The quest for publicness: political conflict about the organisation of tramways and telecommunication in Sweden,c. 1900–1920

This article explores political conflicts about the organisation of public services in Sweden c. 1900–1920. The authors argue that political decisions play a vital role in shaping the political economy of public services. The case studies analysed are the political debates about the communalisation of the tramway system in Stockholm, and the nationalisation of Sweden’s last private telephone company. In both cases, the transfer of the service to public organisation was a lengthy process, ending in the late 1910s. This is explained using the concept of publicness. Drawing on three discursive chains, the argument is that the political development was affected by the politicians conception of the political community, the form of organisation and by perceptions of values such as equal access and modernity. In the case of the tramways, public organisation was seen as the best option to defend the public against corruption and self-interest. In the case of the telephones, free market competition was seen as a guarantee for an efficient and cost-effective service. The reason for this difference, is argued, was that the debate on the tramways articulated a clearer notion of publicness, where equal access and public opinion carried larger weight.     

论证券市场功能的调整

回顾证券市场发展的历史,总结证券市场功能的历史经验,本文提出证券市场存在财富分配功能。由于对此认识不足,中国证券市场的财富分配功能设计存在严重缺陷,不利于构建共同富裕的和谐社会。本文认为,不仅要发行普通股,而且要发行优先股,让大众投资者拥有财产洼收益,从而调整证券市场的财富分配功能。     

欧洲共同农业支持政策经验及其对中国的启示

欧洲共同农业支持政策对于欧洲国家的经济增长和社会福利的改善发挥了重要作用,而且这种作用在随着其共同农业支持政策的完善而不断自我强化。欧洲共同农业支持政策主要包括共同农产品价格支持体系、共同农业市场组织、共同农业公共服务政策支持体系、共同农业财税、农业信贷和保险支持体系等。我国作为一个人口众多的发展中大国,很有必要借鉴欧洲共同农业政策及其相关财税金融政策的经验,在今后的工作中应重视农业结构调整政策在我国农业结构优化升级中的作用、进一步强化财政金融支农的政策支持力度和保持农业支持政策的连续性和与时俱进性。     

协商民主的限制简析

虽然协商民主号称是民主理论的“协商转向”。但是协商民主在理论和实践上都面临着诸多限制。协商民主强调以共同善为依据达成共识,但是共同善常常无法达到;协商民主强调以理性对话为主,但是参与者的理性能力是有限的,即使能够完全按照理性来进行协商,也未必能够保证公共利益最大化;协商民主主张由一般民众在公开、透明、平等的情况下进行讨论,但来自政治精英、经济优势阶级、专家学者、媒体的政治操弄始终无法避免。由于这些限制,协商民主无法替代代议民主,它的价值在于培养公民的共和精神和包容、参与、平等的政治文化。     

Sister Cities Flourish

Building sister city relation, also known as friendship city, is a common channel for cities in different countries to keep a closertie and communication. According to the statistics from China International Friendship Cities Association, up to the end of 2007, 1087 provinces and states and 314 cities from 120 countries in the world have found their sister cities in China. Among them, Japan has the largest amount of Chicapital history.     

益贫式经济增长与中国特色社会主义共同富裕的实现

共同富裕是中国特色社会主义制度的本质要求,共同富裕的含义是以共同富裕为目标,走共同富裕的道路。共同富裕作为一个过程,共享发展是其新阶段。从经济增长的角度来看,这要求中低收入者从增长中获得的收益大于高收入者即实现益贫式增长。本文以省级面板数据,采用随机效应模型和动态面板模型分析了益贫式增长实现路径。实现益贫式增长的关键一是着力推进以人为本的新型城镇化,实现多种形式就业,促进居民收入结构的调整;二是提高再分配政策设计的精准性。     

Estimating Cointegrated Panels with Common Factors and the Forward Rate Unbiasedness Hypothesis

This article proposes a bias-adjusted estimator for use in cointegratedpanel regressions when the errors are cross-sectionally correlatedthrough an unknown common factor structure. The asymptotic distributionof the new estimator is derived and is examined in small samplesusing Monte Carlo simulations. For the estimation of the numberof factors, several information-based criteria are considered.The simulation results suggest that the new estimator performswell in comparison to existing ones. In our empirical application,we provide new evidence suggesting that the forward rate unbiasednesshypothesis cannot be rejected.     

Market Integration of Fish in Europe

This paper examines market integration between fish species in Europe, taking international market integration into account. Based on Juselius (2006) , market integration is found both on the fresh and frozen markets. The Law of One Price is in force on the fresh market within the segments of flatfish and pelagic fish. Assuming transitivity, a loose form of market integration is identified between 13 fresh and seven frozen fish species, and the relative prices are found fairly stable. The policy implication is that catch limitation measures implemented through the Common Fisheries Policy have limited and conditional effects on prices, because of the large size of the market and varying market integration. Therefore, many fishermen are not ‘compensated’ by price increases as a result of catch limitation measures.     

中国式现代化视域下的城乡融合发展研究展望

党的二十大以来，中国式现代化视域下的城乡融合发展研究不断深化和拓展，不仅探讨了城乡融合发展的时代内涵、目标任务、实践基础、短板约束与推进路径，还针对县域城乡融合发展及城乡产业融合发展、数字城乡融合发展等进行了深入分析，并结合中国式现代化的特征及其他重要内容展开了拓展研究。还需要进一步加强中国式现代化视域下的城乡融合发展研究，并从以下方面提升研究质量：一是加强实地调研研究，探索构建城乡融合发展的专业数据库；二是积极开展城乡融合发展的转型研究，探索从“物的融合”到“人的融合”的转换路径；三是深化城乡融合发展细分领域的研究，重视城乡融合发展的经验总结和模式推广。