Turkey and the EU: Politics and Economics of Accession

This paper discusses political and economic aspects of Turkishaccession. Under present rules, Turkey would have the greatestnumber of council votes within twenty years, and receive thelargest budget transfer. Free migration may increase the Turkishimmigrant population in Germany from 2 to 3.5 million in thirtyyears. Most of the economic effects will be felt by Turkey,particularly in agriculture. The main obstacles to accessionare not economic, but political. Historical experience stopsTurkey from eliminating the decisive political role of the military,giving Kurds and other minorities cultural rights and upholdingbasic human rights.(JEL F02, F15, F22)     

关于新政治经济学的思考

本文认为,建立社会主义新政治经济学的指导思想仍然应是马克思主义。其研究对象是生产关系及其经济运行;新政治经济学也应该讲政治。     

Further Evidence on the Value of Lectures in Elementary Economics

Buckles and McMahon have designed an experiment which can be used in all types of colleges to provide evidence on the best methods of teaching elementary economics. They have tested the hypothesis that class lectures which do no more than recapitulate assigned readings fail to help students learn elementary microeconomic theory. Grade point average and performance on the TUCE pretest were found to be important variables, but attendance at lectures was not. The authors discuss the implications of their findings and suggest further research efforts.     

Politics and the stock market: Evidence from Germany

We analyze the interaction of stock market movements and politics in Germany. Evidence from popularity functions and VAR-based evidence suggests that stock market returns have affected the popularity of German governments. We only find weak evidence that the political process has had an impact on the stock market. In contrast to empirical evidence for the U.S., we do not find that German stock market returns tend to be higher during left-wing than during right-wing governments. Also in contrast to results for the U.S., we find no evidence for an election cycle in German stock market returns.     

政治经济学是政抬和经济的二元容介态

政治经济学是对政治和经济二元容介态的科学描述.虽然"物本"思维催生了所谓超越社会政治的"纯粹经济学",但广义虚拟经济时代的到来必使经济研究回归政治和经济二元容介态的正确轨道.历史已经证明,凡靠军事政治霸权谋取广义虚拟经济主导权的国家,都必身陷泥淖.只有以"制文化权"为主导,实现文化、经济和政治军事三位一体的软、硬实力协调发展,取得制定"游戏规则"的话语权,并对公共政策和制度进行兼顾行政和市场的科学设计,充分重视人力资本的作用,才能得政治经济学的真谛,成为广义虚拟经济时代的真正赢家.     

Institutionalism and the New Classical Economics

Neoliberalism has transformed markets supplying public goods. Analysis of five real-world Australian markets reveals the eligibility rules for access and ongoing participation, interaction of participants, the role of intermediaries and government, the extent of competition, complex regulatory regimes shaping and controlling these markets, and key market outcomes. Contrary to neoliberalism's free market rhetoric and the view promulgated by mainstream economics, a spectrum of market configurations and governance regimes were found along with participation being highly dependent on technology access and skills, market outcomes inconsistent with policy rhetoric, market interrelationships posing adverse cumulative impacts, and government is strongly interventionist through multiple roles.     

簇群与新竞争经济学

既然公司能够从世界各地获取资本、商品信息和技术——而且往往是通过鼠标的点击就能获取,那么我们就有必要重新思考关于公司和国家如何竞争等众多的传统观点。理论上,更为开放的全球市场和更加快捷……     

The Doctoral Origins of Economics Faculty and the Education of New Economics Doctorates

For the open economy, the workhorse model in intermediate textbooks still is the Mundell-Fleming model, which basically extends the investment and savings, liquidity preference and money supply (IS-LM) model to open economy problems. The authors present a simple New Keynesian model of the open economy that introduces open economy considerations into the closed economy consensus version and that still allows for a simple and comprehensible analytical and graphical treatment. Above all, their model provides an efficient tool kit for the discussion of the costs and benefits of fixed and flexible exchange rates, which also was at the core of the Mundell-Fleming model.     

新--制度经济学思想评介

新──制度经济学是西方经济学流派中的一个重要的非主流学派,本文在介绍新──制度经济学的产生及基本观点的基础上,对其学术意义和发展前景作了评价。     

马克思主义经济学特征新论

只有回到马克思主义的世界观和方法论,才能准确把握经典马克思主义经济学的科学性。经典马克思主义经济学既是科学又是相对的科学。①经典马克思主义经济学的实践性、历史观、人本位特征,都是马克思主义创始人确立经济理论体系的立论前提和理论基础,是科学的世界观和方法论;马克思主义创始人依据时代的迫切需要确定重大选题的思想方法,依据研究目的确定研究对象和研究路径、依据历史与逻辑相统一的准则选用各种具体方法的思维方法,也是普遍适用的科学方法;他们揭示市场经济普遍规律和社会经济发展一般规律的研究结论,都是具有现实意义的科学理论。这三个方面表明经典马克思主义经济学是具有普遍意义的科学。经典马克思主义经济学研究范围或边界的确定,两重分析法和抽象分析法的灵活运用,确定经济范畴涵义特定的角度和方法,同其研究目的相对而言才具有科学性;马克思主义创始人确立的经济理论体系,相对于他们的研究目的而言才是系统而完整的科学体系;他们揭示一百多年前资本主义特殊经济规律的研究结论,相对于那个历史时代才是科学的理论。这三个方面表明经典马克思主义经济学是具有特殊意义的相对的科学。正因为经典马克思主义经济学是相对的科学,在研究目的、研究内容、研究方法、研究结论方面都有理论创新的空间,是与时俱进的能够发展的科学。     

Thinking Like an Economist: The Neoliberal Politics of the Economics Textbook

This article surveys 10 introductory economics textbooks to examine whether and how economics contributed to the rise of neoliberalism. It defines neoliberalism as a political rationality characterized by market constructivism. In contrast with conventional liberal approaches that view limited government as legitimized by the failure of naturalist markets, neoliberalism constructs the market as norm and means of government. Economics textbooks overall have a liberal outlook, as exemplified by Samuelson's classic, however, with three liberal subgenres: the imperfect market view, the free market view, and an institutionalist view. While the introductory textbook cannot be construed as an instruction manual for neoliberalism, the article nevertheless identifies two important neoliberal moments: the discussion of market-based forms of government and the rise of a new genre of principles textbook that urges students to “think like an economist.” The article concludes with novel insights on how economics may have contributed to the spread of neoliberalism.     

马克思主义经济学与新制度经济学的所有制理论比较研究

所有制是经济学研究的重要问题,公有制与私有制是所有制的两种基本形式。马克思主义经济学与新制度经济学对公有制与私有制的研究思路、基本内涵及二者的制度效率各有不同的观点。比较马克思主义经济学与新制度经济学的所有制理论,能从深层次上认识和把握公有制与私有制的基本问题,在实践中更好地把握社会主义市场经济发展过程中公有制与私有制的关系。