Obesity of politicians and corruption in Ukraine in 2000–2020– Reply

We collected 469 frontal face images of Ukrainian cabinet ministers who were in office in 2000–2020. For each image, the minister's body mass index was estimated using a computer vision algorithm. The time series of median estimated body mass index of cabinet ministers co-moves over time with two existing measures of corruption – World Bank worldwide governance indicator Control of Corruption, and the discrepancy between the quantity of luxury wristwatches exported from Switzerland to Ukraine (reported by Swiss statistics) and the corresponding quantity imported by Ukraine from Switzerland (reported by Ukrainian statistics).     

是否应该征收含糖饮料消费税? ——基于消费税职能的探讨

基于我国减税降费背景下消费税理应秉持的职能定位,本文对征收含糖饮料消费税可能产生的影响展开定量分析.结果表明:征收含糖饮料消费税能够为政府的消费税收入带来至少2％的增幅,同时可以降低居民的能量摄入和体重;尽管存在微弱的收入分配负效应,相对于含糖饮料过量摄入引起的健康负外部性导致的经济损失,征税带来的收益比较可观.本文建议将含糖饮料消费税作为引导居民健康饮食消费的一个切入点,通过逐步扩大税目的方式最终形成契合我国国情的不健康食品消费税.     

全面预算管理信息化系统建设

现阶段,我国企业已经初步完成了公司治理目标,建立了内容相对完整的内部控制管理体系.为了进一步推进业财融合发展,大部分企业研发设计了与企业业务管理、财务管理相匹配的全面预算管理.并且,在新时期的数字化建设中,增强了全面预算管理信息化系统建设.本文以此为出发点,选取全面预算管理信息化系统建设作为研究题目,概述了全面预算管理的重要性.并以此为基础,分别从权责机制、互联网思维、信息化技术三个层面,进行了具体讨论.     

我国现代农业发展的现状、问题与对策研究

近年来,在科技支撑和制度支持的背景下,我国的现代农业得到了长足发展,取得了举世瞩目的成绩。但是在发展过程中也出现了很多问题,例如:与发达国家相比,科技装备相对落后,现代农业人才严重短缺,金融支持力度不足,市场机制不完善等,因此深入研究现代农业具有重要的现实意义。文章首先对何为现代农业进行了详细阐述;然后分析了我国现代农业发展的现状;再次分析了我国现代农业发展中存在的主要问题;最后提出了切实可行的对策,为现代农业发展提供一些参考,促进现代农业科学发展。     

哈尔滨市快递自提点空间布局与影响因素研究

快递自提点作为解决物流"最后一公里"服务瓶颈问题的关键,逐渐成为地理学研究新的关注点.本文基于2020年3月哈尔滨市菜鸟驿站和邮政站点的POI数据,综合运用文本分析、数理统计等方法,分析哈尔滨市快递自提点的空间布局特征和影响因素,研究发现:哈尔滨市快递自提点存在布局不平衡现象已初步显现,市辖区快递自提点布局存在冗余和空间浪费现象,而远郊县快递自提点存在建设较薄弱等问题,并有针对性地提出了哈尔滨市快递网点布局服务体系的优化对策.     

理性人的人情味：快手“老铁经济”的内在机制和逻辑

以中国用户规模最大短视频平台之一快手头部主播直播带货推广项目的案例和数据分析为基础,构建解释快手直播电商经济底层逻辑的社会学机制模型.提出快手直播电商经济背后的3种社会学机制:关键影响者逻辑、身份认同逻辑和社会网络逻辑.通过LDA文档主题生成模型将快手主播的直播语义字段进行文档主题生成归类,发现情感因素和理性因素词交互影响受众的购买决策,它背后的社会学作用机制是关键影响者逻辑和身份认同逻辑.2020年快手直播电商半年交易额已达1044亿元,理解快手直播背后的影响机制,能够持续优化推广模型,在互联网流量广告领域具有重要的应用价值.     

All work intensity is not created equal: Effort motives,job satisfaction and quit intentions at a grocery chain

Prior research has shown that the well-being of employees engaged in intensive work can vary with the discretion their jobs afford regarding how and when to carry out the work. This article explores a different avenue. It argues that well-being also varies with employees’ individual motives for working intensively. The article introduces self-determination theory to the domain of work intensity and focuses on two hypotheses. The first is whether intensive work driven by explicit or implicit incentives is more positively associated with an employee's job satisfaction than intensive work driven by job demands. The second is whether intensive work driven by intrinsic motives is more positively associated with job satisfaction than that driven by explicit or implicit incentives. In both these cases, the article also examines whether equivalent effects exist on (reduced) quit intentions. Original data from a major Greek grocery chain provide corroborative evidence that is robust to a rich set of covariates, including increasingly demanding adjustments for job discretion. The findings contribute to a more complete understanding of why differences in well-being exist among employees performing intensive work, with implications for workers and employers.     

成长冲动与风险对冲:经济政策不确定性如何影响企业海外并购

本文扎根于中国转型经济背景,提出了在经济政策不确定性影响下企业海外并购的两大动因,即成长冲动和风险对冲.同时认为:经济政策不确定性使得企业内生有机成长方式、外在本土并购扩张方式受到了阻碍;企业面临着因融资成本、非经营性成本增加带来的风险;此时,海外并购便成为企业的最佳策略.本文以2008-2018年中国沪深两市A股上市公司为样本,实证检验了上述影响机制.研究结果显示:经济政策不确定性较高时,在成长冲动和风险对冲的驱动下,企业倾向于使用海外并购来替代本土并购,且这种替代作用在非国有企业中更为明显.机制检验表明:成长冲动强烈、融资成本和非经营性成本较高、风险承担能力弱的企业更倾向于采取海外并购策略,以规避经济政策不确定性的影响.     

Asymmetric effects of housing wealth on college enrolment

We investigate the impact of housing wealth, credit availability and financial distress on college enrolment decisions. We find that housing wealth is negatively related to enrolment in public schools and positively related to enrolment in private schools. This evidence suggests that, on average, students substituted away from private schools towards public institutions during the recent financial crisis.