改革开放以来我国乡镇企业的发展历程和展望

乡镇企业是在我国农村特殊历史条件下产生的新的经济组织形式,是我国农村商品经济的一个核心力量,在改革开放三十年以来,乡镇企业以其独特的发展道路和顽强的生命力,对我国的经济发展做出了重大的贡献。本文介绍了从改革开放至今,我国乡镇企业的发展历程和当前面临的问题,并提出系列可持续发展的战略,对未来的发展趋势进行展望。     

基于共同生态利益的城乡一体化发展政策与法律分析

城乡之间的生态联系在于,城市享受着乡村所提供的生态利益,同时也受到来自农村发展可能带来的生态影响。当前经济形势下城乡共同发展生态型经济是城乡统筹发展的长远之计。在总结我国城乡一体化发展经验教训的基础上,文章提出以生态联系为纽带,在发展生态农业的环境与资源政策、城乡共同发展体设想以及扩大城乡生态型内需的途径等方面提出了城乡统筹发展的政策与法律主张。     

发达地区农村人力资源开发的战略选择——以江苏省苏州市为例

明确苏州现阶段农村人力资源开发的实践意义,全面剖析该地区农村人力资源开发所具备的现实基础。围绕苏州新时期的战略目标,提出加快农村人力资源开发的若干思路,为地方政府相关决策提供参考。     

试析农村劳动力平等就业的政策歧视

近年来,农民工资性收入已成为农民收入的主要来源。但目前在国家就业体系、劳动者权益保护、就业服务和法规救助等方面存在着许多歧视性政策,阻碍着农村劳动力平等就业,影响了农民收入持续增长和农村消费需求的扩大。     

关于西方经济思想对我国改革开放影响的思考

随着我国改革开放的深入发展,西方经济思想对我国改革开放的影响在逐步从经济领域蔓延到政治领域和社会思想领域。这一方面促进了我国经济理论和社会主义市场经济的发展,另一方面也带来了对社会主义价值观、世界观和共产主义的信仰危机。因此,我们应对西方经济思想有正确的认识,既要看到它是资产阶级上层建筑的一部分,是为资本主义制度和资产阶级服务的阶级本质,同时也应看到它是对资本主义市场经济运行经验总结,反映了市场经济运行的一些一般规律,对社会主义市场经济建设有借鉴意义。但是,我国不能照搬资本主义市场经济,更不能以西方经济思想作为我国改革开放的指导思想。     

中国积极应对跨国并购的政策思考——基于技术溢出角度

FDI的技术外溢效应一直是国内外经济学者关注的一个焦点。本文从技术溢出角度,综合国内外经济学者在该领域已有的研究成果特别是实证研究成果进行概述和评价以期对中国应对跨国并购浪潮提供一些有益的政策启示。     

危机背景下我国货币政策的选择及效应分析

次贷危机对我国造成巨大影响,为保增长促内需,我国开始执行适度宽松货币政策。有必要研究货币政策的目标取向,措施的选择,分析产生的效果及在实施过程中应该注意的问题,使货币政策达到良好的效果。     

Helping You to Waste Less? Consumer Acceptance of Food Marketing Offers Targeted to Food-Related Lifestyle Segments of Consumers

ABSTRACT

Consumer households and consumer behavior have been identified as the major cause of food waste in the supply chain. Food marketing might offer products and services that help consumers to reduce their food waste or reduce the consumer-related food waste at the consumer–retailer interface. However, such strategies require consumer acceptance and targeting the right customers. Through an online survey of 800 Danish consumers and a measure of food-related lifestyle, four clusters of consumer segments are identified. The segments are compared with regard to their acceptance of a number of actions consumers can take to reduce food waste or their acceptance of food marketing services they would need to pay for. Acceptance differs with food involvement and the role of the price criterion, as well as with gender, education and age. The findings show how food marketing can help consumers to reduce food waste, through actions targeted to specific segments of consumers characterized by food-related lifestyle differences.     

The revenue potential of a financial transaction tax for US financial markets

This paper estimates the revenue potential of a financial transaction tax (FTT) for US financial markets. We focus on analyzing the revenue potential of the Inclusive Prosperity Act that was introduced in the US House of Representatives in 2012 and the US Senate in 2015. The tax rates stipulated in this Act include 0.5% (50 basis points (bps)) for all stock transactions, 0.1% (10 bps) for all bond transactions and 0.005% (0.5 bps) on the notional value of all derivative trades. We examine three sets of evidence to generate potential revenue estimates: 1) the levels of transaction costs in US financial markets over time and within the range of financial market segments; 2) the extent of trading elasticities under various trading conditions; and 3) the current level of trading activity in US financial markets. Based on this evidence, we conclude that a US FTT operating at the tax rates stated above would generate about $220 billion per year, equal to about 1.2% of the current US GDP.     

Quantitative easing and asset bubbles

Expansionary monetary policy is necessary to respond to financial crises. However, if Central Bank asset purchase initiatives are too large or last too long, they can lead to explosive increases in asset prices which add to the risk of a future crisis. This article employs two models including the Campbell–Shiller and Generalized Supremum Augmented Dickey Fuller techniques to search for bubbles in the US equity, housing and bond markets over the past eight years. Although, we find that prices in equities and housing have risen following Federal Reserve intervention, there is little indication of asset price bubbles. There is evidence of explosive bond price increases from September of 2011 to February of 2013.