Intersectoral wage linkages: the case of Sweden

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether wage-setting in certain sectors of the Swedish economy affects wage-setting in other sectors. The theoretical background is the Scandinavian model of inflation, which states that wage-setting in the sectors exposed to international competition lead wage-setting in the sheltered sectors of the economy. The Johansen maximum likelihood cointegration approach is applied to quarterly data on Swedish sector wages for the period 1980:1–2002:2. Different vector error correction (VEC) models are created, based on assumptions as to which sectors are exposed to international competition and which are not. Granger causality tests are then carried out in the different restricted/unrestricted VEC models to test for sector wage leadership. The Granger causality tests provide strong evidence for the presence of intersectoral wage causality, but no evidence of a wage-leading role for the internationally exposed manufacturing sector.      

日本汽车产业的发展及其对我国的启示

日本汽车产业经历了起步、形成、战后恢复、迅速发展和走向国际化5个阶段．致使其迅速崛起的原因是：政府的保护与支持；走“引进技术-消化吸收-自主创新”的技术路线；产业内高效的协作分工体系；成功的企业文化与先进的管理方式．借鉴日本汽车产业发展的成功经验，加强政府的规划和调控、通过整合技术资源打造优秀民族品牌、充分发挥集群经济效应、采用先进的管理方式，是我国汽车产业健康发展的对策选择。     

China June Passenger Car Sales Rise 29% on Discounts

China＇s passenger car sales rose 29% in June as automakers cut prices to lure consumers.     

山东上市公司财务危机预警研究

以1998年ST制度实施后山东省被ST的上市公司为研究对象,配以上市时间相同或相近的省内财务健康公司做控制样本,选取财务指标和非财务指标通过二元Logit回归建立了预测准确率高的模型,体现盈利能力的总资产收益率预测效果最显著。     

The linkage between the US and Korean stock markets: the case of NASDAQ, KOSDAQ, and the semiconductor stocks

This paper examines the interrelationship between stock prices in the US and Korea by applying the vector autoregression (VAR) model to the daily stock prices at three different level of aggregation – the national aggregate index level, the high-tech industry level and the semiconductor firm level – for the period of July 1996 through February 2001. The major findings of this study are as follows. First, the US stock market plays a leading role over the Korean market at every level of aggregation. The reverse direction of influence, from Korea to the US, was found to be minimal. Second, the evidence also suggests that the speed of transmission of innovation from the US to Korea is swift and finished for the most part within a 24-h period, although it takes three or four days to complete the whole process. Third, the influence of the US stock prices on Korean stock prices, which is measured by the innovation transmission using the impulse–response function (IRF) analysis, seems to be somewhat stronger in the composite national stock price indices and the tech-laden indices than high-tech firms. Fourth, at the firm level, the influence of Micron Technology on the leading semiconductor manufacturers in Korea is shown to be strong and persistent by passing about 34 percent of its innovations to the Korean firms within the three-day period. The impact of IBM and Intel on the Korean chip makers seems to be relatively smaller. Finally, stock prices in Korea, national stock price indices and individual high-tech stocks alike, have become much more responsive to innovations in the US stock prices after the 1997 financial crisis. The implications of the main findings in this paper are also discussed.     

Relationship Between Human and Nature In America Literature

Nature is one of an important themes in America literature.This article mainly analyzes Ralph Emerson,Henry David Thoreau, Nathaniel Hawthorne,Jack London,Ernest Hemingway and Robert Frost's different representative stylistic works on nature;inquires into nature's various forms in America literature,such as its personification,objectification,deification and so on;elaborates on its significant meanings;expounds and proves the relationship between and nature in different writer's works and points out nature's profound impact on human.     

Problems with detecting assumed mediation using the hierarchical multiple regression strategy

In human resource management (HRM) and allied fields (e.g., organizational behavior, management, and industrial and organizational psychology), tests of mediation are frequently conducted using the hierarchical multiple regression (HMR) strategy of Baron and Kenny [Baron, R. M., & Kenny, D. A. (1986). The moderator–mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51, 1173–1182]. Although previous research has identified a number of serious problems with this approach, the present study adds to the literature by identifying yet additional problems with its use in inferring the existence of mediation. Using a statistical simulation, we found that certain patterns of correlation coefficients guarantee inferences about mediation, whereas other patterns preclude such inferences. On the basis of various analyses including logistic regression and inspection of three-dimensional plots, we identified patterns of correlation coefficients needed to satisfy Baron and Kenny's [Baron, R. M., & Kenny, D. A. (1986). The moderator–mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51, 1173–1182] conditions for inferring mediation. The same patterns have no necessary relation to actual causal connections among variables in mediation models. Moreover, as a consequence of the failure of the HMR strategy to detect mediating effects, many instances of actual mediation in HRM and allied fields may have gone undetected. In view of the foregoing, we conclude that the HMR strategy should no longer be used in testing for mediation.     

陕西农户奶牛保险支付意愿的实证分析

陕西省于2007年7月在泾阳县实施了奶牛政策性农业保险的试点。本文按照条件价值评估方法,于2007年11月在泾阳县以支付卡式问卷调查对127户奶牛养殖户进行了实地调查,以调查数据为依据,测算了当地养殖户奶牛保险费用支付意愿,并运用Logistic回归模型分析了影响农户奶牛保险支付意愿的主要因素。结论认为,泾阳县奶牛保险试点中对畜龄2～8周岁奶牛实际征收保费标准低于养殖户平均支付意愿,是否接受保费、是否了解补贴、养殖户个体特征即受教育年限、养殖经验、年龄等是影响其保险支付意愿的主要因素。     

基于多变量的中国货币需求函数实证分析

随着我国经济体制改革的深化,建立货币需求模型的变量因子也在发生变化。然后,根据我国近年来货币实际需求,选取变量因子建立货币需求模型,并进行了实证分析。在实证分析的基础上,提出了提高货币政策有效性的政策建议。     

中国传统村落空间分布特征与影响因素分析

村落是乡村振兴战略实施的载体,认知传统村落空间分布及其影响因素对传统村落的传承和发展有重要价值。以中国传统村落为对象,采用核密度方法识别核心和次核心;构建“格网分析—空间自相关—地理加权回归”的影响因素研究方法,并进行实践分析。发现:①在地理格局上,传统村落主要分布在“胡焕庸线”以东、第二和第三级阶梯、年均降水量400 mm以上的区域、亚热带季风气候区和温带季风气候区;从行政区划来看,部分省份、地级市的交界地带为传统村落的密度核心。②GWR结果显示,对于地形因素,第二阶梯海拔越低、第三阶梯海拔越高传统村落越集中;对于生态因素,在农产品主产区或生态环境保护区,既出现生态环境越好传统村落越密集特征,也出现生态环境越好传统村落越分散特征;对于人口因素,“胡焕庸线”以西的大部分地区人口越密集传统村落越集中,而该线以东区域则相反;对于经济因素,中西部大部分经济发展水平较低的区域传统村落趋于聚集,东部地区经济水平总体较高传统村落趋于分散;交通和城市因素在不同区域对传统村落空间分布亦存在两面性特征。总体看,各地理要素的回归系数存在正负值、正负值比重差异以及高低值空间差异,反映各要素对传统村落空间分布的影响方向、程度和范围均存在较大空间差异。基于空间分布特征及要素回归系数空间差异,提出了传统村落开发利用的建议。