More thinking on research methods for the resource‐based perspective

We re‐examine the benefits of using a broader set of research methods to address key questions associated with the resource‐based view (RBV) of the firm. In responding to Levitas and Chi, we consider how research inside organizations can complement and augment research relying on secondary data. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The perception of kosher as a third party certification claim in advertising for familiar and unfamiliar brands

This study was undertaken to investigate the inclusion of a kosher claim in an advertisement for a familiar and unfamiliar brand of breakfast cereal. Results showed that, as hypothesized, for the familiar brand a kosher third party endorsement led to significantly more kosher attribute-related thoughts, more favorable product attitude and greater purchase intention. For the unfamiliar brand, no significant impact upon these dependent measures was observed given a kosher endorsement. Findings are interpreted from a cognitive perspective regarding the salience of the kosher attribute in a product familiarity context. Managerial implications are discussed.     

PRINCIPAL AND AGENCY TRADES BY STOCKBROKERS ARE COMPLEMENTARY: THE WELFARE EFFECTS OF DEREGULATING AGENCY TRADING AND BANNING PRINCIPAL TRADES

This paper models the demand for stockbrokers' services in Australia, consisting of two related services, agency trades and principal trades. The relationship between agency and principal trades is estimated. The results indicate that the two services are complements rather than substitutes. Using unique accounting information, a model of agency and principal trading activities is estimated to determine the welfare effects of (i) deregulating brokerage commissions and (ii) a ban on principal trading by brokers. The results show a sizeable welfare gain to investors (amounting to about 60% of the gross revenue of brokers) stemming from deregulation of the minimum charge for agency trades. The loss in profitability by brokers due to deregulation is also computed and shown to be negligible. The results also show that due to complementarity, a ban on principal trading, even with deregulation of agency trading, can impose an arbitrarily high cost on investors which could, in principle, offset the gains from agency deregulation.     

The Economic Forces Driving Food Safety Quality in Meat and Poultry

This article examines the impact of regulation and market-driven private actions on food safety performance in the meat and poultry industries. We find that private actions account for about 80% and regulation about 20% of the overall reduction in the share of samples of cattle and hog carcasses, ground beef, and broilers testing positive for Salmonella if all regulation and private actions were increased by identical amounts.     

废线路板热解处理研究现状

综述了近年来国内外废旧线路板热解处理技术研究现状。着重介绍了废旧线路板热解回收的工艺、热解产物、热解机理和动力学等方面的研究进展，讨论了热解回收技术存在的问题和发展方向。     

Reforming the Direct–Indirect Tax Mix

This paper provides a new framework for evaluating the welfare effects of commodity tax reforms. It is shown that tax reforms are welfare improving if and only if they satisfy the following intuitive property: on average, consumer prices fall for commodities with high marginal excess burdens. The rule is then applied to analyze a shift from differentiated commodity taxation to direct flat-rate taxation of labour income. The welfare impact of such reforms can be decomposed into two effects: (i) the increase in welfare associated with substitution among taxed commodities, and (ii) the loss in welfare associated with substitution between commodities and leisure. On balance, a shift towards direct taxation is desirable when inter-commodity substitution effects are large relative to commodity–leisure substitution effects. The analysis allows us to reconcile the apparently conflicting results of the tax reform and optimal taxation literatures.     

试论加入WTO后我国反倾销形势及应对策略

我国已经胜利加入世界贸易组织。在WTO框架下，各成员国之间进行国际贸易活动时，不得采取非正当手段进行竞争或扭曲竞争，从而实现公平贸易。然而，在当前国际贸易中，一些发达家为了自己的经济利益，打着“实现公平贸易”，“维护公平竞争环境”的旗号，挥舞起“反倾销”大棒，对发展中国家的正常贸易进行制裁，造成大量摩擦，实质是典型的贸易保护主义。一、国际贸易中的倾销与反倾销倾销是指一出口国以低于正常价值的价格将本国产品销售到另一国，造成进口国相同行业受到巨大损失，是一种价格歧视和掠夺行为，一旦把进口国的同类产品…     

人民币在西藏地方取代藏币的历史考察

中华人民共和国货币主权的完整和货币制度的统一,是在西藏地方废止藏币、禁止外币和银元,并确立了人民币制时才全面而彻底实现的.建国以来,中央根据西藏地方的特殊性和复杂性,慎重稳妥地处理藏币问题,从允许藏币继续流通,不收不付,逐渐削弱,到改昌都地区由使用银元而为人民币与银元混合流通市场,暂缓西藏币制改革,直至收兑藏币,禁止外币和银元,确立人民币为西藏地方的本位货币.人民币取代藏币,加强了西藏地方与祖国内地的联系,为筹备成立西藏自治区提供了一定的经济社会基础.