Using a dual-frame design to improve phone surveys on political attitudes: developing a weighting strategy for limited external information in Hong Kong

Quality & Quantity - In recent years, rapid increases in mobile phone ownership and decreases in landline users have led to potential biases in landline phone survey estimations. Mobile-only...     

The Impact of Institutional Differences on Derivatives Usage: a Comparative Study of US and Dutch Firms

This paper examines the influence of institutional differences on corporate risk management practices in the USA and the Netherlands. We compare results to surveys in each country using a strategy that corrects for differences over industry and size classes across the Dutch and US samples. We document several differences in the firms’ uses and attitudes towards derivatives and attempt to attribute them to the differences in the institutional environments between the USA and the Netherlands. We find that institutional differences appear to have an important impact on risk management practices and derivatives use across US and Dutch firms.     

我国银色市场开发现状分析及其营销建议

据中国老年协会分析，2000年我国60岁以上的老年人口已达到1.3亿，约占总人口的10.2%，世界新增加的老龄人口中有23%来自中国，这使我国提前进入了人口老龄化国家行列，统计表明，我国现有60岁以上的老年人每年以3%的速度增加，80岁以上的老年人以5%的速度增加，这意味着我国每年净增380多万60岁以上的老年人，50多万岁以上的老年人，这个快速增加的庞大老年群体，预示着在市场消费品需求中用于满足老年人的比重将不断增加，老年人所占市场消费份额的比例将越来越大，老年产品的消费总量将不断增加，在我国相对来说，老人在城市晨的比重普遍高于农村，而生活在城市里的老人大多数享有退休金，仅从这一点，有眼光的商家就可敏锐地感受到老年市场的庞大和潜力，同时随着社会经济的发展，老年人的收入普遍提高，以上海为列，退休金在351-600元的中等收入者占到62.4%，收入在600-900元乃至千元以上者占4.5%，180万的4.5%是多少？加上“老有所为”的再就业收入，老年人的购买实力是实实在在的存在的，我国老年人产品与服务的多种需求构成了一个十分丰富多彩的“银色市场”。     

新世纪毛泽东思想的探索与研究

新世纪研究毛泽东思想的现实意义是要坚持毛泽东思想与邓小平理论相结合;坚持毛泽东思想与创新精神相结合;坚持史与论相结合;坚持教学内容与教学对象相结合.毛泽东思想和毛泽东晚年的错误应区别开来.     

Health, Government, and Irving Fisher

A bstract    This paper provides a few historical notes on government involvement in health, followed by a summary of the theoretical arguments that economists offer in its support. Irving Fisher's views and recommendations about health are examined in the light of today's perceptions concerning health, health economics, and health policy. The wide variety of roles that the U.S. and other governments currently play in health is reviewed, and the ability of economics to explain these roles is assessed. The consequences of government involvement for the health of populations, for expenditures on health care, and for political and social stability are examined. The paper concludes with an overview of new worldwide trends in health policy and some probable explanations for these trends.     

建设项目生态经济效益分析

从建设项目对生态经济的影响，建设项目生态经济的评价以及自然资源价值对建设项目评价的影响，论证了建设项目与生态经济对立统一的关系，提出了建设项目环境保护的重要性，建设性的提出了如何进行建设项目中的生态经济效益分析和评价，具有一定的现实意义。     

不同财务管理目标下业绩评价选择及其关系处理

从财务管理目标出发考察企业业绩评价方法的演变过程，是为了在它们之间建立一种联系。不同的财务管理目标下，企业的业绩评价选择会有很大的差异，而其总体趋势是选择综合业绩评价方法。在不同的财务管理目标下选择不同的业绩评价指标时，又要处理好三对关系：短期发展与长期发展、局部利益与全局利益、财务指标与非财务指标。