农业科技革命的盛会——首届国际农业科技大会综述

由中国政府发起并主办的首届国际农业科技大会于１１月７日在北京国际会议中心举行，来自６０个国家和地区的１０００多名科学家、企业家和政府官员聚集一堂，共同探讨２１世纪世界农业科技发展的重点与方向，对加强我国农业科技与国际交流与合作，把握未来国际农业科技发展的态势，促进我国农业科技的发展都具有积极的重要意义。国务院副总理、大会主席温家宝在开幕式上发表了重要讲话，介绍了中国农业科技的历史性进展和中国政府为推进新的农业科技革命，加强农业科技创新所采取的重要措和重大战略部署。农业是我国国民经济的基础，党和政…     

Early Analytical Agricultural Economics in Australia

Analysis of home consumption pricing by Giblin and Copland in the 1930s preceded the development of an identifiable Australian agricultural economics profession. They demonstrated that costs of increasing domestic prices of agricultural products above export levels would be borne largely by lightly assisted exporters and hinder their development. This work was taken up later within a framework of computable general equilibrium modelling. Now largely of historical interest, their work sheds light on likely consequences of some past policy debates ? of protection all round in the 1920s and tariff compensation in the 1970s.     

The Impact of Farmland Transfers on Agricultural Investment in China: A Perspective of Transaction Cost Economics

There is growing concern that farmland transfers lead to less agricultural investment, which may adversely affect agricultural productivity growth in China. Prior research has primarily focused on the differences between owned cultivated land and rented plots, but little is known about how farmland transfers between relatives, which are popular in rural China, specifically affect agricultural investment. In this paper, we present a conceptual framework of transaction cost economics to compare different contracting strategies in China's farmland rental markets. As farmland rental markets in China are immature, land transfer between relatives establishes bilateral governance, which has the advantage of addressing the opportunistic activities of both parties and can ultimately increase investment by tenants. Based on data from two waves of household surveys, we empirically examine the impact of bilateral governance on the application of organic fertilizer, an indicator for agricultural investment. Our findings show that apart from economic factors, kinship is important to the functioning of farmland rental markets in rural areas.     

青岛第七届帆船帆板公开赛扬帆浮山湾

近日,由青岛市体育局、市教育局、市委高校工委、市体育总会、青岛城投旅游集团、市帆船帆板(艇)运动协会主办,青岛双星集团赞助支持的青岛市第七届帆船帆板公开赛在青岛浮山湾畔扬帆竞技。本次比赛设OP级、悦浪级、470级、飞虎级、浪行26级、休闲级(36英尺以上)、帆板7个级别20个小项的比赛。来自青岛市各中小学、驻青高校、部队、服务行业、企事业单位及国外友人共362名帆船爱好者参赛,社会参与面广于往     

农地非农化的困境与出路:基于经济学文献的分析

本文从农地非农化的动因及配置效率、农地非农化过程中的主要问题、土地管理制度等三个方面对中国农地非农化和农地保护的相关研究进行了文献评述，认为现有研究在农地非农化和农地保护问题上缺乏发展的观点和全局的视角，这样可能会带来“顾此失彼”的后果。本文认为需要从经济发展、利益结构调整、土地利用效率提高以及土地的多功能用途等角度进一步深化研究，并在此基础上提出了未来的研究方向。     

商务部在青岛召开第三次全国商务法律工作会议

2009年8月25日,商务部第三次全国商务法律工作会议在青岛召开。商务部部长助理崇泉出席会议并讲话。崇泉介绍,全国商务法律立法工作扎实开展,商务部起草的《反垄断法》于2007年8月出台;     

商务部在青岛召开第三次全国商务法律工作会议

2009年8月25日，商务部第三次全国商务法律工作会议在青岛召开。商务部部长助理崇泉出席会议并讲话。     

全球化情势下的国家建设:新制度主义视角的分析

制度一直是政治学的主要研究对象,新制度主义学派积极融合政治学与经济学研究,将国家作为一种制度形态,阐明国家实施制度变迁的动机以及国家在制度变迁中的作用.全球化、现代化背景之下的中国道路,必须同时面对国家建设(新制度主义的前提预设)和政治改革(新制度主义的必然要求)双重任务.     

全国工业节水、节油工作会议在天津召开

2001年1月9日至10日,国家经贸委在天津市召开了全国工业节水、节油工作会议。各省、自治区、直辖市及计划单列市经贸委,国务院有关部门、有关行业协会及部分企业、新闻单位的代表参加了会议。会议的主要内容是学习、贯彻党的十五届五中全会、中央经济工作会议、全国城市供水、节水与水污染防治工作会议和全国经贸工作会议精神,研究和部署全国工业节水、节油工作。国家经贸委副主任王万宾同志出席会议并作了重要讲话。水利部周文智副部长、国家环保总局汪纪戎副局长出席会议并在开幕式上作了讲话。天津市经贸委、青岛市经贸委、国家电力公司…     

The Economics of Pensions

This paper sets out the economic analytics of pensions. Afterintroductory discussion, successive sections consider the effectsof different pension arrangements on labour markets, on nationalsavings and growth, and on the distribution of burdens and benefits.These areas are controversial and politically highly salient.While we are open about expressing our own views, the main purposeof the paper is to set out the analytical process by which wereach them, to enable readers to form their own conclusions. Footnotes ¹ E-mail addresses: n.barr{at}lse.ac.uk; pdiamond{at}mit.edu