Announcements

Abstract

In this study we examined the effect of specialization on behavioral choice among Wisconsin goose hunters, who were able to choose a relatively easy hunt at the Horicon Marsh or a more complex hunt in the exterior zones. Past research has shown that more specialized recreationists have differing motives, attitudes, satisfaction levels, crowding perceptions, environmental preferences, and management preferences. Our goal in this study was to extend this research to behavioral choices and to learn more about the dimensions of specialization in goose hunting. Specialization did not predict behavioral choice among the sample. Specialization, as measured by past experience, commitment, media involvement, club membership, and preferred hunting style, did not differ significantly when comparing Horicon goose hunters and exterior zone hunters. Novice hunters hunted alongside experienced hunters, and behavioral choice appeared to be more a function of structural constraint than attitu‐dinal preference. Specialization did explain differences in hunter judgments of quality, correlating negatively with shooting and bagging and positively with social and natural components of a quality experience. These findings indicate that although the specialization framework can effectively predict attitudinal differences among participants in a given activity, it is less efficient at predicting behavioral choice. Consequently, specialization researchers need to be cautious about inferring levels of specialization from observations of locational choice.     

Polarities between Naturalism and Non-Naturalism in Contemporary Economics: An Overview

We provide a dynamic model of banking competition, in which bounded rationality of some competitors explains how the credit cycle is intensified. We model the economic cycle following Tobias F. Rötheli (2012b), who argues that boundedly rational banks, in their Bayesian learning, overestimate the probability of success during booms and underestimate it during recessions. We obtain three main results. First, the model suggests that pessimism/underconfidence is not a powerful driver of credit cycles. Instead, it supports the conclusion that it is euphoria during large upswings that leads to the next crunch. Second, the dynamization of the model provides further insight into the way boundedly rational competition intensifies the credit cycle. Third, it additionally predicts that the effects of behavioral biases are more pervasive when the quality of the niche markets is lower.     

Destination Image of Taiwan From the Perspective of Hong Kong Residents: Revisiting Structural Relationships Between Destination Image Attributes and Behavioral Intention

Destination image plays an important role in how tourists make their travel and purchase decisions. This study examines the perceived image of Taiwan as a travel destination from the perspective of Hong Kong residents. The Hong Kong outbound tourism market is important for Taiwan. Using a self-completed questionnaire, this research examines the destination image of Taiwan among 213 Hong Kong residents. The results indicate that affective image is a stronger predictor of travel intention than cognitive image. Affective image also plays a mediating role in the relationship between cognitive image and behavioral intention. Hence, affective image is an important intangible quality for today’s destinations.     

金融学中的技术分析理论基础研究综述

虽然技术分析在金融实业界得到了广泛的关注和应用,但是金融学术界却较少关注它,原因在于技术分析认为价格可以预测,而这与有效市场假说是背道而驰的。然而,金融学者通过对新古典金融理论的修正,建立了基于信息不对称的噪音理性预期模型和基于行为金融学的正反馈模型,为技术分析提供了理论支持。此外,其他理论模型从市场摩擦、羊群效应、市场影响力等角度出发,也证明了技术分析的有效性。     

农村金融生态研究:一个新制度经济学的分析框架

农村金融生态问题是金融支农和新农村建设中的焦点话题.如何从理论上解释农村金融生态主体与金融生态环境之间的互动机理是金融生态研究中的盲点.本文试图从新制度经济学视角构建一个理论分析框架,来诠释农村金融生态运行中存在的问题,旨在为改善农村金融生态环境提供理论参考.     

Theoretical activity in sustainable tourism research

There is growing recognition in tourism and sustainable tourism research of the need for a fuller engagement in theoretical activity. The paper examines how different research strategies in recent articles on sustainable tourism have advanced theoretical understanding in this research field. The articles advance thinking through ideas and concepts connected with political ecology, mobilities, transition pathways, and behavioural and systems change. They are evaluated using a typology of research strategies associated with theoretical work, using a broad perspective on this work. The research strategy typology was developed for the paper, and it is explained and illustrated. While the papers on sustainable tourism use a range of strategies associated with theoretical activity, there is only limited engagement with “big” social theories.     

三江平原挠力河流域景观多样性分析

以3S空间分析术为基础，以挠力河流域为研究对象，解译了挠力河流域TM卫星影像，绘制了详细的挠力河流域的景观格局图，然后提取景观元素的多种参数，再经过Fragstats软件计算得到各类景观指数；分别研究了不同斑块类型的斑块面积、斑块密度、边缘密度、分形维数、景观多样性指数、斑块形状指数、景观丰富度指数、景观均匀度指数等指标，取得了挠力河流域景观信息的大量第一手资料，揭示和验证了挠力河流域景观空间格局的基本规律。     

“退牧还草”工程在牧户中的响应

“退牧还草”工程是国家在生态建设方面出台的又一重大战略举措。它的实施对保护和改善草原生态环境,促进草原畜牧业可持续发展具有重大的意义。对“退牧还草”工程在牧户中的经济收入、生活水平、生态效果等方面的响应进行了研究,提出加快退牧还草工程建设的5点建议。     

文化生态旅游初探

文化生态旅游与自然生态旅游是生态旅游中密不可分的两个组成部分，对文化生态旅游的概念、内涵、资源基础、文化生态旅游产品设计原则，文化生态旅游的管理等方面作出了初步探讨。     

绿色财富观:生态文明时代人类的理性选择

如果说农业文明社会是以土地资产为主流的财富观,那么工业文明社会则是以有形和无形资产为主流的财富观,而生态文明时代理应是以绿色财富为主流的财富观。本文以生态文明时代为背景,以科学发展观为指导,对绿色财富内涵特征、分类以及构建策略进行了探讨.