Individual incentives by adjusting work hours: Bellamy's egalitarian economy

Edward Bellamy proposed an ideal egalitarian economy in which production is carried out as a nonprofit government service, income is shared equally by all individuals independently of work exertion, and relative work hours are used as incentives to allocate labor to different jobs. This economy is shown to possess an equilibrium consistent with full freedom of individual choice of occupation and consumption, to be achieved through a fully decentralized titonnement process. However, individuals have an obligation to work which deprives them of their freedom to choose between income and leisure, so that the scale of output is indeterminate and may be nonoptimal unless a social-welfare function is introduced.     

Behavioral political economy: A survey

In explaining individual behavior in politics, economists should rely on the same motivational assumptions they use to explain behavior in the market: that is what Political Economy, understood as the application of economics to the study of political processes, is all about. In its standard variant, individuals who play the game of politics should also be considered rational and self-interested, unlike the benevolent despot of traditional welfare economics. History repeats itself with the rise of behavioral economics: Assuming cognitive biases to be present in the market, but not in politics, behavioral economists often call for government to intervene in a “benevolent” way. Recently, however, political economists have started to apply behavioral economics insights to the study of political processes, thereby re-establishing a unified methodology. This paper surveys the current state of the emerging field of “behavioral political economy” and considers the scope for further research.     

A generalization of working's model

Working's (1943) model states that budget shares are linear functions of the logarithm of income; it implies constant differences between corresponding marginal and budget shares. A one-parameter generalization is proposed which allows each marginal share to be a linear function of the corresponding budget share. This model can be further extended (with one extra parameter) so that all goods are either specific substitutes or specific complements.     

Ragnar Frisch's role in econometrics: A sketch

The foremost place of R. Frisch in the modern development of economics and especially econometrics is assessed. Some of his achievements are briefly described: on land rent theory, marginal utility of income, bunch map ‘technique’ model building, planning, programming and Pareto optima. Some remarkable facts of Frisch's life are also reported, e.g. his short stay in a concentration camp during the war and his crusade against Norway joining the E.E.C. on the ground that the country had better remain an outside exampie of democracy and social justice.     

共创价值对顾客忠诚和员工工作绩效的影响

利用对420名消费者的问卷调查数据,运用结构方程模型实证分析了共创价值是如何影响顾客满意和员工工作满意度、进而如何作用于顾客忠诚和员工工作绩效水平的。结果表明:共创价值与顾客满意显著相关,并对顾客满意具有促进作用;顾客满意对顾客忠诚具有促进作用;共创价值与员工工作满意度显著相关,并对员工工作满意度具有促进作用;员工工作满意度对其工作绩效具有促进作用;顾客满意与员工工作绩效显著相关,并对员工工作绩效具有促进作用;员工工作满意度与顾客忠诚显著相关,并对顾客忠诚具有促进作用。     

自恋型领导的双面特质对员工组织公民行为的作用机制——一个被调节的中介效应模型

基于51位主管和438名员工的配对问卷调查数据,采用层次回归分析法,探讨了员工的心理授权在自恋型领导与员工组织公民行为间的传导机制,并分析了员工主动性人格的调节作用。结果表明:自恋型领导的双面特质对员工的组织公民行为具有显著影响;员工的心理授权在自恋型领导影响员工组织公民行为的过程中起中介作用;员工的主动性人格调节了自恋型领导通过员工心理授权影响员工组织公民行为的中介作用。     

Nature's technology

We are faced with a deteriorating land system across the vast low-rainfall areas of the world. This is creating serious social and environmental disruption. The Sahelian zone is a case in point. The loss of both indigenous animals and now the land resource itself is little short of catastrophic.There is, however, a system in these parts of the world that has evolved and stabilized over the millennia. This is the natural system of grassland and “wild” animals living in harmony and forming a healthy and rich ecosystem. Man has substituted domestic animals for this indigenous fauna and is now facing the disruption of the entire system as a result.This paper looks at our “modern” ranching systems and compares them with the natural entity. The implementation of the new land use is now underway, using locally adapted grazing animals within their environment. Insights that have come from this work have led to the development of a new philosophy and thinking about our land-use systems in general.In a world faced with the horrifying specter of food shortages, loss of land resources, and energy crises, “nature's technology” points the way to a new future. If we react fast enough to save our planet and ourselves, the natural systems will be reinstated and become the land use of the future, particularly through the drier lands of the world, which today are in such peril.     

技术溢出、企业研发路径与政府政策引导

针对技术溢出程度的不确定,建立了三阶段研发博弈模型,研究了企业最优研发路径的选择问题。在此基础上,分析了企业利润最大化与社会福利最大化的目标一致性以及政府的财税政策在纠正两目标差距上的有效性。结果表明:当技术溢出较小时,企业选择的最优研发路径能使两者目标一致;当技术溢出较大时,企业的最优研发路径会使两者目标不一致,此时政府需要对企业进行引导以促进协同创新,其中差异化补贴政策能有效纠正目标差距,政府减免企业所得税能有效缩小目标差距。     

Pivotal voters: A new proof of arrow's theorem

This paper presents a new proof of Arrow's ‘General Possibility Theorem’, focusing on the way how ‘social’ preferences change in response to changes in the preferences of individuals, under given social welfare functions.     

A note on Shepherd's duality theorem

A simple proof of one of the main results in Shepherd's duality theory is given without reference to the Kuhn-Tucker theory. The proof involves only manipulation of definitions.     

罗尔斯顿生态幸福观探微

罗尔斯顿是当代美国著名的生态哲学家,在其生态哲学理论视域中,幸福观问题被勾勒得尤为明显。因此,从罗尔斯顿的生态哲学语境审思幸福也即生态幸福的问题。罗尔斯顿的生态幸福观指的是人类对大自然之美的欣赏和享受,并且这个过程能够使人的精神世界处于健康状态,其主要特性在于——要以大自然的内在价值和工具价值之统一性来理解生态幸福,二要以人类积极的态度介入大自然,通过对大自然存在物的美好精神体验来诠释幸福。此外,罗尔斯顿也从大自然与人类的安身立命、大自然与生态人格的积极树立等方面阐述了生态幸福的实现是完全可能的。     

A conditional version of working's model

Working's (1943) model is shown to imply conditional Engel curves of the Working form when the income elasticity of demand for the group of goods as a whole is about unity.     

China's cellular economy: A test of the fragmentation hypothesis

Using recent data pertaining to transportation performance, this paper tests the hypothesis that China's economic growth since the mid-1950s has been characterized by a tendency toward local self-sufficiency. Growth of freight transportation in China is compared with the growth of freight transportation in other large countries, with the growth of aggregate output in value terms, and (by commodity) with the growth of output in physical terms. The results are consistent with the fragmentation hypothesis. Fragmentation in China appears to be associated with the manner in which the economy is partitioned for planning purposes.     

Energy in America's future

Energy in America's Future, the book reported on in this article, assembled facts and performed analyses required for making informed energy choices. It reached broad conclusions on supply and demand prospects and on the environmental and other social aspects of policy choices. Although near-term constraints are severely binding, the nation's natural resource position is favorable for long-run supply expansion. Future technologies are also promising in cost terms. Although costs are bound to rise, a ceiling on long-run supply costs looks to be possible at real levels surprisingly close to current prices. Energy consumption in relationship to overall national output (GNP) will be growing at a slower rate than in recent decades. Consumers will use relatively less energy as a result of higher energy prices, conservation incentives, and new energy-using technology. Even so, overall energy use will grow. Major energy demand policy issues concern not just the likely rate of growth of consumption, but also the possible problems connected with optimizing energy efficiency at the expense of economic efficiency (i.e., output in relation to all inputs, particularly those of labor and capital). Environmental impacts and concerns about questions of human health and safety will continue to affect public acceptance of particular energy technologies. The public will need to be adequately informed on the comparative risks of energy supply technologies, and the technical and institutional means available for reducing these risks. The price system must be permitted to function to the maximum feasible extent. In addition, the task for political leadership is to forge a public consensus in support of achievable energy goals. This has been difficult because of conflicting public perceptions of the facts and clashes in social values among different groups. The future prospects for achieving a national energy consensus should be enhanced by the outlook for slower energy demand growth and favorable supply prospects along with potential improvements in the environmental side effects associated with new and improved supply technologies. As knowledge of these changing circumstances becomes more broadly disseminated, the ability to achieve broad public support of energy goals should grow stronger.     

任美锷先生对人文—经济地理学的贡献和启迪

任美锷先生是我国现代地理学的先驱,对我国地理学的发展做出过重大贡献,他在地貌学、海洋沉积动力学方面的卓越成就已为人所共知,文章着重介绍他在人文地理方面的造诣和贡献,相信对当今的地理学发展也有所启迪。     

Chaucer's Craft in Telling Philosophical Lessons in "The Manciple's Tale"

"The Manciple's Tale" is a beast fable. Chaucer is a genius both in designing creative plots and teaching philosophical lessons in this beast fable. Chaucer arranges the Manciple to tell the story and the Manciple lets the animals tell the truth. Chaucer combines two philosophical lessons and his creative plot together perfectly.