A Cross‐national Comparison of R&D Expenditure Decisions: Tax Incentives and Financial Constraints*

We provide evidence on the impact of tax incentives and financial constraints on corporate R&D expenditure decisions. We contribute to extant research by comparing R&D expenditures in the United States and Canada, thereby exploiting the differences in the two countries' R&D tax credit mechanisms and generally accepted accounting principles. The two tax incentive mechanism designs are consistent with differing views of the degree of financial constraints faced by firms in these economies. Our sample also allows us to explore the effects of capitalizing R&D on Canadian firms. Employing a matched design, we document relations between tax credit incentives and R&D spending consistent with both Canadian and U.S. public companies responding as though they are not financially constrained. We estimate that the Canadian credit system induces, on average, $1.30 of additional R&D spending per dollar of taxes forgone while the U.S. system induces, on average, $2.96 of additional spending. We also find that firms that capitalize R&D costs in Canada spend, on average, 18 percent more on R&D. Collectively, this evidence is important to the ongoing debates in both countries concerning the appropriate design of incentives for R&D and is consistent with the assumptions found in the U.S. tax credit system, but not those found in the Canadian system.     

高职高专院校学生职业意识的培养

在大学生就业难的背景下,初步分析了学生职业意识的内涵和意义,探讨学生应具备的职业意识的主要内在构成要素,提出培养学生职业意识的途径和方法。     

中国邮政储蓄银行中间业务特色化发展战略的设想——以安徽分行为例

自成立之日起,中国邮政储蓄银行依托强大的邮政网络,励精图治,其中间业务迅速发展,呈现出品种丰富、效用增强、规模扩大的趋势。该行在中国作为＂草根银行＂,的确为区域经济的发展做出了应有的贡献,但和金融同业相比,其中间业务发展仍凸显产品研发滞后、业务收益不高、操作风险尚存等问题。本文以邮政储蓄银行安徽分行为例,结合其中间业务发展现状的分析,对邮政储蓄银行特色化发展战略进行设想,提出要通过审时度势、东学西渐、内外联动和左右开弓的系列措施助力其中间业务发展。     

Tourism and urban revitalization a case study of Pore , Yugoslavia

This article emphasizes the necessity of a multidisciplinary approach to revitalization of old urban areas through tourism. Historical urban values require special multidisciplinary care when transformed to suit the needs of both tourists and local population. The case study of the old urban area in Pore illustrates how this can be done. The study was aimed at identifying reasons for which tourists and local population visit Pore 's old urban core. It also intended to analyze the visitors' reactions to and expectations of old urban areas. The findings were to help make revitalization decisions and introduce new measures into the revitalization process itself, which in turn aimed at contributing to both future tourism developments and preservation of the area's historical and cultural heritage.     

Using volume to prove Sperner’s Lemma

We provide a novel proof of Sperner’s Lemma that is intuitive and elementary if certain simple properties of Lebesgue measure are known. The research of A. McLennan is partly funded by the Australian Research Council grant DP0773324. This paper was partly written while he was a member of the Discipline of Economics, The University of Sydney. McLennan also gratefully acknowledges the hospitality of the Economic Theory Center of the University of Melbourne. The research of R. Tourky is partly funded by the Australian Research Council grant A00103450. This paper was partly written while he was a member of the Department of Economics, Purdue University.     

人力资本与大学生就业——基于2010年对北京18所高校毕业生的调查

综合素质作为人力资本的核心体现,总体上不能提高就业概率,就业意愿和就业行为有助于展示人力资本价值,可提高就业率。与2008年相比,2010年综合素质和就业行为对大学生就业的作用减弱,就业意愿的作用增强,在一定程度上支持了读书无用论的观点,这会打击人力资本投资的热情,导致弃考、弃学现象,并最终影响国民素质的提高和经济的可持续发展。因此,要高度重视大学生就业问题。首先,要完善大学生就业机制,促进高素质人才顺利就业。打破体制性分割,建立全国统一的劳动力市场体系,提高社会保障的统筹层次,并加强就业服务与指导,减少交易成本,促进双方匹配。其次,要加强市场监管,规范信息发布、面试、录用等环节,确保透明、公开、公平,让拥有真才实学的优秀大学生脱颖而出。再次,要从创业教育、创业指导、创业资金等方面扶持更多的大学生创业,开辟一条增量型就业之路。     

认识与处理顾客异议的辨证法

顾客在购买商品的过程中会提出各种各样的购买异议,这是销售活动中的一种正常现象。它是销售成功的机遇,也是必须跨越的障碍,是对推销员驾驭推销态势的考验。推销员要正视顾客异议,以冷静、豁达的态度和辩证的方法分析、处理顾客异议,这是推销员必须具备的基本素质。     

中国核电产业国产化发展分析

自第一座军用堆的建成到2019年7月三代核电机组再次获批建设,我国核电经历了长期的发展,进入了核电重启时期。主要简述了不同发展阶段的核电技术路线,核电设备国产化率,以及相关的发展规划。我国核电产业的发展,是核电产业和制造业的奋斗史。核电设备的国产化率在有限的核电项目中不断提高。面对核电国产化过程中遇到的技术难点,我国核电从设计院到制造商共同承担风险,突破困境,实现了三代技术的国产化。在更先进的核电技术需求背景下,核电产业需要建立可持续发展的先进产业设备制造供应管体系。     

基于熵权TOPSIS法的长江经济带建筑业高质量发展动态测度研究

从建筑发展的规模性、效益性、创新性、绿色性、协调性以及共享性6个维度构建长江经济带建筑业高质量发展指标体系,利用熵权TOPSIS法对2011—2020年长江经济带建筑业高质量发展进行动态测度和评价。结果显示：2011—2020年长江经济带建筑业高质量发展水平排名前3的分别是上海、江苏、湖北;长江经济带整体呈现“东部地区较强,中部地区中等,西部地区较弱”的空间特征。