Take My Course,Please: The Effects of the Principles Experience on Student Curriculum Choice

Using a large multi-school sample, the authors examined how the characteristics and attitudes of students interact with the pedagogy and attributes of the instructor to influence students' decisions to study economics beyond the first semester. They found that students who have a predisposition to major in economics, who find economics relevant, who believe they understand economics as well as their classmates, and who expect higher grades in economics relative to their other classes are more likely to continue. They found evidence that teaching techniques and evaluation methods influence all of these factors except for the predisposition to major in economics. Some, but not all, of these techniques are particularly successful in influencing the decisions of female students.     

跨国公司行业选择与地点选择战略的相关性

行业选择和地点选择分别是跨国公司进入战略的主要论题,但现有研究缺少对两者之间是否存在相关性的分析。本文以中国FDI的“引进来”部分（IFDI）和“走出去”部分（OFDI）为倒,分析中国作为东道国引进外资时和其作为母国对外投资时在行业选择上的差异;并考虑地点选择因素,研究“走出去”的中国企业在发达国家和发展中国家的行业选择上是否存在差异,以及在中国投资的发达国家和发展中国家在行业选择上是否存在区别。通过跟踪200家外商来华投资企业和40家中国对外投资企业（118个项目）的投资产业、母国和东道国信息,运用描述统计和卡方检验得出实证结论：外商来华投资和中国对外投资在行业选择和地点选择上都存在差别;发达国家和发展中国家在华投资行业的技术含量有显著不同,即跨国公司的行业选择与地点选择存在相关性;但中国企业在对外投资中受资源寻求动机的强烈影响,其到发达国家和发展中国家进行投资时在行业选择上没有体现出差异性。     

Modeling Student Subject Choice at Secondary and Tertiary Level: A Cross-Section Study

Cross-section data on secondary level student choices provide evidence on factors influencing the decision to study economics. Such evidence makes a key contribution to the broader debates on why student numbers have been falling in economics and why women are reluctant economists. Greater mathematical aptitude and prior knowledge of the subject influence the decision to study economics, and a significant effect is attributable to relative underachievement in economics. There are also significant peer group and teacher effects. Female students are more likely to study economics when there is a critical mass of women studying the subject. There is a positive role model effect of female teachers—although this does not carry over to the decision to continue with economics at the university.     

外商投资动机对区位选择的影响——基于昆山台资企业问卷调查的研究

本文在考察外商投资动机与区位选择关系的基础上,根据对昆山台资企业问卷调查的第一手资料,实证分析了昆山台资企业投资的基本动机和选择在昆山投资主要看重的区位因素。结果表明,市场导向型、成本导向性、垄断优势导向型与竞争合作导向型的台资企业分别偏重市场、成本、政策服务与投入供应配套的区位因子。不同规模、不同产品类型的企业也有着截然不同的区位偏好。在上述发现的基础上,本文对利用和管理外资提出了相应的启示。     

The Status of Econometrics in the Economics Major: A Survey

In this article, the authors describe the place of econometrics in undergraduate economics curricula in all American colleges and universities that offer economics majors as listed in the U.S. News & World Report “Best Colleges 2010” guide (U.S. News & World Report 2009). Data come from online catalogs, departmental Web sites, and online course syllabi. About one-third of the schools require econometrics of all students majoring in economics, about half require it of none, and a sixth require it of some, but not all, economics majors. Among universities with economics PhD programs and liberal arts colleges, almost all those ranked in the top 10 require it. Below the top 10, there is little correlation between ranking and econometrics requirements. Liberal arts econometrics classes are much more likely to require research projects than their counterparts in universities.     

Impact of Leverage on Investment by Major Shareholders: Evidence from Listed Firms in China

In this paper, we analyze whether leverage had impacts on investment in the period 1999–2009, and whether these impacts, if they exist, differed among companies with different investment opportunities and with different major shareholders. In order to identify governance with different major shareholders, we grouped China’s listed firms into central government owned firms (CSOEs), local government owned firms (LSOEs) and non-state-owned firms (NONSOEs). Our results are as follows. First, our analysis reveals that leverage does have significantly negative impacts on CSOE, LSOE and NONSOE investments. Secondly, in LSOEs and NONSOEs, negative leverage impacts on low-growth firms are stronger than average firms, implying that a disciplinary effect of leverage over investment can be found in LSOEs and NONSOEs. Finally, however, no such effect can be observed in CSOEs. We have provided a first finding that the effect of leverage varies according to a firm’s major shareholders.     

The Simpsons: Public Choice in the Tradition of Swift and Orwell

Abstract: The author disagrees with Homer Simpson who claims that" … cartoons don't have any deep meaning. They're just stupid drawings that give you a cheap laugh." He argues that The Simpsons have a deep meaning in the same way as the works of Jonathan Swift and George Orwell. The message in The Simpsons, Swift, and Orwell is that those in charge do not always undertake action with the public interest in mind—the basic premise of public choice. All three sources provide examples of other public choice themes, and they deliver their message through popular satire with layers of allusion.     

策略性采购联盟、集体谈判与最优贸易政策选择——基于广义Cournot-Nash谈判函数的分析

文章发展了一个关于由本国企业组成的中间品策略性采购联盟与外国垄断性供给者进行集体谈判的模型一—该模型以中国的制造业外包服务,即出口加工贸易实践为基础,其中,中间品的采购价格与数量通过有效的Nash谈判过程同时决定。当采购联盟的效用函数的数量弹性高于（低于）价格弹性,则该联盟的偏好为数量（价格）导向的。文章证明：（1）当本国与外国的中间品与最终产品贸易具有互补性时,政府贸易政策调整的价格、数量以及福利效应是不确定的,它们依存于本国采购联盟的偏好、最终产品需求曲线的弹性与曲率、外国企业的技术以及生产专业化程度;（2）政府贸易政策的干预功能与企业策略性联盟的自主调整功能存在重叠与冲突。     

动力机械实验课程建设与实验教学改革与实践

实验教学在机械类专业教育中具有不可替代的功能和作用。为适应机械类专业知识体系发展需求,我们进行了动力机械实验课程建设与实验教学改革,构建了＂三层次三结合＂的的实验课程教学新体系,提升学生的创新意识和实践能力。     

Core Concepts of Institutionalist Public Finance: Problem Solving,Institutional Analysis,Strategic Choice,and Stakeholder Engagement

Citizens and policymakers in many nations are becoming increasingly concerned about large budget deficits and mounting long-term fiscal policy challenges. At the same time, slow economic growth in the United States and Europe is causing some people to demand more government spending (and lower taxes) and others to question the efficacy of fiscal policy. Against that backdrop, institutional economists are exhibiting renewed interest in the field of public finance. This article responds by outlining four core concepts of institutionalist public finance: problem solving, institutional analysis, strategic choice, and stakeholder engagement. What distinguishes the perspective of institutionalism from that of neoclassical economics, today’s dominant economic paradigm, is described in the course of the discussion. The core concepts of institutionalist public finance offer a coherent approach to the study of fiscal policy questions. Those concepts were first fashioned decades ago, but remain relevant: institutionalism continues to provide a solid basis for constructive analyses of fiscal challenges.     

Consumer Choice and the Popular Music Industry: A Test of the Superstar Theory

The superstar model predicts skewness of market outcomes and returns to artist quality. We test and confirm these predictions using a unique data set on popular music.     

区域经济中个人创业与创业规模选择行为分析

全民参与创业是增强区域创新力的重要手段。没有老百姓参与创新业,就不能填补老企业死亡留下的空间,也不可能呈现企业规模由小变大、由弱变强的企业演变历程,也就不可能有区域经济繁荣。但个人创业在什么样的规模区间进行选择,会影响企业的成败。在我国,因区域条件和经济发展水平差异,我国个人创业行为主要以微型规模为主。     

What You Don’t Know Might Hurt You: Some Unresolved Issues in the Design and Analysis of Discrete Choice Experiments

The papers and comments in this issue focus on four broad areas related to understanding and modeling choices: (1) The use of laboratory experiments to improve valuation methods; (2) The design of stated preference choice set and choice occasions; (3) Latent class models as means of identifying and accommodating preference heterogeneity; and (4) Accommodating uncertainty about the “true” model, modeling ranking and rating tasks and pooling data sources. In what follows I offer some comments on each area, and briefly discuss several unresolved issues associated with each area, closing with some comments about future research opportunities.     

产业集群竞争优势及其政策选择--结构与效能的分析框架

产业集群作为一种新的竞争单元，其优势越来越被理论界和各级政府部门所认可。产业集群已成为地区经济发展和区域核心竞争力提升的理想模式。正是由于产业群这种区域经济发展模式本质上具有竞争优势，我国应把它提升到战略高度加以重视和推广，其政策选择应该是把公共政策的重点转向促进地方产业群的培育发展和升级上。     

村庄重构中的社会资本情境与个体选择行为分析

从传统向现代的转型过程中,传统社会资本的逐渐消解与现代社会资本的不完全成长构成了当前中国农村社会资本的结构断裂性情境。由于受到社会资本的情境性限制,村民在村庄重构过程中的个体选择行为表现为一种经济理性与从众心理相结合的非理性选择,导致作为主体的农民在村庄重构中集体失语。培育农村现代社会资本成为解决当前村庄重构中农民利益保护的重要途径,也是社会资本对自身情境性限制的工具性超越。     

房地产价格风险：国际教训、中国的现状及路径选择

房地产泡沫会增加金融风险,房价大幅缩水会导致银行破产,股市下跌。日本、美国、英国、泰国等都爆发过与房地产相关的银行危机。目前,中国房地产金融具有市场风险、财务风险、道德风险和信用风险等潜在风险。应利用税收手段限制投机性购房和短期炒作行为,鼓励中小户型住房的消费,加强城镇廉租住房制度建设,防范“假按揭”风险,完善惩戒机制,加强利率风险管理,完善住房置业担保制度,进一步研究制定房贷保险制度。     

Monetary Policy Shocks and Heterogeneous Finance Decisions: A Model of Hidden Effort Choice and Financial Intermediation

Abstract. The paper investigates how monetary policy shocks influence the composition of firms' external finance given that firms are heterogeneous. Heterogeneity stems from differences in the availability of internal funds and in the monitoring costs associated with bank finance. These costs are determined by the intensity of the lending relationship. By using a delegated monitoring approach it is found that bank loans serve as a substitute for internal funds if the lending relationship is sufficiently close. Moreover, banks with strong credit ties to their customers are not only able to protect borrowers from liquidity constraints following a monetary tightening but are even able to extend their business lending.     

巨灾保险:内涵、市场失灵、政府救济与现实选择

巨灾保险问题是一个全球性的问题,是保险业正在拓展的一个新领域,也是保险理论研究的一个新课题。深刻剖析巨灾风险的特殊内涵,明确指出目前巨灾保险存在的“市场失灵”问题,并提出政府干预是解决该问题的根本方法,从而为我国巨灾保险制度建立和完善提供现实选择。     

论交易效率改进、自由选择与二元经济转型

本文通过三种产品的非线性模型再现杨小凯的城市化及二元经济理论,并讨论杨小凯在三种产品线性模型中省略了的不完全分工结构及存在户籍限制下的城乡人均真实收入差异问题。在实行二元经济转型的城乡统筹发展战略中,应该牢牢抓住提高分工水平这一经济发展的根本途径;城镇对提高全社会分工水平和人均真实收入具有重要意义,各地应根据不同情况选择合适的城市发展模式,加快城镇的发展;取消限制农村劳动力向城镇转移的户籍制度,消除对农民的歧视政策,降低农民进城的交易成本,为以非农收入为主的农民进入城镇创造便利条件;把农村基础设施建设摆在促进城乡交易效率改进、提高社会分工水平进而实现二元经济转型的战略地位,加快其发展进程。     

贫困地区农村社会保障建设的机遇、问题与对策——基于主体功能区视角的分析

主体功能区建设的目标是实现不同地区基本公共服务均等化,社会保障是我国现阶段基本公共服务的主要内容之一。我国大部分贫困地区都属于限制开发区和禁止开发区,主体功能区建设使得贫困地区成为国家转移支付的重点地区,这将为贫困地区农村社会保障建设带来历史性机遇。从主体功能区建设的视角看,贫困地区农村社会保障还存在诸如公共服务均等化的转移支付规模过小、税收返还测算方法不尽科学等问题;加快财政体制向公共服务型转变、将公共服务效果纳入政府绩效评价体系等,是加快贫困地区农村社会保障建设的主要手段。