国际贸易应用型人才培养问题探讨

地方应用型本科院校如何针对自身实际,突出专业特色,培养应用型人才,是目前有关方面人士着力探讨的问题。文中从国际贸易人才培养的角度,提出以"模拟实验"、"外贸单证实务操作"、"校企互动"等为特色的专业规划,成为应用型人才培养过程中的重要环节和现实手段的观点,以此带动整体专业建设水平的提高。     

Estimating unobservable valuation parameters for illiquid assets

A problem that often arises in applied finance is one where decision‐makers need to choose a value for some parameter that will affect the cash flows between two parties involved in the operation of an illiquid asset. Because the values of the cash flows also depend on various unobservable parameters, identifying the value of the policy parameter that achieves the desired allocation between the parties is no simple task, often resulting in disputes and the invocation of ad hoc approaches. We show how this problem can be solved using an extension of the well‐known ‘implied volatility’ technique from option pricing, and apply it to the determination of equilibrium rental rates on ground leases of commercial land.     

What drives housing price dynamics in Greece: New evidence from asymmetric ARDL cointegration

In this paper, we study the dynamics between house prices and selected macroeconomic fundamentals in Greece. The empirical analysis applies the asymmetric ARDL cointegration methodology proposed by Shin, Yu and Greenwood-Nimmo (2011) over the period from January 1999 to May 2011. The evidence suggests that ignoring the intrinsic nonlinearities may lead to misleading inference. In particular, the results reveal significant differences in the response of house prices to positive or negative changes of the explanatory variables in both the long- and short-run time horizons. The obtained evidence of asymmetry could be of major importance for more efficient policymaking and forecasting in the Greek house market.     

认清应用型本科教育特点把握独立学院教学方法改革走向

掌握应用型本科教育的特点是独立学院深化教学方法改革的基础。在《教育部关于全面提高高等教育质量的若干意见》中,又再次强调：＂创新教育教学方法,倡导启发式、探究式、讨论式、参与式。＂做为我国高等教育的重要组成部分——独立学院认真贯彻落实教育部的这一指导意见,责无旁贷。那么独立学院如何进一步创新教育教学方法？笔者认为要研究和解决的问题很多,但是,认真掌握应用型本科教育的特点包括教育对象的特点,是深化教学方法改革需要解决的一项重要的基础性课题。     

R＆D项目中期评估信息采集方法研究

本文从R＆D项目中期评估与立项评估相比较的角度出发，讨论了中期评估所具有的异于立项评估的信息采集的特点以及信息采集渠道和范围。在此基础上，通过提出R＆D项目中期评估信息采集方法的选择和设计原则，对现有的采集方法进行比较，得出R＆D项目中期评估信息采集方法集成图。     

武汉市科技投入结构分析及优化政策

本文通过对科技投入与经济增长的关系进行概括分析,在2002～2007年《武汉科技统计年鉴》数据的基础上,阐述了科技投入对武汉市经济和社会发展的重要意义;分析了武汉市的科技投入现状,并通过与国外一些发达国家及地区科技投入结构的系统比较,提出了优化武汉市科技投入结构的一些政策及建议。     

《经济应用数学》课程分层次教学调查与思考

随着近年高校招生规模的扩大，学生数学基础差和数学水平参差不齐的状况越来越明显。通过对高职高专学生进行分层次教学问卷调查，试用分层次教学调动学生学习数学的积极性，满足不同层次学生的学习需求，从而使他们顺利达到教学目标，提高学生的数学素质及能力。     

应用型本科院校教师、学生、服务“三位一体”的转型新机制研究--以安康学院数学与统计系统计学专业实践教学为例

应用型本科院校作为中国高等教育发展的时代产物,占全国高等教育人才培养的半壁江山,对中国高等教育人才培养影响极大。随着应用型本科院校将逐步转型以职业技术教育为核心,以培养技术技能型人才为内涵的发展之路,应用型本科院校必须过好转型三关：突破专业教师转型的困惑关;创新应用型人才协调发展的成长关;构建社会服务互动机制的双赢关。     

德国应用科技大学的科研定位及对我国高职院校的启示

以德国维尔道应用科技大学为研究对象,分析了德国应用科技大学的成立基础、科研定位和科研现状。德国应用科技大学是以培养应用型人才为目标的高等学校,从事以应用为导向和贴近实践的科研和发展,科研定位侧重于技术开发与应用。与获得政治资本相比,大学教师更倾向于通过科研活动在学术界赢得认可和声望。结合我国高职院校实际,学校应该在项目立项、科研奖励、职称评定等方面都应该更加重视技术开发,要把应用研究作为学校科研的重点。     

Explaining House Price Dynamics: Isolating the Role of Nonfundamentals

This paper examines the role of nonfundamentals‐based sentiment in house price dynamics, including the well‐documented volatility and persistence of house prices during booms and busts. To measure and isolate sentiment's effect, we employ survey‐based indicators that proxy for the sentiment of three major agents in housing markets: home buyers (demand side), home builders (supply side), and lenders (credit suppliers). After orthogonalizing each sentiment measure against a broad set of fundamental variables, we find strong and consistent evidence that the changing sentiment of all three sets of market participants predicts house price appreciation in subsequent quarters, above and beyond the impact of changes in lagged price changes, fundamentals, and market liquidity. More specifically, a one‐standard‐deviation shock to market sentiment is associated with a 32–57 basis point increase in real house price appreciation over the next two quarters. These price effects are large relative to the average real price appreciation of 71 basis points per quarter observed over the full sample period. Moreover, housing market sentiment and its effect on real house prices is highly persistent. The results also reveal that the dynamic relation between sentiment and house prices can create feedback effects that contribute to the persistence typically observed in house price movements during boom and bust cycles.