人文资本特征、居民支付意愿与住宅价格

在构建人文资本与住宅意愿支付价格关系模型的基础上,运用2006年天津市有关数据,研究了人文资本特征对住宅价格的影响,并对人文资本特征溢价值进行了测算。对天津市的实证分析表明,人文资本密度指标中,只有居民素质、物业服务质量、小区周边体育场的距离对住宅总价有一定的影响,但并不显著。这说明人们对人文资本特征的偏好非常弱,天津市居民的住宅需求还处于基本需求阶段,尚未大规模进入改善需求阶段。以上结论对正确认识消费者偏好、公共投资效应、城市规划状况及住宅价格的合理性,具有重要的参考价值。     

Performance pay and assortative matching

We show that couples sort on performance pay with dual receipt couples much more likely than predicted by random. In addition, we show that the return to performance pay appears largely invariant to whether one's spouse earns performance pay. The major exception is that among the college educated, the return to performance pay is larger for women when their spouse also receives performance pay. Thus, dual receipt households concentrate the returns to performance pay hinting that performance pay may influence the distribution of household income.     

商业银行以物抵债资产膨胀现象的经济分析

本文通过对我国商业银行抵债资产的生成机理及外部影响因素的分析,得出以下结论:抵债资产膨胀与拖延处置预示着银行体系内部不良债权的逐渐累积,并将导致商业银行对以物抵债手段的日趋依赖而影响其改革进度;商业银行长期存在的体制性内因及外部环境因素的约束,使其不具有抵债资产处置上的激励;抵债资产处置必须找到政府、企业及商业银行三者利益的结合点,而如何协调好与地方各级政府的关系已成为抵债资产处置的关键;抵债资产处置必须具有超前性,合理预期抵债资产的变现能力和设计有效的保护措施是必要的前提。     

基于权变观的企业薪酬战略研究

如何借助薪酬政策维持与增强组织的竞争优势是当前战略人力资源管理领域研究的焦点。本文首先分析薪酬战略的基本理论框架,在此基础上,基于权变视角对薪酬战略与组织经营战略之间的匹配关系进行研究,并进一步探讨了影响薪酬战略及其管理实践的社会和组织因素,从中获得了重要启示。     

Valuing The Beneficts of Air Pollution Abatement Using a Health Production Function A Case Study of Panipat Thermal Power Station, India

The Indian economy today is highly prone to industrial pollution and ismaking compliance decisions in order to meet environmental standards.Environmental regulations impose significant costs upon industry that arefairly high and, therefore, require economic justification. This justificationcan be given by estimating the benefits associated with these costs. Whilethe scientific rationale behind air quality preservation is well understood,its economic rationale for a developing country like India, has to beverified. The objective of the present paper is to estimate the economicvalue that people in an urban area in India (Panipat Thermal Power Station(PTPS) Colony in Panipat, Haryana) place upon improving the air quality.The dose-response method, based on the Gerking and Stanley (1986) model,is used to estimate the economic benefits of air quality improvement. Theseestimates range from one to two percent of monthly income. Income andhealth status variables were significant determinants of peoples'willingness to pay (WTP) for air quality improvements. This lends supportto the neo-conventional wisdom `act now to protect the environment beforeit is too late'. These people are ready to pay for environmentalimprovements. We do believe, however, that the relatively successfulapplication of the dose response method at PTPS colony suggests that thetechnique can be more widely applied in developing countries like India.     

Meta-Analysis,Benefit Transfer,and Methodological Covariates: Implications for Transfer Error

Meta-regression models in the valuation literature demonstrate that willingness to pay estimates vary according to methodological factors. Neither theory nor characteristics of policy sites dictate the treatment of associated covariates within benefit transfer, however, and the literature provides few insights into potential impacts of common empirical treatments. This paper introduces a method to systematically characterize the impact of methodological variables on transfer error. Using a repeated leave-one-out convergent validity framework, the analysis contrasts errors for a hypothetical ideal case in which correct methodological covariate treatments are known to the realistic case in which the correct treatment is unknown. Results indicate that the common assumption of mean values for methodological covariates leads to only a modest increase in mean transfer error relative to that found in the hypothetical ideal case.     

论战略性薪酬及其制度构建

薪酬战略服务于组织发展战略,文章从微观角度出发,论述了组织应把握公平性、竞争性、合法性、经济性的薪酬原则,合理考察能力、岗位、绩效等薪酬因素,构建以战略为导向、以市场为参照、以激励为目标的战略性薪酬制度。     

公共投资规模、居民支付意愿与住宅价格走势——基于中国30省市截面数据的实证检验

在构建公共物品供给与住宅意愿支付价格关系模型的基础上,利用面板数据检验公共资本量对住宅的溢价效应。实证结果表明公共物品供给对住宅的溢价值有很大不同:生态环境投资对住宅的溢价值最高,其次是公共交通投资;教育投资,尤其是高等教育投资的溢价值较高,而以燃气普及率为代表的城市基础设施投资对住宅也有显著的影响。这说明我国城市居民住宅区位需求已经向多元化和生态化方向发展,交通易达性是居民住宅选择的重要组成部分,高等教育环境普遍为城市居民所关注,扩大基础设施投资规模是提高住宅价值的重要手段之一,重新设计房地产税种和税率是我国房地产税制改革的必然选择。     

关于我国企业职工带薪年休假制度的一些思考

国务院颁布的《职工带薪年休假条例》已于2008年1月1日开始实施。对我国企业职工而言,能实际享受带薪年休假无疑是一个好消息。这不仅有利于保护职工的休息权,维护职工的健康,也有利于促进劳动关系的稳定、和谐,极大地提高用人单位利润,并促进整个社会经济的发展。然而,对企业职工来讲,这一条例所体现的带薪年休假制度仍然存在诸多不足之处,如年休假时间短;对于年休假的决定权规定得不够明确;年休假与其他假期的折抵规定得不够细化。为进一步完善我国企业职工带薪年休假制度,文章提出,应适当延长带薪年休假的时间;明确赋予用人单位特殊情况下对于带薪年休假的决定权;合理规定年休假与其他假期的折抵内容。     

Product uniqueness as a driver of customer utility in mass customization

Mass customization (MC) constitutes a promising strategy for companies which aim to provide products which are better adapted to individual customers’ aesthetic and functional preferences. Drawing on commodity theory, we argue that the perceived uniqueness of a self-designed product is a second driver of utility in MC. We find that in addition to the significant effect of aesthetic and functional fit, the perceived uniqueness of a self-designed product (1) contributes independently to the utility a customer experiences, and (2) that this effect is moderated by the consumer’s need for uniqueness. In product categories which can serve this counterconformity motive for consumers, this suggests that MC toolkits should be constructed with the objective of facilitating the creation of unique products as well as providing affirmative feedback that this uniqueness has been achieved.