Greening the local economy

While there has been a growing awareness of environmental issues in recent years, there has been little attempt to integrate environmental policy with economic development issues. This paper argues that this is an issue which should be addressed by local authorities and suggests ways in which local authorities could begin to move towards sustainable local economic development.     

Stakeholding and the local economy

During the 1980s local economic policy became an issue of major political concern. The polarisation of the New Right market-led strategies advanced by the Thatcher governments and the New Left-inspired counter-response, typified by the last years of the GLC, reflected the tenor of national political and economic debates at the time. Arguably, in the 10 years since the abolition of the GLC, local economic development has been devoid (some might say spared) of any “big idea” arising from wider political debates. Recently, however, there have been signs that a new political direction may be emerging at the national level with significant implications for local economic policy. That direction is the notion of stakeholding.     

Sustainable development and the local economy

This article sets out the divergence so far between the developing “environmental economics” and local authority “green strategies”. We propose a model of environmentally sustainable economic development. Our argument outlines “environmental efficiency” and more stringent “sustainability” objectives. It reviews current local authority activities and practices. All are within the “environmental efficiency” framework. It concludes by identifying opportunities created by recent government commitment to environmental improvement targets and argues that local authorities are well placed to take up the challenge of developing sustainable development in local economies. It suggests that this process will involve intervention in the market in a way not dissimilar to that adopted in the 1980s by local authorities concerned with developing socially progressive economic strategies and that this process might be termed “social environmentalism”.     

Social accounting in the local economy

High levels of unemployment have stimulated contemporary interest in social accounting. Decisions taken on the basis of private profitability, without regard for the wider economic and social consequences, may not be in the interests of the local community and the workforce. Traditionally such social consequences do not feature in accounting procedures for decision making or control purposes. But while local authorities are now showing more interest in social accounting, conceptual and practical problems must be addressed. This article highlights some of the major issues and calls for experimenting and publication of results to speed the development of useful techniques.     

地方金融工作与地方经济发展的关系探析

发展经济是地方政府工作的重中之重,地方经济的发展离不开地方金融的发展。实现地方经济又好又快发展的关键是做好地方金融工作。地方政府与金融业应建立起一种相辅相成、共同发展的关系,如何让地方金融变得更有效率,更有力的推动当地经济的发展,需要重新审视和研究地方政府金融工作与地方经济发展的关系。     

Introducing intertemporal and open economy features in applied general equilibrium models

Summary This paper discusses the importance to tax policy analysis of intertemporal decisions and international capital flows and indicates how these elements can be incorporated in applied general equilibrium models. The paper emphasizes the importance of distinguishing between physical and financial capital as well as between the mobility and substitutability of financial capital. A specific model based on intertemporal optimizing behavior illustrates these issues. This intertemporal model allows for imperfect mobility of physical capital by considering adjustment costs in the investment process, and incorporates imperfect substitution of financial capital by integrating portfolio choice with utility maximization.This paper was prepared for the Symposium on Applied General Equilibrium Models for Open Economies, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, December 3–5, 1989. We are very grateful to Symposium participants for helpful comments. The views expressed in this paper are strictly personal and do not necessarily reflect the official position of the International Monetary Fund.     

区域物流的经济发展区位贡献分析

论文基于区域经济学的区位理论,探讨区域经济发展的内涵和区域物流与区域经济发展的关系,分析区域物流对区域经济发展的区位贡献,认为区域物流的发展能够促进区域工业和农业区位的优化,加快区域城市化进程,改善区域对外贸易格局,进而提升区域经济发展的总体水平;相应的政策是要以区域物流作为先导性产业来构建支持区域经济协调发展的区域物流系统。     

论城镇化和地区经济一体化

不同的社会学科对城市化进程的实质的描述是不一样的。经济学认为城市化是各种非农产业发展的经济要素向城市集聚的过程；社会学认为城市化是一种城市性生活方式的发展过程，人口学认为城市化是居住在城市地区的人口比重不断上升的过程，地理学认为城市化是人类居住和经济布局呈现出日益集中化的过程。概括地讲，城市化实质上是一个全体居民市民化或农民的非农化解放的过程。     

区域经济一体化进程中的地方政府绩效评估

政府的天职永远是为社会成员提供及时、全面的公共服务,这也是政府存在的主要意义和价值。在此基础上,区域经济一体化进程中的地方政府,还要为企业的生存与发展打造最适合的制度安排,提高自主创新能力,建设区域创新体系,对区域经济一体化有所贡献。政府绩效评估可作为地方政府职能归位的动力机制之一。为保证评估规范科学,结果客观公正,评估机构应来自上级政府、企业界、学术界以及新闻媒体。评估还应走向制度化。     

关于广东省地市经济类型划分的探讨

本文以广东省21个地市为研究对象,选取了6个能反映地区经济发展水平、地区经济发展潜力和地区经济发展活力的重要指标.通过多指标聚类分析,将全省21个地市分为4种经济类型.针对现行将珠三角7市作为广东省经济发达地区的分类以及由此产生的影响进行了分析与探讨.     

总部经济下地方税收竞争的博弈分析

本文利用完全信息静态博弈模型,分析在法人所得税制下,地方在总部经济发展过程中的税收竞争问题,并提出相关的政策建议。     

Re-booting the local economy: Information and communication technologies in local economic strategy

Many local economic strategies today include reference to a communications infrastructure that involves electronic networks alongside that of roads and railways. Information and communication technologies (ICTs), often referred to as the “information superhighway” or informatics, are considered useful to stimulate local economic activity. This paper, based on a North East case study, suggests that the importance of ICTs to local economic strategy lies in the rationale of key local strategy makers, while the use of ICTs for local economic development means that the local governance of ICTs will become a salient feature in future economic development.     

Contraction of the coal industry and the local economy

The coal industry has contracted significantly during the 1980s. Further decline will take place in the 1990s as a result of the privatization of the electricity supply industry (ESI), the relaxation of planning regulations on opencast mining, and increasing productivity in the pits.

This article looks at the actual and anticipated impact on local economies of this decline and considers the policy implications for those local authorities most affected by the future restructuring of the energy sector.     

环渤海经济圈地方立法协作机制研究

环渤海经济圈的经济一体化需要法制的保障,要建立适应环渤海经济圈的立法协作平台,构建一种紧密型行政立法协作模式,可以有效实现区域内法治的协调和统一。     

Telecommunications and the local economy: Some emerging policy issues

This paper provides a brief overview of the issues which surround local economic development and telecommunications. The implications of telecommunications for urban and regional development in the present “information-based” era are outlined and the seven basic features of this development are described. Some necessary steps and conceptual approaches to developing specifically local development policies in this new area are then expounded by way of the development of a “framework for the local policy maker”. Finally, several leading attempts at developing locally controlled telecommunications infrastructures in the UK, as agents of economic and social development, are briefly analysed.     

地方政府利益、地方政府行为与经济增长

目前,对中国地方政府的经济行为的研究强调了在经济转型过程中地方政府在多样化的地方经济发展模式中的主导作用,注意到了地方政府目标的多重性,本地区社会福利最大化,政府利益最大化以及中央政府的满意程度等。对地方政府在公共产品的提供、就业、收入分配、实现社会公平等方面行为不到位方面的研究是从定性方法来论证。本文试图在定性分析基础上建立一些基本的数学模型为将来的计量研究提供一个模型框架。