Market segmentation for a leverage revitalization of China’s inbound tourism: the case of US leisure tourists

China’s inbound tourism currently faces a tough choice between a niche strategy and a wide-range tourist attraction. The derivative concept of ‘leverageable market’ provides a reasonable method to solve the problem. This study, thus, attempts to conduct market segmentation for identifying a core crowd in the leisure tourism market of US near-venturers that leverages revitalization. A mixed segmentation method was adopted that combined ‘a posterior approach’ with ‘a priori approach’ in an overall multi-stage framework. ‘Venturesomeness’ in Plog’s psychographic model was the first principle segmentation variable used, which is intrinsically pertinent to the connotation of a leverageable market. ‘Activity participation’ was added to further partition the near-venturers identified, yielding refined management strategies. The data first indicated an obvious shift of China’s psychographic destination position from ‘near-venturer’ to ‘mid-centric’. Cluster analysis further identified four activity-based near-venturer segments: outdoor stimulus experiencers, recreation and amusement seekers, culture searchers, and extensive interest holders. Significant socio-demographic and trip-related features were found among the clusters. The corresponding managerial and theoretical implications, limitations, and agendas for further related research were finally discussed.     

基于多源数据的环长株潭城市群县市区活跃度测度与分析

了解一个城市群内各县(市)区的活跃度可以为该城市群服务设施的配置及等级结构的优化提供依据。基于环长株潭城市群夜间灯光数据、客流量数据以及新浪微博签到数据,利用数理统计分析,对环长株潭城市群内64个县(市)区的活跃度进行测度,并对经济活跃度和人口活跃度的组合状况进行分类分析。结果显示:长沙市内五区的活跃度居前五位,而距离各中心城区较远的县市区活跃度较低,总体上呈中心-外围的圈层分布,且具有沿轴向扩展与多极点并存的空间分布格局;核心区的经济活跃度与人口活跃度基本一致,而外围区则不一致;从经济活跃度和人口活跃度的组合关系来看,表现出高-高、高-低、低-高及低-低等4种类型。     

Does the opening of high-speed rail enhance urban entrepreneurial activity? Evidence from China

Entrepreneurship plays a critical role in contributing to the realization of full employment in all countries around the world. By improving the efficiency of the flow of production factors, high-speed rail (HSR) has an important impact on regional economic development. However, little is known about whether HSR has improved urban entrepreneurial activity. This paper takes the opening of HSR as a quasi-natural experiment and constructs a difference-in-differences (DID) model, using panel data on 284 prefecture-level cities in China for the period from 2005 to 2019, to systematically evaluate the impact of HSR openings on urban entrepreneurial activity. We find that the opening of HSR has increased the urban entrepreneurial activity, and that this effect is more obvious in cities at high administrative levels, with locational advantages, and highly developed economies, including service industries. HSR can enhance urban entrepreneurial activity by improving the level of talent aggregation and venture capital. These findings provide fresh perspectives on the connection between HSR and urban entrepreneurial activity.     

陕西民办高校大学生创业活动行业分布调查分析

创业既是解决民办高校毕业生就业问题的有效方式,也是实现民办高校毕业生人生理想的选择之一。本文通过对陕西民办高校大学生创业行业分布情况进行了深入调查,用统计软件对数据进行分析并剖析其原因,得出一些启示,希望对陕西民办高校教育有一定的借鉴作用。     

日本的R&D税收抵免制度及对我国的启示

日本是较早实施RD税收激励的国家,本文通过对日本RD税收抵免制度发展历程、RD活动及RD费用界定、税收激励的主要内容、RD支出的财税处理等进行解析,试图为我国RD税收抵免制度的完善提供可借鉴的经验。     

Shadow Funding and Economic Growth: Evidence from China

Using popular liability-side wealth management products in China, we construct an informative measure of shadow funding and shadow credit by extension. This measure reflects the risk appetites of financial intermediaries and their ability to expand their balance sheets through bank–shadow-bank cooperation. Our measure possesses unique predictive power for future economic activity. An increase in the measure corresponds to increases in investment and consumption, which, in turn, reduce financing costs due to improvements in economic development.     

气候变化和人类活动对沙尘暴发生日数的影响——以内蒙古四子王旗为例

沙尘暴已经成为21世纪重大的环境问题之一;位于内蒙古自治区中部阴山北麓的四子王旗,荒漠化极为严重,多年来一直是发生沙尘暴平均日数的高值区中心,也是沙尘源区和沙尘东移进入京津的重要路径之一,沙尘暴频发的原因是人类活动和脆弱的自然环境耦合的结果;以该区为例讨论气候变化和人类活动耦合作用下沙尘暴的年发生日数特点。     

作业成本法会计核算研究

目前我国对作业成本法研究还处于起步阶段，本文从我国国情出发，在系统介绍作业成本法核算原理的基础上，提出了适合我国实际的作业成本法会计核算模型。     

Weak Disposability in Nonparametric Production Analysis: Reply to Färe and Grosskopf

Färe and Grosskopf (this issue) claim that a single abatement factor suffices for modeling weak disposability in nonparametric production models, and that the Kuosmanen (2005) technology that uses multiple abatement factors is larger than necessary. This article demonstrates by a numerical example that a single abatement factor does not suffice to capture all feasible production plans, and that its use leads to the violation of convexity, one of the maintained assumptions of the model. We also prove that the Kuosmanen technology is the correct minimum extrapolation technology under the stated axioms.     

会计信息失真的危害及治理办法

会计信息反映企业的经营状况帮助管理者做出正确的经济决策。目前出现的会计信息失真现象扰乱了市场经济秩序,诱发经济犯罪,损害了使用者的要权益。应加强对会计信息失真的治理以建立良好的社会经济秩序。