The effect of sporting success and management failure on attendance demand in the Bundesliga: a revealed and stated preference travel cost approach

This study examines the private consumption benefits of sports attendance using revealed and stated preference data from 28 Football Bundesliga teams across three divisions. Survey respondents were presented with positive (sporting success) and negative (management failure) scenarios and asked for the number of game trips if each scenario occurred. The results of a pooled random effects Poisson model show that travel costs and ticket price have a significant negative effect on the number of home game trips. The weighted consumer surplus per game trip including travel costs and ticket prices is €345. Consumer surplus per game trip was found to change by €41 (first division) and €98 (second and third division) if the positive scenario occurred and by €39 if the negative scenario occurred.     

“Social Freedom” in the Twenty-First Century: Rereading Polanyi

Karl Polanyi’s analysis of the genesis, crises, and institutional transformations of contemporary society is grounded on a theory of the basic features and dynamics of capitalism as a peculiar form of society. This article intends to develop this thesis on the basis of a reading of Polanyi’s The Great Transformation, with references to Polanyi’s preceding and later research. Polanyi’s theoretical and methodological achievements suggest a wide comparative outlook and offer a critique of economics, in addition to being deeply connected with his political philosophy. Polanyi’s approach seems to be nearer to the original institutional thought — from Karl Marx to Thorstein Veblen, from Max Weber to Adolf Löwe and Karl William Kapp — than to current neo-institutional tendencies in economics, sociology, and historiography. The hard problems society presently faces suggest the need to adhere to Polanyi’s radical point of view — that is, to a radical approach to Polanyi’s thought.     

Perspectives on evaluation in financial education: Landscape,issues, and studies

This review discusses the heterogeneity in the effectiveness of financial education programs that occurs because of the unique conditions for programs and methods to evaluate them. The authors define six groups served by financial education: children, youth, college students and young adults, working adults, military personnel, and low-income consumers. They then discuss research and evaluation literature for each group with a critical eye on program purpose, content, and evaluation. They also present findings affecting multiple groups on four issues: student loans, homeownership, retirement planning, and financial advising. The accumulated evidence on the effectiveness of financial education is positive, although the results are nuanced and sometimes limited. The authors argue that understanding this broad landscape in studying financial education is critical for future research and evaluation.     

The impact of rural roads and irrigation on household welfare: evidence from Vietnam

We measure the impact of road and irrigation projects on the livelihoods of households in the poorest and most remote areas of Vietnam using difference-in-difference estimators. We find that both rural road and irrigation projects help local households improve the access to safe water and welfare measured by a wealth index. The impact of irrigation projects is found to be larger than the impact of road projects. We also find heterogeneous impacts of road and irrigation projects. Households with higher levels of education tend to benefit more from road projects, while households with lower levels of education are likely to benefit more from irrigation projects.     

基于新常态下功能需求的国家大学科技园评价指标体系

基于新常态下国家大学科技园的整合多方资源、辐射带动区域及高校等功能需求,利用扎根理论,结合政策解读和文献梳理,构建了包括支撑服务能力、核心功能绩效、创新绩效、资源整合能力和辐射带动能力5个维度的国家大学科技园评价指标体系,并将评价指标归类为基础指标、核心指标和特色指标,以体现评价体系的多层次和特色化。采用层次分析法和德尔菲法进行指标赋权,并进一步构建评价实施模型。对32家国家大学科技园进行评价,为主管部门评价国家大学科技园发展水平、指导园区建设、制定相关政策提供理论依据。     

Handelsblatt Ranking and Journal Quality: A Cautionary Note

I provide a brief discussion of the Handelsblatt ranking by focusing on its journal quality weights. I summarize the methodology underlying journals’ prestige measure, which is derived from their citation networks, and discuss its strengths and shortcomings. Although I agree that Handelsblatt ranking provides a great service to the profession, that same profession needs to be rather careful not to overemphasize the journal quality weights.     

军民融合背景下我国上市军工企业结构评价研究

采用“DEA方法”评价我国上市军工企业结构优化度,通过我国各军工产业结构优化效率之间的对比,探究我国军工产业结构现有的问题,进而提出新时期、新常态下,我国军工产业结构升级的对策。最后,就军民融合背景下我国军工企业转型升级问题提出实践性指导。     

我国中小企业扶持性政策执行研究态势评析——基于共词分析法

为有效总结我国中小企业扶持性政策执行研究现状,采用共词分析法,运用聚类分析、多维尺度分析和社会网络分析法对该领域相关研究主题进行了定量分析和系统梳理。结果表明,学界对中小企业扶持性政策的研究侧重在技术创新、贷款担保和融资等七个方面,忽略了对中小企业扶持性政策执行的相关研究。所得结论将为后续中小企业扶持性政策执行网络构建和优化研究提供有益启示。     

基于熵值法的区级新型城镇化评价指标体系研究

为了科学利用新型城镇化评价指标体系对西安市莲湖区进行指导和监督,明确发展不足、优化下一步发展目标,在明确西安市莲湖区发展特征及发展趋势的基础上,构建经济发展、社会进步、环境优化、文化传承等4个系统新型城镇化质量评价指标体系。运用熵值法对西安市各区县发展水平进行综合测度。结果表明,莲湖区在西安市排名第三,经济发展、环境优化方面存在不足。     

Anti‐dumping Shock and the Productivity Response of Chinese Industries

This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the productivity effects of antidumping (AD) measures on Chinese industries. Industry‐year panel data and generalized method of moments estimators are used in the empirical analysis. Productivity indicators are calculated using data envelope analysis. The empirical results show that China's industrial total factor productivity has improved under the pressure of AD measures taken by developed countries, and the mechanism inspires technological progress but hurts technological efficiency. Developing countries' AD measures have no significant productivity effects on China's targeted industries, except for slightly positive effects on technological efficiency. These results indicate that China should pay more attention to technological innovation and take different counter‐measures for different cases of AD measures.