浅析独立董事由经济学家担任的缺陷和完善

独立董事队伍的出现,有助于弥补由于现代公司股权出现所带来的所有者制约弱化的法律真空。而中国上市公司独立董事中经济学家比例较高,经济学家作为独立董事存在着很多问题,这无疑成了独立董事难以发挥更大作用的“瓶颈”。本文浅析经济学家担任独立董事的缺陷并提出对独立董事的完善措施。     

国企改革三十年 企业与经济学家共进

国企改革历经曲折三十年,经济学家与企业共同进步。经济学家为改革决策者提供了充足的理论选择空间和相关操作模式说明,为政策形成打下坚实基础。未来,经济学家希望能和其他学科学者携手合作,做出更大贡献。     

Publication Performance of Economists and Economics Departments in Turkey (1999–2003)

This is the first study evaluating the publication performances of economists and economics departments in Turkey. The international (article) publication performance of Turkish economic departments in general is found to be rather poor. There is a wide gap in particular between the top five universities and the economists affiliated to them and those outside the top five. The paper also provides evidence in favour of private higher education. The publication patterns of economists in Turkey are shown to be similar to those of their counterparts in the rest of the world.     

当前经济理论界的几个理论误区

本文认为,当前我国经济理论界论战的关键问题之一,是如何正确对待马克思主义经济学和西方经济学的关系。在我国经济理论界,一些人对西方经济学一窝蜂地盲目推崇,使马克思主义经济学及其在经济学领域的指导地位遇到了严重的挑战。实际上,西方经济学的推崇者陷入了一系列理论误区,因为他们不愿意承认西方社会科学的阶级性、意识形态和价值判断。文章提出,对西方经济学要进行分析、鉴别和批判,邓小平关于正确对待西方学术文化思潮的论述,现在仍然是我们正确解决马克思主义经济学和西方经济学关系的指导原则。     

From Judicial Sovereignty to Collective Democracy: The Development of J.R. Commons’ Perspective on Progressive Institutional Change

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This article clarifies the significance of “collective democracy” in the works of John R. Commons by comparing it with “judicial sovereignty” in terms of its contribution to “progress.” We can thus answer two issues that Paul D. Bush does not clearly address: (i) what setup for policy formation contributes to progress and (ii) what is the role of economists within a collective democracy? Based on the comparison, the answer to the first question is collective democracy, and regarding the second question, the roles of economists as both economists and “institutional” economists are extrapolated.     

How to Attract an Audience at a Conference: Paper,Person or Place?

We analyze the drivers of audience size and the number of questions asked in parallel sessions at the annual conference of the German Economics Association. We find that the location of the presentation is at least as important for the number of academics attending a talk as the combined effect of the person presenting and the paper presented. Being a presenter in a late morning session on the second day of a conference, close to the place where coffee is served, significantly increases the size of the audience. When it comes to asking questions, location becomes less important, but smaller rooms lead to more questions being asked. Younger researchers and very senior researchers attract more questions and comments. There are also interesting gender effects. Women attend research sessions more diligently than men, but seem to ask fewer questions than men. Men are less likely to attend presentations on health, education, welfare and development economics than women. Our findings suggest that strategic scheduling of sessions could ensure better participation at conferences. Moreover, different behaviors of men and women at conferences might also contribute to the lack of women in senior scientist positions.     

Teaching the Concept of Demand: Another Approach

Using a market with which the students themselves are familiar, the author describes a lecture exercise that helps explicate the concepts of demand, elasticity, and price setting.     

Margaret G. Reid: Life and achievements

Feminist critics of mainstream economics, and of the neoclassical paradigm in particular, have focused primarily on exposing and questioning the gender biases and androcentric claims to neutrality, objectivity and rationality of the most male-dominated discipline among the social sciences. The scientific method and mathematical sophistry so cherished in the discipline have also come under severe attack from several quarters. However, despite the intellectual ferment and some practical gains for women that these criticisms have engendered, even today the substantial contributions several women scholars have made to the field of economics are not well known or fully acknowledged. This paper traces and highlights Margaret Reid's contributions to the development of some core theories in economics. While several of her male colleagues whose work she had inspired or contributed to have been awarded the Nobel Prize, the discipline of economics still owes a huge debt to Reid and to several other women economists.     

中国经济学家应关注人际关系问题

本文在分析人际关系尚未纳入西方主流经济分析之中及没有得到西方经济学家的普遍重视和认可之后，指出重视人际关系是最具特色的中国文化传统，提出人际关系作为人际资本，人际资本就是资本化的的交易成本的独到见解，并进行深入细致的分析、研究。