Government intervention,sectoral productivity growth and structural transformation

This article examines the long-term impact of government intervention and sectoral productivity on structural transformation. We construct a multi-sector Dynamic General Equilibrium model that explicitly incorporates government intervention as a force of structural transformation. The government affects the economy through taxation and lump sum transfers. We show that in the steady state, a reduction in the tax rate and an increase in sectoral productivity will decrease the agricultural employment share, and when nonhomotheticity of preference is strong enough, these changes can also increase the share of services employment.     

Governing the Palm-Oil Sector through Finance: The Changing Roles of the Indonesian State

By analysing the different roles of the Indonesian state in arranging finance schemes for palm-oil development since 1945, this article aims to answer two questions: What are these roles? And to what extent have they prioritised or balanced economic growth, social equity, and environmental protection? We conclude that the state has never been absent from the palm-oil industry but has had different and changing financing roles that are historically contingent and shaped by the evolving economic and political landscape. Furthermore, these roles reflect Indonesia’s priorities of achieving economic growth through palm-oil development, furthering social equity, and, recently, promoting environmental sustainability.     

Students' Characteristics and Performance in Economic Statistics

The vast majority of studies in college economics have dealt with the introductory principles course. In one of the rare research projects dealing with other courses, Professor Cohn attempts to identify factors affecting student performance in economic statistics. He considers such variables as grade point average, graduate vs. undergraduate status, major field, sex and credits in economics, mathematics and statistics. There are a few recognized limitations to his model, but the reader will find some of his results to be surprising indeed.     

论日本早期现代化进程中政府的干预作用

国家干预经济的本质在于补救持续的制度供给不足,关键在于使经济发展中不断出现的问题得到解决和制度不断更新.后发国家中国家干预可以发挥更大的作用.19世纪后半叶日本从封建落后国家迅速改变为新兴资本主义国家的进程中,目标明确、手段有力、措施正确的国家干预,是日本获得成功的各种因素中的决定性因素.     

农村集体资产管理的政府干预探析

政府的适时介入、适度干预是强化农村集体资产管理的必然之需。但是，政府对农村集体资产管理的干预是一柄“双刃剑”：一方面，这种干预起到了提高农村财务人员素质、规范农村财务管理以及从源头治腐等积极效应；另一方面，这种干预也引发了侵害集体财产、增加基层政府财政压力等负面效应。当前，亟须对农村集体资产管理政府干预的路径进行优化：一是要明确农村集体资产管理政府干预的基本原则，二是要解决好农村集体资产管理政府干预的四个关键性问题。     

财务困境、政府干预与管理者自利

文章运用处理效应(treatment effect)模型,从财务困境视角研究了政府干预对管理者自利行为的影响。研究发现,当政府干预程度较低时,相对于未发生财务困境的公司,困境公司管理者的自利行为会有所减弱;但当政府干预程度增强时,困境公司管理者自利行为减弱的程度将趋缓。对于政府控制的公司,当金融机构信贷决策受到政府干预的影响较弱时,财务困境期间管理者自利行为会有所减弱;随着政府对金融机构信贷决策干预程度的加强,困境公司管理者自利行为趋于严重。对于非政府控制的公司,困境期间管理者自利行为对金融机构信贷决策的自主性并不敏感。     

A conceptual framework for public-private interplay in the telecommunications sector

Public activity in the telecommunications industry has experienced important transformations in the last decade: “reinvolvement” in infrastructure deployment, “innovative” boosting measures, and decentralisation of some decisions. Conceptually, even more important than the measures themselves is the fact that private agents often participate in their realisation and execution. This paper reviews how justifications for public action that would apply to any economic activity area have modelled the public-private relationship in the telecommunications sector. Subsequently, it focuses on the analysis of the new spaces for public-private collaboration that are currently opening up.     

中国区域金融发展差异的财政因素研究——基于财政压力与地方政府干预视角的分析

本文从各区域财政能力与金融能力变动的对比入手,证实了我国各区域均存在＂强金融,弱财政＂现象。用财政压力指标替换财政能力指标,详细论证了区域财政压力增长率与区域FIR增长率之间存在的反向变动关系。最终说明了区域财政压力差异性造成地方政府干预金融资源市场化配置的激励不同,并最终导致区域金融发展速度差别这样一个连锁反应的存在。     

政府干预对市场声誉机制的挤出效应——中国医疗保障制度改革的逻辑

监管和自律是克服医生道德风险的两种主要途径,但是政府对医疗领域的过度干预会挤占市场声誉机制的发育空间,同时也进一步强化了医生的道德风险.改革现行"管办不分"的医疗卫生体制以及医院等级评定和医生职称评定制度,同时放松政府对医疗服务价格的控制.以恢复被扭曲的医疗供方市场声誉机制.     

日本政府调控市场经济初探

日本政府干预是日本经济得以高增长的重要保障。日本历届政府根据本国特殊国情、本民族特殊性等，制定了合理有效的各类产业政策和经济计划，对经济发展的趋向和产业结构，加以调控、引导。对日本政府干预机制的形成和内在机理做一深入细致的剖析，有助于对日本经济高增长的主动力源泉做出深层次的解析。