Folk Economics

Folk economics is the intuitive economics of untrained people. It is concerned with distribution, and does not allow for or understand incentives. Folk economic notions evolved in our ancestors m circumstances where there was little in the way of specialization, division of labor, capital investment, or economic growth. It can explain the beliefs of naïve individuals regarding matters such as international trade, labor economics, law and economics, and industrial organization. It is important that voters understand economic principles. Economists would do a better job of persuading others and of teaching if we paid explicit attention to folk economics. Because untrained individuals do not fully understand gains from trade, training in economics is likely to improve welfare by increasing the number of trading opportunities. There is evidence that this is m fact true.     

图解经济学

衣食住行、学习工作、运动休闲、旅行度假……日常生活中我们时时刻刻都在进行经济行为，思索经济问题，经济学就是这样一门与我们的生活息息相关的学问。     

On Austrian Economics and the Economics of Carl Menger

This paper gives an overview of the work of Carl Menger, the founding father of the Austrian School of Economics. Menger’s theoretical and methodological positions are compared and contrasted with those of contemporary Austrian Economics. The idea of the unintended consequences of individual purposive actions is seen as a key to Menger’s economics. Although many elements of contemporary Austrian Economics can be found already in the work of Menger, we argue that there are some differences with respect to economic theorizing and economic policy recommendations. We propose to bring Austrian Economics closer to mainstream economics, especially with respect to the analytical tools to be used.     

Exchange Rate Economics

The paper summarizes the current theory of how a floating exchange rate is determined, dividing the subject into what determines the steady state and what determines the transition to steady state. The inadequacies of this model are examined, and an alternative “behavioral” model, which recognizes that the foreign exchange market is populated by both fundamentalists and chartists is presented. It is argued that the main importance of understanding the foreign exchange market for development strategy is to permit a correct appraisal of the dangers of Dutch disease. Empirically it seems that from the standpoint of promoting development it is preferable to have a mildly undervalued rate. The paper concludes by examining implications for exchange rate regimes.

循环经济的经济学解读与思考

循环经济模式对于提高资源利用效率和循环利用、达到生态与经济的可持续发展至关重要。文章通过经济学视角分析循环经济的发展，并着重从经济制度层面，从政府作为政策制定者、推广者和维护者的角度出发，提出发展循环经济的途径建议。     

Economics of Agglomeration

We address the fundamental question arising in geographical economics: why do economic activities agglomerate in a small number of places? The main reasons for the formation of economic clusters involving firms and/or households are analyzed: (i) externalities under perfect competition; (ii) increasing returns under monopolistic competition; and (iii) spatial competition under strategic interaction. We review what has been accomplished in these three domains and identify a few general principles governing the organization of economic space. A few alternative, new approaches are also proposed.J. Japan. Int. Econ.,December 1996,10(4), pp. 339–378. Kyoto University and University of Pennsylvania; and CORE, Université Catholique de Louvain and CERAS–ENPC (URA 2036, CNRS).     

超越新古典——新兴经济学理论创新概述

最近10多年来，随着一些非主流新兴经济学科的不断发展与成熟，一个新的、超越新古典传统的经济学理论体系正在逐步形成。本文对新兴经济学在研究方法和基本假设方面的创新进行了阐释，这种阐释有助于我们前瞻性地把握经济学未来的发展方向和趋势，有助于中国经济学家尽快融入这场正在不断向纵深发展的理论创新思潮，从而缩短中国经济学研究与国际学术前沿的差距。     

经济学的力学范式及其在发展经济学中的应用

古典经济学的理论体系和方法体系充满了物理学隐喻，尤其是综合应用和借鉴力学的概念、思想、原理和方法未研究和揭示经济现象和规律。“广义梯度”理论和“各态遍历假说”理论作为经典力学中的两个理论范式，其基本概念、思想、原理和方法在发展经济学中有广泛的应用。文章提出了“广义梯度理论”，并应用该理论对区域经济发展理论作统一的理论诠释和对区域经济增长的多重均衡态进行说明；表述“各态遍历假说”的理论内涵，提出了应用该假说对区域环境与发展的库兹涅茨倒“U”型曲线(EKC)的“临界点”进行预测的方法，并对中国的“临界点”进行了初步的理论估算。     

现行经济学学科设置问题与法律经济学的兴起

通过比较国内外现行经济学学科设置,评述法律经济学的学科定位、学科特征与发展趋势,分析政治经济学、制度经济学与法律经济学的关系,发现在应用经济学一级学科目录下,增设法律经济学这一内容丰富、方兴未艾的金矿学科,已经水到渠成。