The ‘post-bureaucratic’ public sector organization. New organizational forms and HRM in ten UK public sector organizations

This paper evaluates the extent to which ‘post-bureaucratic’ organizational forms have been introduced to the UK public sector and the implications for human resource management policies and practices in the sector. The study draws from interview data at ten public sector organizations including local authorities, the National Health Service, the Civil Service, police authorities, broadcasting and transport. It concludes that certain structural changes have been made, but that older functional lines of authority still exist and thus post-bureaucratic claims are misleading. However, a harsher working environment has arisen for managers in these public sector organizations, with longer hours and a more complex working environment. Older certainties such as job security, a safe career path and seniority-based pay have all been eroded.     

陕南苏区红色文化资源价值探析

红色文化资源是中国共产党宝贵的精神财富。本文通过对陕南苏区红色文化资源概况的调查整理。研究了陕南苏区红色文化资源的重要特点和内涵——陕南苏区精神。探析了陕南苏区强大的精神动力作用,推动陕南地区经济,社会文化全面发展的时代价值。     

消费者对于新能源汽车购买意愿差异比较

随着能源资源的日益短缺以及人类社会对节能环保的诉求,使得新能源汽车的发展成为汽车产业面临的重要课题.首先对国内外学者关于消费者在新能源汽车购前阶段形成购买意愿的研究进行梳理,根据消费者现有用车行为特征与消费者对于新能源汽车认知提出研究假设;然后,在对全国各地城市居民发放问卷的基础上获得实验数据,分析影响消费者对于新能源汽车购买意愿的影响因素进行差异比较,从而提出有针对性的营销建议.     

Capital City Museums and Tourism Flows: an Empirical Study of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

This study uses time series analysis to explore the extent to which the opening of the Museum of New Zealand in 1998 contributed to tourism growth in the nation's capital, Wellington. With the use of a series of different measures for tourism and major events in the city, econometric regressions are undertaken to better understand the relationship between visitors to the museum and tourism growth in the city's short‐term commercial accommodation sector. The findings are consistent with the museum having a positive impact on tourist arrivals and overnight stays. These results contribute valuable empirical evidence of the positive role of museums in attracting tourists to urban centres. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Influence of the Banks' Money Mediation Behavior on the Monetary Policy: A Study of Korean Case

Abstract

This paper analyses how financial institutions' arbitrary intermediation behaviors, including adjustments in bank lending and deposit rates, influence monetary policy transmission channels. For the analysis, we develop a New Keynesian Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (NK DSGE) model with parameters estimated to fit the Korean conditions. The role of banks is subsequently examined by classifying monetary policy transmission channels (real rate channel, nominal debt channel, financial accelerating channel, and banking attenuator channel). A notable part of this analysis is the inclusion of the banking sector in the model specifically with the intent to study transmissions from the financial sector to the real economy. This paper follows this line of inquiry with recent research in mind. Empirical analysis verifies the existence of the banking attenuator effect in Korea, which means banks act to reduce the effect of monetary policies. This indicates that if financial intermediaries strengthen arbitrary adjustment behaviors of lending and deposit rates, the effect of the monetary policy intended to relieve volatility in the business cycle may not be as high as expected.     

中原经济区政府服务软环境分析及优化策略研究

政府服务环境的好坏是关系到经济发展、社会稳定和人民安居乐业的重要因素。加强政府服务能力的建设是为中原经济区全面发展提供良好软环境的关键。本文主要分析了中原经济区政府服务软环境现状,并通过实证调查发现政府服务软环境中,政策的合理性和政府为企业提供的服务是关键指标。要想留住区内企业,并吸引外来企业入驻中原经济区发展,必须从这两个方面下功夫。     

Optimal Monetary and Fiscal Policy with a Zero Bound on Nominal Interest Rates

I characterize optimal monetary and fiscal policy in a stochastic New Keynesian model when nominal interest rates may occasionally hit the zero lower bound. The benevolent policymaker controls the short‐term nominal interest rate and the level of government spending. Under discretionary policy, accounting for fiscal stabilization policy eliminates to a large extent the welfare losses associated with the presence of the zero bound. Under commitment, the gains associated with the use of the fiscal policy tool remain modest, even though fiscal stabilization policy is part of the optimal policy mix.     

分类引导——新时期大学生思想引导的重要举措

新时期的大学生有着蓬勃向上的锐气和朝气,是未来社会主义现代化建设的生力军。但在经济体制重大改革的时代、经济背景下,社会生活的各个领域都产生了深刻变革,大学生的人生、道德、价值观也随之发生巨大的变化。大学生群体出现分化,呈现出不同的类型,这就给新时期高校教育工作提出了新的课题,即如何针对不同类型的大学生群体,采取积极措施进行正确的、有针对性的引导,帮助他们树立起正确的世界观、人生观和价值观。     

Cementing the case for collusion under the National Recovery Administration

Macroeconomists have long debated the aggregate effects of anti-competitive provisions under the “Codes of Fair Conduct” promulgated by the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA). Despite the emphasis on these provisions, there is only limited evidence documenting any actual effects at the micro-level. We use a combination of narrative evidence and a novel plant-level dataset from 1929, 1931, 1933, and 1935 to study the effects of the NIRA in the cement industry. We develop a test for collusion specific to this particular industry. We find strong evidence that before the NIRA, the costs of a plant's nearest neighbor had a positive effect on a plant's own price, suggesting competition. After the NIRA, this effect is completely eliminated, with no correlation between a plant's own price and its neighbor's cost.     

城乡统筹背景下的农村市政公用设施建设

我国农村市政公用设施建设滞后,农村市政公用设施建设中仍然存在着财政投入不足、管理与维护落后、建设标准缺失、建设严重滞后等问题。加快农村市政公用设施建设对推进我国社会主义新农村建设意义重大。为此,本文提出加快推进城乡一体化进程、加大资金投入力度、发挥农民在农村建设中的主体作用,制定因地制宜、分类指导的建设方针以及加强农村市政公用设施的维护管理等意见和建议,加快农村市政公用设施建设进程。