scholarly journals Examining the Relationship between Different Types of Information Disclosure of Foundations and Chinese Donations

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhijun Lin ◽  
Ying Li
Keyword(s):  
Information Disclosure ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Chinese Policy ◽  
Types Of Information ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Information Project ◽  
Unique Dataset

AbstractThe philanthropy industry in China has rapidly advanced in the past few decades and become more prominent in importance. In this study, we examine and compare how the disclosure of different types of information of Chinese foundations is associated with donations by exploiting a unique dataset from the China Foundation Center (CFC). Specifically, we explore a unique index of transparency on information disclosure or the Foundation Transparency Index (FTI) provided by the CFC and investigate how the donations from Chinese donors are associated with the disclosure of foundation’s basic information, its financial information, project information and its governance information. We find that Chinese donations are more sensitive to foundation’s governance information disclosure. These findings have important policy implications for both Chinese policy makers and practitioners in the industry. Specifically, the results lend strong support to advocating for the imposition of more mandatory regulations on the disclosure of foundation information, especially the governance information.

scholarly journals Inflation and inflation-uncertainty in India: the policy implications of the relationship

2014 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdur Chowdhury
Keyword(s):  
Granger Causality ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Garch Model ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Maximum Likelihood Estimates ◽  
Inflation Uncertainty ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Economic Output ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose – Inflation and its related uncertainty can impose costs on real economic output in any economy. This paper aims to analyze the relationship between inflation and inflation uncertainty in India. Design/methodology/approach – The methodology uses a generalized autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity (GARCH) model and Granger Causality test. Findings – Initial estimates show the inflation rate to be a stationary process. The maximum likelihood estimates from the GARCH model reveal strong support for the presence of a positive relationship between the level of inflation and its uncertainty. The Granger causality results indicate a feedback between inflation and uncertainty. Research limitations/implications – The research results have important implication for policy makers and especially the Reserve Bank of India. Practical implications – It provides strong support to the notion of an opportunistic central bank in India. Originality/value – The results of the paper are of relevance not only to the monetary policy makers but also to academicians in India and other developing countries.

scholarly journals The Influences of Live Streaming Affordance in Cross-Border E-Commerce Platforms

2022 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Yujing Xu ◽  
Wenqian Jiang ◽  
Yu Li ◽  
Jia Guo
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Behavior ◽  
Purchase Intention ◽  
Live Streaming ◽  
Information Transparency ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Unique Nature ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Types Of Information ◽  
The Relationship

Despite the promise of cross-border e-commerce, attracting consumers is still a worldwide challenge. Many cross-border e-commerce platforms have responded to the challenges by embracing innovative tools like live streaming. However, there has been limited understandings of the unique nature of live streaming and its empirical influence. Taking an affordance view of live streaming, this study defines affordance of live streaming as the capacities provided by live streaming and examines how affordance of live streaming affect consumer behavior in the cross-border e-commerce context based on information transparency perspective. Results show that although live streaming does not directly affect consumers’ cross-border purchase intention, it can increase consumers’ purchase intention through increasing perceived information transparency. In addition, affordance of live streaming can further moderate the relationship between different types of information transparency and consumers’ cross-border purchase intention. The findings provide a much-needed contribution to academia and business.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Environmental Information Disclosure and Profitability: A Comparison between Different Disclosure Styles

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. 1556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hua Yin ◽  
Mingyu Li ◽  
Yuan Ma ◽  
Qiang Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Information Disclosure ◽  
Least Squares Method ◽  
Least Square Method ◽  
Environmental Information ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Corporate Managers ◽  
Environmental Information Disclosure ◽  
Research Gap ◽  
The Relationship

Combined with the existing research gap, this paper divides firms’ environmental information disclosure styles into two types: Substantive style and symbolic style. This paper elaborates on the relationship between environmental information disclosure and firms’ profitability of these two disclosure types and tests this relationship using the data from 676 firms employed from the heave-polluting industry. Considering the endogenous and heteroscedasticity problems, 2-stage least squares method and weighted least square method were adopted. The results showed that (1) positive relationships exist between environmental information disclosure and profitability for both types; and (2) the contribution of symbolic-style disclosure to profitability is larger than that of substantive-style disclosure. These findings are important for corporate managers and highlight some policy implications in developing countries.

How Do the Better Educated Earn More? Evidence from Rural China

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Feng
Keyword(s):  
Household Income ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Policy Reforms ◽  
Strong Argument ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Net Profit ◽  
Percent Increase ◽  
Shed Light

The question of whether or how education affects income is a basic concern for economists and policy makers. The fact that education improves one's living perspectives is also a strong argument for undertaking substantial schooling investment in the developed and developing worlds. All these initiatives point to a more fundamental question: How do the better educated earn more? This study seeks to understand this question by drawing on the experience of policy reforms in rural China. In particular, I estimate the net profit function of rural households using China Household Income Project in 2002. I find strong support that education is rewarded through affecting households' allocation of labor and investments. It is estimated that an additional year of education is associated with 2.54 percent increase in net profits: 1.1 percent comes from better allocation of labor; 0.35 percent comes from better utilization of investment; 1.09 percent is due to the direct impact of education on earnings. The study has potentially important policy implications for completing China's economic reforms in that education is a crucial element. It also mirrors the experiences of other developing countries and shed light on how schooling should be financed: focusing on a few rather than universal provision may have a more profound impact on earnings.

scholarly journals Are There Heterogeneous Impacts of National Income on Mental Health?

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (20) ◽  
pp. 7530
Author(s):  
Zimei Huang ◽  
Tinghui Li ◽  
Mark Xu
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
National Income ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Income Levels ◽  
Prevalence Of Depression ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Depression Disorders ◽  
The Relationship

Understanding heterogeneous impact and mechanisms between national income and mental health are crucial to develop prevention and intervention strategies. Based on panel data from 2007 to 2017, this study explores the heterogeneous impact of national income on different types of mental health. Then, it analyzes the heterogeneous impact among countries with different income levels. Furthermore, the heterogeneous moderating effects of national income on mental health mechanisms are elaborated and the findings reveal several key conclusions: firstly, national income exerts a heterogeneous impact on different types of mental health. Rising national income is conducive to increase people’s happiness and reduce their prevalence of anxiety disorders, but it increases the prevalence of depression disorders. Secondly, national income has a heterogeneous impact on different types of mental health among countries with different income levels. Furthermore, the heterogeneous influence mechanism of national income on mental health is mainly reflected in different types of mental health. Unemployment, social support and freedom can moderate the relationship between national income and depression, while social support, positive affect and negative affect can moderate the relationship between national income and anxiety. Finally, based on the conclusions of quantitative analysis, some important policy recommendations are proposed for policy makers.

The Influences of Live Streaming Affordance in Cross-border E-commerce Platform

2022 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Behavior ◽  
Purchase Intention ◽  
Live Streaming ◽  
Information Transparency ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Unique Nature ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Types Of Information ◽  
The Relationship

Despite the promise of cross-border e-commerce, attracting consumers is still a worldwide challenge. Many cross-border e-commerce platforms have responded to the challenges by embracing innovative tools like live streaming. However, there has been limited understandings of the unique nature of live streaming and its empirical influence. Taking an affordance view of live streaming, this study defines affordance of live streaming as the capacities provided by live streaming and examines how affordance of live streaming affect consumer behavior in the cross-border e-commerce context based on information transparency perspective. Results show that although live streaming does not directly affect consumers’ cross-border purchase intention, it can increase consumers’ purchase intention through increasing perceived information transparency. In addition, affordance of live streaming can further moderate the relationship between different types of information transparency and consumers’ cross-border purchase intention. The findings provide a much-needed contribution to academia and business.

Nudges that should fail?

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 316-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
AVISHALOM TOR
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Diagnostic Value ◽  
Welfare Effects ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Normative Status ◽  
Paternalistic Approach

AbstractProfessor Sunstein (2017) discusses the possible causes for and policy implications of the failure of nudges, with special attention to defaults. Though he focuses on nudges that fail when they should succeed, Sunstein recognizes that some failures reveal that a nudge should not have been attempted to begin with. ‘Nudges that fail’, however, does not consider fully the relationship between the outcomes of nudging and their likely welfare effects, most notably neglecting the troubling case of nudges that succeed when they should fail. Hence, after clarifying the boundaries of legitimate nudging within a libertarian-paternalistic approach and noting the fourfold relationship between the efficacy of nudging and its normative desirability, this article evaluates more fully the case of failed nudges and examines the hitherto unaddressed problem of successful yet undesirable nudges. This analysis shows that the failure of nudging bears only limited diagnostic value, while the success of a nudge is even less indicative of its normative status. The article concludes with recommendations for policy-makers who wish to employ nudges that are not only efficacious, but also likely to advance the subjective well-being of the individuals they target.

The role of innovation and institutions in entrepreneurship and economic growth in two groups of countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 485-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel-Angel Galindo-Martín ◽  
María-Teresa Méndez-Picazo ◽  
María-Soledad Castaño-Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Or Efficiency ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Different Types ◽  
World Economic ◽  
Large Groups ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose Economic growth is one the most relevant economic objectives for policy makers. In order to determine the variables that enhance such an objective it is important to consider different types of entrepreneurial activity. It is also necessary to consider the level of development and growth of a country to design the proper economic policy measures, given that entrepreneurship motivations and circumstances vary from country to country. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to analyse the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic growth, including the role played by institutions and innovation considering two types of entrepreneurship (necessity and opportunity) and countries. Design/methodology/approach Data analysis of 31 countries with varying levels of growth and development yielded two large groups – either innovation-driven economies or efficiency-driven economies – following GEM classification based on the phases set out by the World Economic Forum. In order to test the hypotheses, a partial least squares analysis is carried out to show the existing relationships between the different variables, specifically: innovation, institutions, entrepreneurship and economic growth. Findings The empirical analysis used demonstrates that innovation positively affects economic growth and entrepreneurship. In addition, adequate functioning of institutions is shown to enhance economic growth and opportunity entrepreneurship. Finally, there is a positive relationship between entrepreneurship and economic growth. Originality/value Unlike other studies, different types of entrepreneurship (by necessity and opportunity) are essential to this analysis of the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic growth. The country sample was divided considering some country-specific structural circumstances. Neither aspect is considered in the literature and should be considered relevant for designing measures to enhance economic activity.

The Silver Bullet

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur Lupia
Keyword(s):  
Legal Status ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Complex Problem ◽  
Simple Solution ◽  
Institutional Characteristics ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Types Of Information ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Basic Level ◽  
Silver Bullet

People express different opinions about what types of information and knowledge others should have. They offer lists of names, institutional characteristics, or historical facts that are claimed to be essential for competent citizenship. One difficulty facing people who make such claims is that there are thousands of such lists in circulation—and these lists of “what others should know” tend not to look alike. For example, some people make arguments about what others should know in an openly ideological manner—asserting that certain facts and values with which they agree are what everyone should know—and actively think about—when making particular decisions. In the debate over the legal status of abortion, for example, pro-life participants implore others to elevate information about the fetus over other available claims, while pro-choice participants seek to elevate information about the pregnant woman’s well-being over other available claims. Participants in these debates regularly disagree about what kinds of information and knowledge are needed for people to make “competent” decisions about abortion’s legal status. At this point in the book’s discussion of the relationship among information, knowledge, and competence, I want to tell you about a question that I am sometimes asked when giving presentations on these topics. The question is “What do people really need to know about politics (or government or science or climate or “Obamacare,” etc.)?” Many people who ask this question believe it to be a simple one that is answerable in just a few words. In these instances, I am being asked to produce a silver bullet. What is a silver bullet? In folklore, a silver bullet is a device that defeats many different types of monsters (such as werewolves and witches). Today, it refers to a simple solution to a complex problem. The silver bullet that people seek from me is a short set of “facts” that, if only everyone knew them, would guarantee a basic level of competence in tasks such as voting. My questioners are seeking a one-size-fits-all informational solution to a competence concern about which they care deeply.

Using an Act-Based Merit-Index to Predict Between-Year Retention

2003 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert D. Reason
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High School ◽  
Higher Education Policy ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Composite Score ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Retention Models ◽  
Second Year ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship

This study examined the efficacy of an ACT-based merit index (ACT-index) in predicting the first-to-second-year retention of undergraduate college students. The ACT-index quantifies the relationship between students' ACT Composite score and the average ACT Composite score of their high school classmates. Higher education policy makers have proposed the use of merit-indices, similar to the one examined in this article, to predict retention as a way to increase diversity and combat anti-Affirmative Action trends. Results indicated that the ACT-index, although a significant predictor of retention, failed to predict retention as well as the ACT-Composite score. Evidence, however, indicates that further exploration into retention models that utilize merit-indices is warranted. Policy implications of these findings are discussed.

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