"Government debt and stock bubbles in China","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.econmod.2024.106899","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.econmod.2024.106899","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Herein, we used Vector Autoregressive and Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium models to examine the relation between central government debt and stock bubbles in China. The empirical findings indicate a considerable negative correlation between central government debt and stock bubbles. The model's results also illustrate that the liquidity substitution effect mainly drives a negative linkage. When commercial banks hold government debt, the effect establishes a connection between central government debt and asset bubbles through commercial banks' balance sheets. Further analysis indicates that countercyclical fiscal policies impact the negative correlation between government debt and stock bubbles. The findings suggest that governments should regulate debt levels to manage asset bubbles.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48419,"journal":{"name":"Economic Modelling","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142425918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Economic ModellingPub Date : 2024-09-30DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2024.106897
{"title":"Industrial policy persistence and local economic performance: The role of subsidy allocation in China","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.econmod.2024.106897","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.econmod.2024.106897","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The persistence of economic policies is crucial for their effectiveness and economic outcomes. However, debates on industrial policy effectiveness have primarily focused on policy tools and target sectors, with little attention given to policy persistence. This paper addresses this gap by evaluating how policy persistence during subsidy implementation affects policy effectiveness. We measure policy persistence using cosine similarity between vectors reflecting the cross-industry distribution of subsidies over consecutive years and instrument it with the occurrence of abrupt public safety incidents. Our results reveal a significantly positive effect of subsidy allocation persistence on local economic performance. This effect is stronger when local governments are influential or industries need consistent government support and weaker when policy changes are more predictable or local officials are less prone to decision-making mistakes. We further provide micro-level evidence showing that the persistence of industrial policies impacts local economic performance by influencing the activities of local businesses.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48419,"journal":{"name":"Economic Modelling","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142425916","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Economic ModellingPub Date : 2024-09-29DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2024.106900
{"title":"Nominal GDP growth targeting vs. Taylor rules in a model with financial frictions","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.econmod.2024.106900","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.econmod.2024.106900","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Nominal GDP growth targeting has gained favor over the last few decades in monetary policy literature (e.g., Ireland 2020; Garín et al. 2016; Beckworth and Hendrickson 2020). Calibrated, small-scale New Keynesian DSGE models have supported the proposition that nominal GDP growth (NGDP growth) rate targeting will improve welfare as compared with alternative strategies such as inflation targeting and Taylor rules with standard parameter settings. This paper examines that proposition in the context of a medium-scale New Keynesian model having a financial sector with frictions. In that model, NGDP growth rate targeting does poorly as compared with the Optimal Taylor rule and a wide range of Taylor rule settings leading up to the Optimal (representative agent utility maximizing) Taylor rule. The presence of the financial sector reveals that not only is NGDP growth rate targeting the least successful among the alternative targets and rules in creating welfare in this model; NGDP growth rate targeting also creates dramatically higher volatility of the policy rate and most financial variables.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48419,"journal":{"name":"Economic Modelling","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142425578","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Economic ModellingPub Date : 2024-09-28DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2024.106898
{"title":"Do sanctions imposed on peers have a deterrence effect on related-party transactions of observing firms? Evidence from Chinese listed firms","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.econmod.2024.106898","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.econmod.2024.106898","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>How to effectively discipline related-party transactions has garnered widespread attention from both academia and practice. While extensive literature has examined the factors influencing related-party transactions, it has overlooked the impact of sanctions imposed on peers on the related-party transactions of other firms. Using panel data covering Chinese listed firms from 2002 to 2021, we find that sanctions imposed on peers have a deterrence effect on observing firms. Increasing the certainty or severity of sanctions significantly reduces related-party transactions in observing firms. Mechanism tests demonstrate that media coverage, industry competition, and social trust strengthen this deterrence effect. Further analysis suggests the deterrence effect of sanctions is primarily driven by indirect reputation effects. Additionally, we find that deterrence effect exists in both state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and non-SOEs. Our study sheds light on the efficacy of enforcement in the Chinese capital market and offers important implications for enhancing regulatory efficiency in emerging economies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48419,"journal":{"name":"Economic Modelling","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142425992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}