The Institutional Concentration of Authors in Top Journals of Economics During the Last Two Decades

This paper addresses the institutional concentration of authors in 15 top economics journals from 1977 to 1997. The concentration of authors' PhD affiliations is substantially higher than the concentration of authors' current affiliations. Relating input indicators, such as population, number of universities with economics departments, or manpower in economics, to publication output reduces the US dominance considerably, whereas Israel and the United Kingdom come out excellently. Exporters and importers of PhDs among universities are identified. Concentration ratios like the Herfindahl-Index lack a clear time trend. Nevertheless, the position of the United States has been weakening in recent years.     

Representation and Educational Background of European Economists in Top Journals of Economics

We assess the contribution of European authors to 10 topjournals of economics from 1980 to 1998. Despite efforts on the European Union and national levels topromote academic excellence, European authors still play a minor role in top journals. Examining the development overtime we find little evidence for an increasing share of European contributions. Particular attention has been paidto the educational background of European authors. There is still a segmentation of academic education alonglanguage barriers in continental Europe. However, a considerable proportion of European authors has received a PhD from the US.     

贸易自由化与产业集聚:经济地理视角的理论解析

笔者通过理论模型分析了不同发达程度国家间的贸易自由化政策对产业集聚分布的影响.结果发现影响出口和进口成本的贸易自由化过程主要取决于发达国家及发展中国家具体采取的贸易政策:当自由化进程中的贸易政策使得更多种类的出口生产企业集聚于发达国家,那么两国的经济增长率会得到改善,贫富差距缩小;自由化政策若使得更多的生产企业集聚于发展中国家,则整个社会的经济增长率将下降,但发展中国家的福利会得到改善,与发达国家的贫富差距会缩小.     

Five proposals for a European model of the countryside

The inability of European institutions to reform the common agricultural policy is a landmark case of political failure. The CAP has led to several policy failures. It helps mainly the well-off farmers in a very wasteful way; it provides excessive incentives for non-competitive primary commodities, specialization and intensification, with adverse impacts on rural natural resources. Economic principles support long-term programmes aimed only at market failures: the respect of environmental norms and the provision of rural public goods in line with society's demands. While not interfering with market mechanisms, the instruments we propose acknowledge the diverse economic potential of European rural areas and the variety of goods and services provided by the rural space. Political feasibility and social concerns may require a transitory period of direct income support for current farmers. We argue, however, against any direct payments for new farmers in order to prevent future dependence on public support.
Large established farmers are those who stand to lose the most from our proposals. However, they and those who represent them have to face the inefficiencies of the current policy and society's demands. Farmers deserve rewards from public funds for the rural public goods they provide, but these rewards should be decoupled and targeted. A profound reform is required if we are to preserve a 'European model of the countryside'.     

Rankings of Economics Faculties and Representation on Editorial Boards of Top Journals

Two lists of economics departments are developed on the basis of editorial board representation on economics journals. Editorial board representation is shown to have a positive correlation with other previously published rankings of economics departments.     

欧盟的通货膨胀测度指标及借鉴

通货膨胀测度是当前国际统计学界和经济学界研究的热点问题之一.价格指数是测度通货膨胀最常用的工具,欧盟统计局对欧盟各成员国消费者价格指数的编制方法进行了协调,开发出了用于测度通货膨胀的消费者价格协调指数(HICP).本文介绍了HICP的背景、发展过程以及HICP的指数体系,对HICP的基本框架与编制方法、HICP与各成员国CPI编制方法的比较等问题进行了研究,得出了对下一步准确测度通货膨胀水平和趋势的启发性结论.     

"经济学帝国主义"与经济学在中国

本文通过对几位研究方向和研究方法具有明显差异的著名经济学家对经济学的看法以及他们研究领域的简要评述,力图勾画出当代经济学不同的发展走向,并结合中国经济学研究的某些现状提出了自己的看法。     

对我国财政政策有效性的若干看法--凯恩斯主义者与货币主义者在财政政策上的分歧及其启示

长期以来，在实现宏观经济目标方面，经济学家们往往众说纷纭，可以说不存在一种一致公认的理论和政策主张。在众多的学说主张中，大致可分为凯恩斯主义者和货币主义者两大阵营。这里，我们着重讨论宏观财政政策与总需求的关键问题。     

经济学的困境与行为经济学的解构

行为经济学在当代的发展已经突破了正统经济学的基本框架,开始对情感、策略互动行为、社会效用、决策者在未知世界中的选择行为进行系统研究,并在最近几年综合形成了多种由理性系统和非理性系统组成的双系统模型.这些双系统模型与2 000多年前的柏拉图马车模型同构.经济学研究对柏拉图的回归,表明经济学仍然处于单极化本质主义的结构化陷阱之中.研究分析表明,经济学发展目前面临的困境,正是经济学转向关系论,走上希望之路的起点.     

The Theory of the Individual in Economics: Identity and Value

Fundamental to social provisioning is ensuring that community members have access to employment opportunities that pay living wages and sustain the environment. In a previous study, two of us (Underwood, Friesner and Cross 2014 Underwood, Daniel, Dan Friesner and Jason Cross. “Toward an Institutional Legitimation of Sustainability.” Journal of Economic Issues 48, 3 (2014): 870–885. [Google Scholar]) presented criteria for sustainable community economic development, a three-fold test to comparatively assess economic development policies: ecological holism, community centeredness, and institutional legitimacy. Applying this test generates an iterative, evolutionary process of economic development. Absent from these criteria is the concept of intention, as policy options are not “given,” but rather designed by self-interested groups to manipulate interpretations of these test criteria in advancement of their vested interests — outcomes which can be juxtaposed to the “interests of community.” Here, we integrate two additional principles: economic diversity and solidarity. Economic diversity emphasizes living wages in numerous industries to stabilize exogenous economic shocks. Solidarity, as a unit of socio-economic interdependence, stresses commonality of wellbeing within communities. Integrating solidarity and economic diversity into the criteria for sustainable community economic development improves policy design and outcomes that sustain the environment, while also providing living wage employment for community members.     

买方集中、纵向限制与抗衡势力--解析"加尔布雷斯假说"的反垄断涵义

"加尔布雷斯假说"提出以来,备受争议.最近几年,在国内外零售业市场结构发生较大变化背景下,一些学者又从不同角度论证了"加尔布雷斯假说"可以有条件成立.本文整合并扩展了近期关于买方集中、纵向限制与抗衡势力的理论研究,集中探讨零售服务可替代情形下,下游零售商对上游供货商的纵向限制行为.结论认为:零售市场集中对社会可能是有益的,前提条件是在零售层面某种形式的竞争必须依然存在.而且,就中国而言,零售业的反垄断政策还要兼顾规模经济,同时考虑到外资企业大举进入对东道国的特殊影响.     

欧洲主权债务危机形成机理及对中国的启示

本文以希腊债务危机为切入点,着重分析此次欧洲主权债务危机的形成机理,同时从中得出对我国的启示。     

The Duality of Political Geography in China: Integration and Challenges

ABSTRACT

This paper reviews the genealogy of ‘Chinese’ political geography, which, to a certain extent, can be read as a national report of the status of political geography in Chinese scholarship. It begins by outlining the short duration of the development of political geography in China, compared to the longer history of western political geography. Looking at the extant studies related to political geography in China, this paper suggests an existence of a duality in this field. One strand of scholarship is termed ‘exogenous political geography’, which is largely influenced by western scholarship with a particular focus on theories and vocabularies from classical geopolitics and geo-economy. The other strand is termed as ‘endogenous political geography’, which covers rich topics, including, yet not limited to, political and geographical views of inter-state relationships, central-local relationships and emperor-people relationships. Such a duality is important for understanding the condition of current political geography in China. The dualised understanding, however, seems to have undermined the comprehensiveness of political geography in China. In this regard, this paper calls for a more complete, integrated and critical agenda for political geography in China.