Whistleblower laws and exposed corruption in the United States

This research creates a unique internet-based measure of awareness about state-level whistleblower laws and provisions to examine their effects on observed corruption in the United States. Are whistleblower laws complementary or substitutes for other, more direct, corruption control measures? Placing the analysis within the corruption literature, the findings show that greater whistleblower awareness results in more observed corruption and this finding holds across specifications. Internet awareness about whistleblower laws seems relatively more effective at exposing corruption than the quantity and quality of state whistleblower laws themselves.     

人工语法内隐学习加工自动化特征研究

通过采用工效学次任务测量主任务工作负荷的方法,研究Reber人工语法任务非努力自动加工的性质.研究表明,在实验的开头学习阶段,内隐学习组的注意转换次任务成绩远远高于外显组的次任务成绩,但在检测阶段却没有类似效果.实验证明人工语法任务上存在信息获得水平上的内隐自动化.     

基于内隐理论的创业企业招募偏好研究

依据内隐理论结合创业者特征探讨创业企业的招募偏好,在文献分析的基础上,提出了创业企业招募偏好的理论假设,旨在为今后的实证研究提供理论依据.     

论人的非理性因素在腐败发生中的作用

认识主体的非理性因素在认识过程中起着重要的作用,需求选择认识对象,推动人的认识活动向前发展;意志、情感、直觉和灵感调节和控制认识的过程。在国家政治生活中,不正当的欲望和需要是腐败产生的诱因;意志薄弱、观念错误,使得腐败的发生成为现实;理性让位于情感,激化腐败的发生。因此,要正确引导非理性因素,从根本上预防和遏止腐败的发生。     

改革开放以来反腐倡廉的经验与启示

改革开放以来，我们党在反腐倡廉工作中取得了八条基本经验：重视反腐倡廉理论创新；健全反腐倡廉法律制度；改革反腐倡廉体制机制；完善反腐机构建设；加大惩治腐败工作力度：加强关键领域配套改革；开展反腐倡廉思想教育；坚持反腐倡廉群众路线。由此启示我们，在今后的反腐倡廉工作中，要做到：凡有公共权力存在的地方必须先有约束和监督；建立反腐倡廉的成效考核标准体系；重视对守廉先进典型的激励与宣传工作。     

加快推进高校惩防体系建设的若干思考

近年来，随着教育体制的深刻变革，形式多样的高校腐败问题时有发生，社会影响十分恶劣。作为惩防体系建设的重要组成部分，高校反腐倡廉工作需要结合实际，突出重点，抓住关键，狠抓落实，为高校健康和谐发展提供有力保证.     

The relationship between corruption and public investment at the municipalities＇ level in Indonesia

This research is conducted to quantitatively measure the relationship between corruption and public investment at municipalities＇ level in Indonesia. According to Nash Equilibrium derived from mixed strategies, the relationship between corruption and public investment can be both positive and negative depending on the level of the corruption Index. Moreover, the econometric estimations from cross section data and pooled data consistently confirm that the relationship between corruption and public investment is in non linear quadratic form. It was found that the public investment reaches the lowest level when the corruption index ranges from 4.42-4.64.     

物流成本资源观

当前对物流成本的研究大多只是对在物流活动中所发生的显性成本,对隐性成本的认识还非常的模糊.本文提出将物流成本划分为显性成本和隐性成本,而隐性成本又可分为物流系统损耗和物流引致成本,并分析了显性成本与隐性的关系（杠杆效应）,最后提出将显性成本视为资源的新观点.     

Bondholder-Stockholder Conflict: Contractual Covenants vs. Court-Mediated Ex-Post Settling-Up

Bondholders have failed to respond to corporate restructurings by demanding more protective provisions; in fact, the trend has been toward fewer rather than more restrictive covenants. In this article, we model the use of contractual covenants as a trade-off between contract implementation costs and deadweight efficiency losses. We find that the current lack of restrictive covenants is arguably consistent with rational investor behavior. The key to this conclusion is the recognition that there is an implicit ex-post settlement component to debt contracts, which is enforced by the courts. A look at the behavior of the courts and of bondholders supports our point of view.     

Tracking the international proceeds of corruption and the challenges of national boundaries and national agencies: the UK example

ABSTRACT

Corruption is a major inhibitor to economic growth, discouraging to domestic and foreign investment and destabilizing of governments. Unsurprisingly, international attention has intensified in recent years with global initiatives to counter corruption and address the proceeds of corruption. These have placed requirements upon national governments to increase transparency, reducing opportunities for use of the legitimate legal and financial infrastructure to disguise and move the proceeds of corruption. This paper reviews the boundaries at national and agency level that can create challenges for those agencies tasked with investigating and returning the proceeds of corruption to the countries from which they came. The paper considers the mechanisms that the agencies in a returning country—the UK—have at their disposal and whether national policy changes can affect their focus and operation. Specifically it reviews the role and future of the International Corruption Unit of the National Crime Agency.