Removing border protection on wheat and rice: effects on rural income and food self‐sufficiency in China*

In this paper, I use the Monash Multi‐Country model – a dynamic Computable General Equilibrium model of China, Australia and the Rest of the World – to analyse the effects of removing border protection on wheat and rice in China. The analysis points to the possibility that removing border protection on wheat and rice may lead to an increase in rural income in China. This is mainly due to the following two factors. First, removing border protection on wheat and rice not only leads to a contraction in agricultural activities, but also leads to an expansion in manufacturing and services activities. Second, on average, rural households in China obtain over half of their income from manufacturing and services activities.     

Transport rates structure,optimum location,and theory of production: Reexamination

The two-stage approach consistently to present a generalized location theory of the firm in linear space is employed. It is shown that the second-order sufficient condition for the profit-maximizing and/or cost-minimizing location problem requires that transport rates increase with distance. In the process, it is demonstrated that this approach provides a compact way to analyze the location and production decisions separately and to avoid the errors made by Mathur and others.     

浅谈银行卡风险的成因与管理

一、银行卡风险的成因 (一)涂改、伪造、变造银行卡.不法分子利用盗窃或诈骗的银行卡,使用特殊手段,将从非法途径得来的有效银行卡资料复制到卡版上,或利用各种高科技手段,模仿印制或打制银行卡.     

Optimal Tariffs with Endogenous Production Location

This paper attempts to examine how the inclusion of economic space affects trade policies and to make a comparison between optimal tariffs with endogenous location and those with exogenous location. In particular, it is shown that the output effect of a tariff change with endogenous location is greater than that with exogenous location if the production function is non-CRS. Moreover, when the production function is CRS (resp. not CRS), the optimal tariff under endogenous location is the same as (lower than) the one under exogenous location.     

创业企业即兴行为研究现状探析与未来展望

利用手边当时可得的资源即时地构建和执行应对策略的即兴行为是创业企业应对环境不确定性、克服资源短缺困境的常见选择。尽管过去十五年来创业企业即兴行为(entrepreneurial improvisation,EI)的研究获得了蓬勃发展,但研究成果相对碎片化,散乱且未经系统梳理的研究阻碍了其发展成为一个有前途的研究领域。本文从创业即兴概念内涵、前置变量(触发因素和发生条件)以及结果变量等方面出发,对现有创业企业即兴行为研究进行分析和总结,并在此基础上进一步细化研究的概念框架,从创业即兴的特征与分类、内部组织因素和外部环境因素对创业即兴的影响、创业即兴对企业持续性创新的影响等方面提炼了值得未来研究密切关注的前沿主题。借此赋予创业即兴这一概念以研究的合理性和前景性,帮助引导创业者/创业团队思考即兴行为的重要性,以进一步推进其在创业实践及研究过程中的发展。     

不同所有制部门就业中的性别差异——来自中国农村的证据

文章采用中国家庭营养健康调查(CHNS)1993年和2000年的数据,对影响个人进入不同所有制部门(这里指国有部门、集体部门、传统农业以及私人制及其它部门)的因素进行了深入分析,并对中国农村劳动力在各个部门间就业可能存在的性别差异进行了研究。由于可以将就业部门划分为四个类别,文章采用了多元Logit模型计量回归。为了减少劳动力就业的"自选择"问题,将调查期间成年劳动力中"尚无工作"的一组作为参照项引入。回归采用了两种方法,一种是单独考虑解释变量对劳动力在不同部门就业概率的影响,另一种是添加了性别和其他解释变量的交叉项来验证性别差异对就业的影响。回归结果显示,单独考虑性别因素,不添加交叉项,农村劳动力在不同部门就业的男女差异明显。性别交叉项在决定进入不同所有制部门就业的概率上并没有显著的作用。     

Measurement of Modern and Traditional Self-Concepts in Asian Transitional Economies

This article describes the development and validation of a new consumer self-concept scale created for use in Confucian societies whose economies formerly were centrally planned but are now moving toward a free-market system. Traditional self and modern self are proposed to be the two subconstructs of the perceptions of self. The empirical work involved with the scale development and validation using data from Vietnam and China are presented. Managerial implications and future research directions are also discussed in this article.     

Consumer participation in virtual communities: The role of personal values and personality

The important role that consumers play in virtual communities as active participants in the value co-creation process has been increasingly acknowledged in recent marketing thought and practice. This study applies and extends the well-established value–attitude–behaviour (VAB) model to investigate how personal values and personality jointly influence consumers' attitude and behaviour towards their participation in virtual communities. The results show that while the resultant conservation value dimension has an indirect influence on consumer participation behaviour in virtual communities through attitude, the extraversion trait has a direct effect. The findings clarify our understanding of how personal values and personality differently predict consumer participation in virtual communities, and confirm the role of personal values and the VAB model in explaining this phenomenon. This study suggests significant implications for virtual community marketing.     

State Auditing With the Investment in Public Sector： Case of Vietnam

In Vietnam, in the current period, public investment plays an important role in the improvement of technical infrastructure systems, economic and social development of motivation to promote national development. However, the question is how to ensure that these sources of funds are used most effectively in terms of limited resources. In this article, the author would like to emphasize the critical role of the state auditor which is not only in the transparency of information, in enhancing the trust of the citizens, but also in providing important and reliable information to the public sector agencies, units, investors, and people in the society. From that, it could help to serve the management and administration of revenues and expenditures of the state budget as well as reasonably and efficiently using financial resources and assets. In case of perfectly conducting those tasks, they will contribute the power to the economy, fight corruption as loss or waste, and detect and prevent violations of law; improve the efficient use of the budget, the money, and property of the state; and serve effectively for the operation of the National Assembly and People＇s Councils at all levels of the implementation and monitoring function to decide important issues of national and local governments. With the above information, these matters in Vietnam will be solved through this paper that consists of five parts： （1） the basics about the current public investment in Vietnam; （2） the role of state auditing in improving performance management and monitoring of investment; （3） the limitations of state auditing in public investment; （4） many solutions to promote the role of state auditing in improving the effective investment activities; and （5） conclusion.     

State of the Art der Forschung zum Interkulturellen Konsumentenverhalten. Eine Analyse der Literatur von 2005 bis 2010

Companies entering different country markets frequently face the challenge of adapting their marketing-mix to specific value orientations. Cross-cultural consumer research aims at supporting this adaption process. Therefore, research tries to develop theories that explain under which circumstances consumer behavior is culture-free or culture-bound. The present article conducts a literature review in order to examine how the field has developed from 2005 to 2010. The review systematically evaluates 92 relevant studies considering the research approach, the selection of cultural units, the operationalization of culture, and the type of consumer behavior. The analysis reveals that the field is growing in terms of quantity and variety. Additionally, recent studies have overcome some methodological problems of cross-cultural research. The article condenses the most relevant findings and derives implications for further research.