The heterogeneous relationship between board social ties and corporate environmental responsibility in an emerging economy

Firms in emerging economies are faced with multiple, incompatible institutional forces in their environmental activities. Which of these forces will be dominant and instantiated within an organization is partly determined by the social relationships that a firm maintains with external actors. This paper investigates the relationship between board social ties and the level of environmental responsibility undertaken by firms in China, an emerging economy, by categorizing board social ties into three types in terms of the three isomorphic forces in the institutional field (coercive, normative and mimetic). Drawing on institutional and agency theories, using a sample of listed firms in environmentally sensitive industries, and a generalized least squares regression method, the results provide empirical evidence that ties that are linked to coercive and normative forces (i.e., political organizations and universities) are related to a higher level of environmental responsibility; however, those that are linked to mimetic forces (i.e., industrial peers) have a negative association with environmental responsibility, which is mitigated by CEO power. These findings suggest that the heterogeneous effects of board social ties on environmental responsibilities experienced by firms in a context of environmentalism are at an early stage.     

发展区域文化激发创造活力--关于加强柳州市文化建设的思考

文章在探讨区域文化的战略意义的基础上,阐述了加强柳州市文化建设的战略意义、指导思想、遵循的基本原则,探讨了推进柳州文化建设的对策,提出了通过实施十大工程和系列保障措施来促进柳州文化发展的思想.     

Fiscal decentralization, revenue and expenditure assignments, and growth in China

Theory suggests that a close match between revenue and expenditure assignments at sub-national levels benefits allocative efficiency, and hence economic growth. That is, a convergence of revenue and expenditure assignments at sub-national levels of government should, according to the theory, be positively associated with a higher growth rate. In the case of China, this paper shows, divergence, rather than convergence, in revenue and expenditures at the sub-national level of government is associated with higher rates of growth. A panel dataset for 30 provinces in China is used to examine the relationship between fiscal decentralization and economic growth over two phases of fiscal decentralization in China: (1) 1979–1993 under the fiscal contract system, and (2) 1994–1999 under the tax assignment system. The seeming contradiction between the theory and evidence in the China case is reconciled by taking into account the institutional arrangements that prevailed during the two phases of fiscal decentralization, in particular the inconsistency between the assumptions of the theory of fiscal decentralization and the institutional reality of China.     

大义父母40年续写异国亲情

在山东省荣成市上庄镇小龙庄村外,一座石墓格外显眼.墓主是该村村民邹殿臣,立墓者是他的日本"儿子"渡边浩充.追随着这座石墓,一段感人至深的故事为世人所传颂.     

The approach to transforming the traditional agricultural economy: a research on the multiple paths of poverty alleviation and transformation in rural China

Transforming a traditional agricultural economy into a modern economy is one of the main themes in economic development. Through theoretical and empirical analysis, this paper finds out that the key to transformation is to raise the economic value of people, to improve human capital investment and to match the stocks of physical and human capital. China’s rural economy is on the edge of economic take-off, and different zones may pursue different paths for transformation. The source of rural poverty is not the scarcity of income or consumption, but the deficiency of education, social security, medical care and economic opportunity, which we define as “capability poverty”. __________ Translated from The Journal of World Economy (世界经济), 2005,(2) (in Chinese)     

出口贸易的后向链接溢出效应——基于中国制造业数据的实证研究

本文利用我国1996~2003年17个制造业对16个OECD国家的出口贸易面板数据以及1997年和2002年的投入产出表,实证检验了我国出口贸易企业的水平链接溢出效应和后向链接溢出效应。结果表明,我国出口贸易企业通过向上游产业的非出口部门企业购买中间产品和服务产生了积极的后向链接溢出效应,而出口贸易企业的水平链接溢出效应并不明显。进一步的研究发现,我国制造业出口贸易的后向链接溢出主要来自于对美国和其他14个OECD国家的出口贸易企业。     

森林生态效益价值会计核算研究

森林生态效益是有价值的无形资产,这些价值不仅可以计量,而且应作为会计核算的对象。随着人们日益关注环境问题,营林企业应该将纳入企业会计核算的范围。本文着重研究了不同性质的营林企业如何进行森林生态效益价值的会计核算。     

广州市科普资源与科普基地类型及分布研究

对广州市的科普资源与科普基地的类型与分布进行系统研究，提出进一步发展的指导思想、目标及调整广州科普资源与科普基地分布的思路，以期为广州的经济、科技、文化和社会发展提供决策依据。     

EDA技术在电子类课程中的应用

EDA技术已逐渐成为现代电子系统设计的主要手段。本文结合高校电子类课程教学及实验的特点，对在电子类课程的教学中引入EDA技术，进行教学改革做了一些探讨。     

东北大开发中环保利益冲突及制度创新

在东北大开发过程中，加强环境保护和治理具有重要意义，而目前提出的环保政策措施，对各利益相关方之间的冲突分析不足，缺乏激励各利益团体合作的机制，以至于环保规划方案往往不能发挥它应有的指导作用。因此，要想切实促进环境保护，必须分析政府之间、政府部门之间、长期利益和短期利益之间及企业行为动机等的利益冲突，强调各方利益矛盾的协调，进行制度创新。有效的制度才能保证市场调节的正常进行，保障环保政策措施真正发挥作用。