中国发展低碳经济的影响因素研究——基于扩展的STIRPAT模型分析

深入探讨发展低碳经济的主要影响因素,对转变经济发展方式、建设资源节约型和环境友好型社会有着重要的理论和现实意义.因此,基于扩展的STIRPAT模型,利用1990年--2009年统计数据,对我国发展低碳经济的主要影响因素及其贡献率进行了实证研究.结果表明,人均国内生产总值、人口规模、单位能耗碳排放量、能源消费结构等对碳排放量有显著的正向影响,而产业结构、城市化水平、国际贸易分工对碳排放量影响不显著;其中人均国内生产总值持续增长是碳排放量增加的最大正向影响因素,且其贡献率也最大;能源强度变动是碳排放量增加的最大负向影响因素,其对碳排放量的增加具有一定的抑制作用.     

基于面板数据的云南省城市化进程分析

本文采用云南省16个地州1995～2004年经济和产业的面板数据,对云南省城市化进程的影响因素进行了实证分析,并提出相关建议.     

我国固定资产投资对GDP影响的实证分析

随着经济的发展,我国的固定资产投资额不断增加,对GDP的影响作用也越来越大.固定资产投资是维持经济增长的重要因素之一,本文主要是运用计量经济学的分析方法,通过对1993-2008年我国固定资产的投资额以及GDP的数据进行相关关系的实证分析,来研究固定资产投资与GDP增长之间的数量关系.这将有助于合理安排固定资产投资项目...     

产业结构视角下的中国城市化水平研究--基于Logistic模型的实证分析

本文基于产业结构的视角对中国城市化水平的影响因素进行了分析,运用二元Logistic模型对2011年中国各省的人口、经济数据进行检验,得出的基本结论为：2011年中国的平均城市化水平为51%,城市化进程逐渐加快;第三产业对城市化有正的影响显著,第二产业比重对城市化水平有负的显著影响,人均GDP的影响也较为显著。第三产业是推动城市发展的有利武器,大力发展第三产业是加速城市化进程的必由之路。     

路桥工程管理影响因素及策略探析

随着我国社会经济的快速发展,以及城市化进程的加快,国内路桥交通项目数量的逐步增多和规模的不断扩大.为了提高路桥工程建设质量,各参建单位对路桥工程管理工作的重视不断加强.在实际管理中,往往会受到诸多因素的影响.本文结合具体因素、存在的问题,提出了相应的路桥工程管理对策.     

路桥工程管理影响因素及策略探析

随着我国社会经济的快速发展,以及城市化进程的加快,国内路桥交通项目数量的逐步增多和规模的不断扩大.为了提高路桥工程建设质量,各参建单位对路桥工程管理工作的重视不断加强.在实际管理中,往往会受到诸多因素的影响.本文结合具体因素、存在的问题,提出了相应的路桥工程管理对策.     

新疆固定资产投资与经济增长的关系研究

本文通过对新疆2007年至2017年的数据进行实证分析,运用向量自回归模型系统考察新疆国有企业固定资产投资与非国有企业固定资产投资对经济增长的影响。研究表明,在新疆,国有企业固定资产投资是当地经济增长的主要因素,相比较非国有企业固定资产投资而言,其对经济增长的贡献率更高。这意味着,为支撑新疆经济的发展,首先要有持续稳定的国有企业固定资产投资,其次需要促进非国有企业的发展。     

投资形势分析与政策取向

一、2002年-2003年投资预测 在积极的财政政策的有效作用下,固定资产投资一直是近年来支撑我国经济增长的主要力量.1997年以来,我国投资对经济增长的贡献率基本呈上升趋势,2001年,投资对经济增长的贡献率已超过了1992年的投资高峰期.     

城市化促进经济增长的作用机制——以福建省为例

首先,基于2000-2009年福建省的时间序列数据构建了福建省城市化与经济增长之间的线性回归模型,模型分析结果表明,城市化是促进福建省经济增长的重要引擎。其次,基于福建省9个地市2005-2009年的面板数据构建了福建省城市化促进经济增长作用机制的面板数据模型,实证结果说明,在城市化进程中,福建省主要通过提高居民消费水平、加大固定资产投资、促进贸易发展与FDI引入、优化产业结构等作用机制促进区域经济增长。     

基于面板数据的云南省城市化进程分析

本文采用云南省16个地州1995—2004年经济和产业的面板数据，对云南省城市化进程的影响因素进行了实证分析，并提出相关建议。     

Incumplimiento del salario mínimo en Europa central y oriental

En este estudio se analiza el incumplimiento del salario mínimo durante el periodo 2003–2012 en diez países de Europa central y oriental con salario mínimo obligatorio nacional. A partir de los datos de EU‐SILC y la metodología propuesta por Bhorat, Kanbur y Mayet (2013), se cuantifica la incidencia y magnitud del incumplimiento. Se realizan análisis de regresión sobre determinantes individuales, laborales y macroeconómicos. Aunque la incidencia permanece relativamente baja, los trabajadores a los que se dirigen las políticas de salario mínimo parecen los más expuestos a su incumplimiento. Con el tiempo, una mayor incidencia se asocia a una razón más alta entre salario mínimo y salario medio.     

Value at Risk in the Suburbs: Eminent Domain and the Geographical Politics of the US Foreclosure Crisis

Several US counties and local governments have recently considered a novel solution to the foreclosure crisis. They plan to use eminent domain to compel the owners of mortgage debt—and specifically of private‐label mortgage‐backed securities—to sell the debt to the government at a price reflecting the loan's market value. The government would then restructure the debt and resell it to new investors. The plans are striking because—in contrast to both development‐driven eminent domain and the federal subprime bank bailout—they would force investors to assume asset devaluation and increased long‐term risk. Notably, the plans have emerged as an instance of financialization‐focused politics in suburbs and suburban cities of color, specifically majority‐black and ‐Latino/a suburbs. Local support for the plans, we argue, is rooted in the long‐term disinvestment of these ‘suburbs of exception', which became targets of subprime lending and eventually sites where the ‘financial exception' has been localized. But these demographic shifts, fragmentation and fiscal pressures have at the same time created a suburban political terrain in which the plans have gained their strongest political support.     

Towards a Theory of Serendipity: A Systematic Review and Conceptualization

Serendipity – the notion of making surprising and valuable discoveries – plays a major role in the success of individuals and organizations alike. Previous research has established the importance of serendipity and identified important individual- and organizational-level antecedents. However, the literature has been dispersed and the boundaries of the concept have been blurry, leading to a lack of conceptual clarity and structure, and thus limiting validity and managerial actionability. Based on a systematic literature review, I synthesize existing management-related research on serendipity and explicate the emergence and composition of serendipity in the organizational context. I first identify three necessary conditions that differentiate serendipity from related concepts such as luck or targeted innovation: agency, surprise, and value. Then, I draw from the literature on sensemaking, event-based theorizing, and quantum-based approaches to management to conceptualize the process of cultivating serendipity in the organizational context as a process of enabling potentiality and materialization, and develop a multi-level theory of (cultivating) serendipity. This conceptualization contributes to our collective understanding of how, why, and when (i.e., under what conditions) organizations can leverage the value in the unexpected, which opens up fruitful avenues for further research.     

Accountability of NGOs in Bangladesh A critical overview

NGOs in Bangladesh have been recognized as effective change agents in the socio-economic arena throughout the world. Their contributions in micro credit, non-formal education and primary health care are widely known. NGOs play a significant role in society. NGO accountability, as a result, has become a critical issue. NGO accountability in Bangladesh has been examined here in relation to patrons, clients and themselves. Of the three relationships only accountability to patrons is in a near satisfactory state. Accountability to clients is handicapped by lack of opportunities of beneficiaries to participate meaningfully in NGO policy making. Accountability to themselves is adversely affected due to the adherence to a strictly hierarchical system and the influence of founding and charismatic NGO leaders.     

Cultural Economy Planning in Creative Cities: Discourse and Practice

While a growing body of research analyses the functional mechanisms of the cultural or creative economy, there has been little attention devoted to understanding how local governments translate this work into policy. Moreover, research in this vein focuses predominately on Richard Florida's creative class thesis rather than considering the wider body of work that may influence policy. This article seeks to develop a deeper understanding of how municipalities conceptualize and plan for the cultural economy through the lens of two cities held up as model ‘creative cities’ — Austin, Texas and Toronto, Ontario. The work pays particular attention to how the cities adopt and adapt leading theories, strategies and discourses of the cultural economy. While policy documents indicate that the cities embrace the creative city model, in practice agencies tend to adapt conventional economic development strategies for cultural economy activity and appropriate the language of the creative city for multiple purposes.     

Input/output ranges and performance: an examination of US machine tool producers

Despite the establishment of high-tech multinational enterprises (MNEs) in Ireland since the late 1950s, the country did not succeed in closing the technological gap with most of its EU counterparts. The weak National System of Innovation (NSI), and in particular low business and government R&D levels, combined with a lack of research and technology linkages between MNEs and indigenous firms, explain these poor results. However, the Shannon region in the West of the country presents some specific institutional characteristics that could theoretically make the region a strong technological enclave. The various actors in the region - i.e. the administrative, financial, political and research institutions, as well as the business organizations - have indeed infused a new type of economic development. After a brief review of the available concepts and models articulated around these actors and their interrelationships, the paper analyses whether the Shannon region, taken as an illustrative example, mirrors a specific economic and technological localized setting. The study is based on a survey of indigenous and foreign firms.     

Sixty years of discrimination and diversity research in human resource management: A review with suggestions for future research directions

This article reviews discrimination and diversity research published in Human Resource Management (HRM) over the past 60 years. While discrimination and diversity are very different constructs, it is often informative to study them together, because when people recognize each other's diversity, this can result in bias, stereotyping, and discrimination. We conducted bibliographic searches for terms related to discrimination and diversity as well as a manual search through every title and abstract published in HRM over the last 60 years to assess article relevance. The search resulted in 135 research articles with 136 unique studies (i.e., samples) which are reviewed in this article. Sex and race are the demographics that have been examined the most in HRM, while religion has been examined the least. Moreover, the number of studies examining lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) employees in the workplace in HRM has grown quickly within the past 10 years, culminating in a recent meta‐analysis. Our review looks at some of the earliest research published, the most recent research published, and the overall trends we identified in the research over the years for both discrimination and diversity articles. We then make future research suggestions and recommendations to advance the study of discrimination and diversity in the coming years.     

Towards an Asian model of human resource management? A comparative analysis of China,Japan and South Korea

There has been much discussion regarding the possible decline and weakening of national systems of human resource management (HRM). Yet, culture and institutions are often cited as the major stumbling blocks to this outcome. Such constraints may dissipate in the analysis, particularly if ‘regional clusters’ are considered where geographic and cultural closeness and ‘openness’ to similar economic pressures exist. In such cases, it might be postulated that convergence in HRM will occur. We argue that China, Japan and South Korea represent such a cluster. This article examines these countries, to see if a degree of convergence is taking place and if it is towards an identifiable ‘Asian’ model of HRM. A model of change is presented that distinguishes between levels of occurrence and acceptance. Details of the development and practice of HRM in each country are then set out. The article ends with a discussion and implications section and a brief conclusion.     

The Early History of the Cumulants and the Gram-Charlier Series

The early history of the Gram-Charlier series is discussed from three points of view: (1) a generalization of Laplace's central limit theorem, (2) a least squares approximation to a continuous function by means of Chebyshev-Hermite polynomials, (3) a generalization of Gauss's normal distribution to a system of skew distributions. Thiele defined the cumulants in terms of the moments, first by a recursion formula and later by an expansion of the logarithm of the moment generating function. He devised a differential operator which adjusts any cumulant to a desired value. His little known 1899 paper in Danish on the properties of the cumulants is translated into English in the Appendix.     

Capturing the Implications of Services Trade Liberalization

This paper evaluates the impact of service sector trade liberalization on the world economy by a ten-region, eleven-sector CGE model with import embodied technology transfer from developed countries to developing countries. Simulation results show that service sector trade liberalization not only directly affects world service production and trade, but also has significant implications for other sectors in the economy. The major channel of the impact is through inter-industry input-output relations and TFP growth induced from services imported by developing countries from developed countries, which may be embodied with new information and advanced technology.