Managed Floating as a Monetary Policy Strategy

Although there seems to be a broad consensus among economists that purely floating or completely fixed exchange rates (the so-called corner solutions) are the only viable alternatives of exchange rate management, many countries do not behave according to this paradigm and adopt a strategy within the broad spectrum of exchange rate regimes that is limited by the two corner solutions. Many of these intermediate regimes are characterized by significant foreign exchange market interventions and a certain degree of exchange rate flexibility with non-preannounced exchange rate targets. While academic research in this area usually concentrates on some specific aspects of intermediate regimes (such as the effectiveness of interventions or institutional aspects), managed floating has rarely been analyzed as a comprehensive monetary policy strategy. In this paper, we present a monetary policy framework in which central banks simultaneously use the exchange rate and the interest rate as operating targets of monetary policy. We explain the mechanics of foreign exchange market interventions and sterilization and we explain why a central bank has an interest of controlling simultaneously the two operating targets. We derive the monetary policy rules for the two operating targets from a simple open economy macro model in which the uncovered interest parity condition and the monetary conditions index play a central role.     

Policy and Planning Programs as Goals of Scientific Work: interdisciplinary Training for Social Planning as a Case Study in Applied Social Science

Abstract . Policy and planning have now become the field of a new profession—actually a series of professions—in and out of academic life as each of the specialized social and behavioral sciences is applied to the problems of society by some of its professional practitioners. Specialism, however, tends to make of problems in real life constructs that fit within the borders of one's specialty, constructs which have little relation to reality. To transcend specialism's limitations without prejudice to specialization, interdisciplinary training is proposed and worked out for a single area, social policy and social planning.     

Social Science and Social Policy: A Comment

A bstract . The notion that a social science can be value-free ignores the fact that the concepts upon which the social sciences remain dependent cannot possibly be. The emphasis upon methodology, mainly responsible for that position continues, but in recent years it has been paired with emphasis upon policy, applied social science. Value free social policy is within possibility— but it would be irrelevant.     

Public Policy Issues as a Route to Statistical Awareness

There appears to be a paradox in the fact that as more and more quantitative information becomes routinely available in a world perceived to be ever more complex, there is less and less direct appreciation of the role and power of statistical thinking. It is suggested that the profession should exploit very real public concerns regarding risk aspects of public policy as a possible pedagogic route to raising statistical awareness.     

Planned Global Interdependence as a Foreign Policy Goal: The Problem of Coordinating Trading Relationships

A bstract . The significance of the concept of interdependence is dealt with from four aspects. 1) Attention is focused upon the meanings attached to the concept of interdependence in the growing literature on the subject. 2) The mathematical structure of the concept is analyzed and its implications for, and restraints upon, global planning are emphasized. 3) the analysis of the implications of the concept for global planning is further extended by a discussion of the tasks that would be involved in all efforts to coordinate global plans that have been developed within a framework of International forms of interdependence. 4) An effort is made to relate the tasks of coordination for global plans that reflect various forms of interdependence, to economic concerns and to the relationships that arise for interdependencies of trade.     

北京市科普资源开发与共享现状及对策研究

一个国家的科普能力,集中表现为国家向公众提供科普产品和服务的综合实力。而科普资源既是科普工作的基础和工具,也是提升科普能力的重要因素。伴随着公民科学素质建设的推进,以及科学发展现在全社会的树立和落实,怎样提高科普资源的利用效率,建立共建共享平台的长效机制,使科普资源真正服务于公众并见到实效,已成为我国当前乃至今后一个时期科普事业发展中最关键、也最具基础性的工作之一。本研究旨在总结科普资源科学发展的经验,发现影响和制约其发展的问题,探讨科普资源共建共享的科学方法,为北京市的科普资源开发和共享工作提供决策依据。     

引入公共政策过程的城市设计方法

当前国内城市设计主要采用设计景观节点、标志物、景观轴线、高度和色彩控制等物质性规划方法营造城市景观,然而,城市景现形成不仅是城市规划师“设计”的杰作,更是深层次上多方利益主体及规划控制长期博弈的结果.忽略城市设计的公共政策属性,采用“推土机”和“拷贝—粘贴”方式完成的城市设计不仅容易造成“千城—面”的城市形态,而且容易引发实施困难和土地收益分配不合理等问题.在玉树藏族自治州灾后住区重建过程中,规划设计团队尝试结合公共政策决策过程理论,将明确居民土地产权作为城市设计的重要议题,在城市设计过程引入问题确定、列入议程和达成共识等公共政策程序.实践证明这种工作程序改变以往单纯采用通过物质设计手段营造城     

略论广西科技政策的若干亮点及发展建议

文章从中国改革开放的宏观视角出发，对广西科技体制改革进行历史思考，分析广西科技政策在广西社会发展中的积极作用与若干亮点，并在此基础上，提出广西科技政策今后发展的建议。     

略论广西科技政策的若干亮点及发展建议

文章从中国改革开放的宏观视角出发,对广西科技体制改革进行历史思考,分析广西科技政策在广西社会发展中的积极作用与若干亮点,并在此基础上,提出广西科技政策今后发展的建议.     

The Effect of Tax as an Instrument of Fiscal Policy in Kosovo

This paper analyzes and discusses the tax system applied in Kosovo during the period from 1999 until now. It demonstrates the effects of tax policies on the country＇s economic growth and development of businesses in general. This paper also addresses the impact of those policies in maintaining the social equilibrium of a population and economic stability of the country. Applied tax policies in Kosovo have been aimed more at maintaining a stable fiscal and budgetary policy. Based on the analysis of real cases of Kosovo tax laws and their impact on particular businesses, this paper will demonstrate how tax policies applied in Kosovo have given less attention to the need of economic development, which should have been reflected through promoting the development of domestic production, reduction of unemployment, and reduction of the high trade deficit. Empirical evidence from this analysis is discussed, conclusions are derived, and the recommendations of this paper are provided.     

城乡经济社会统筹发展机制和宏观政策研究

城乡关系始终是中国现代化进程中面临的一个根本问题,也是当前和今后国家宏观调控政策需要重视和着力解决的重大问题。党的十六大提出了科学的发展观,要求实现城乡经济社会统筹发展,这是确保国民经济持续、健康发展和国家长治久安的战略性思路和决策,也从根本上为解决新阶段的“三农”问题和理顺城乡关系指明了方向。本报告     

经济分析中的干预主义政策与非干预主义政策

市场自由还是政府干预，贯穿于整个经济学发展的全过程，也是整个经济学各个流派争论的焦点。本文旨在对这一问题进行梳理，并进行剖析，给人以一定的启示。     

论促进陕西体育用品制造业发展的科技政策

体育用品制造业是陕西体育产业的核心内容,促进陕西体育用品制造业的发展,必须走依靠科技政策推动的科学之路。现代社会视域下的体育用品制造业,面临高科技性、高舒适性、高安全性等诸多要求,这决定了陕西体育用品制造业在发展过程中,需要激励型科技政策来支撑其走自主研发、品牌战略之路,需要强制型科技政策来约束其走环境保护、节约能源之路。     

Increasing the Role of Environmental Taxes and Charges as a Policy Instrument in Developing Countries

A bstract .   The judicious use of natural resources is a crucial prerequisite for sustainable growth not just in developed countries but even more so in the third world. More generally, natural resource use is determined to a substantial degree by the tax structure governing a country's economic activity. When a tax constitution can be designed that stimulates the judicious use of natural resources, an important step toward achieving sustainable growth has been made. Designing such a constitution is not a simple task, however. For third-world countries, the task is further complicated by at least three factors. First, the tax system has to be exceedingly simple, since both number and quality of tax instruments available to third-world governments tend to be limited. Second, the legal system tends to mirror the state of economic development. This limits not only the tax structure an economy can bear; it also limits a government's ability to regulate natural resource use by legal means. Third, the more elaborate a legal system, the more diversity it affords its country for economic activity, including opportunities for the division of labor, that is, international competition and trade.     

论中国现代科学技术体制的法律政策规范体系

中国国家科技体制自1949年确立到至今已经有60多个年头,可以说中国国家科技体制已经发展的比较完善了,但也还存在着一些问题。因此,本文将从中国现代科学技术体制的法律政策规范体系存在的问题及其完善的措施两个方面对中国现代科学技术体制作一初步的探讨。