论当代社会的网络政治参与

网络深刻地影响和改变着人类社会，也影响和改变着人类政治生活的范式和政治参与方式。随着网络技术的发展，网络政治参与呈现出与传统政治参与相区别的诸多特点。新的政治参与主体、多元的政治信息来源、多发的政治参与触发点、复杂的参与动因、新的作用机制，使得网络时代的政治参与不仅获得了全新的参与手段和工具，而且以全新的理念和全新的作用方式进行。     

高校辅导员博客的构建与应用

随着信息技术和互联网发展的日新月异,博客成为继电子邮件、电子公告板和即时聊天工具之后的第四代网络交流方式。高校辅导员开博的同时开启了网络时代思想政治教育工作新的一页,将学校教育和自我教育、网上教育和网下教育、理论教育和实践教育等紧密结合,成为大学生思想政治教育工作的新亮点。     

网络财务报告改革:利益相关者的态度研究--基于问卷调查数据的实证分析

随着信息技术的发展和互联网的快速普及,网络财务报告成为一种新的财务呈报方式.本文基于一次问卷调查所获得的数据,运用Cyert和Ijiri关于财务报告的分析框架,了解了信息使用者、信息提供者、中介机构、监管者以及财务软件商等利益相关者对网络财务报告的基本态度,并分析了各方利益关系者之间的差异.该研究为信息技术环境下的财务报告改革提供了初步的证据,并为未来网络财务报告在中国的发展提出政策性的建议.     

Moldova's internet revolution: Analyzing the role of technologies in various phases of the confrontation

In recent times we have witnessed the fundamental impacts that information and communication technologies (ICTs) have had on the outcomes of contentious political confrontations. In this paper, we analyze the role played by Internet-based and cellular ICTs in Moldova's Revolution of April 2009. Specifically, we identify what, why, and how technologies were used during various phases of the uprising. Our findings show that: 1) the protesters organized their initial mobilization through social network services (SNS) and short message service (SMS); 2) Twitter was mostly used during later phases of the revolution – the active street protests and the subsequent information war – for communication about the conflict both locally and globally; and 3) through skillful use of new Internet-based ICTs, it is possible to conduct a successful revolution without noticeable prior offline organization. Theoretical and practical implications for the use of ICTs in contentious political environments are also discussed.     

谈网络时代下高校思想政治教育任务

互联网的本质在于其资源具有共享性、内容具有互动性和平台的虚拟性。从互联网的本质出发，结合新时期思想政治教育任务要求，分析其对于高校思想政治教育的影响，提出网络时代下高校思想政治教育的对策思考，从互联网信息丰富性、多元化、及时性、虚拟性、互动性出发，指出完成该思想政治教育任务必须加强理论修养，充分了解学生情况，以情感人、以理服人并力争将网络与现实相结合。     

ON THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC DEBT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH: DOES COUNTRY RISK MATTER?

This study examines the nonlinear impacts of four country risk indices on the debt‐growth nexus for 61 countries in a panel data framework. Our results show evidence of the different debt‐growth nexus under the different degrees of country risk. Under a high‐risk environment, a country's economic growth is harmed by raising its public debt. The negative effects public debt has on economic growth become weak under low political and financial‐risk environments, while an increase in public debt could help to stimulate economic growth under low composite and economic risk environments. In addition, the differences of countries' income and debt levels also lead country risks to have different effects on the debt‐growth nexus, suggesting that a country should borrow appropriately based on its current risk environments while improving economic performance. (JEL C33, E02, H63, O43)     

Dynamic stability and reform of political institutions

This paper examines endogenous institutional change in a class of dynamic political games. The political aggregation rules used at date t+1 are instrumental choices under rules at date t. Effectively, rules are “players” who can strategically delegate future policy-making authority to different rules. A political rule is stable if it selects itself. A reform occurs when an alternative rule is selected. The stability of a political rule is shown to depend on whether its choices are dynamically consistent. For instance, simple majority rules can be shown to be dynamically consistent in many common environments where wealth-weighted voting rules are not. The result extends to political rules that incorporate private activities such as extra-legal protests, threats, or private investment. The approach is one way of understanding various explanations of institutional change proposed in the literature. A parametric model of public goods provision gives an illustration.     

How the internet of things technology enhances emergency response operations

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a novel paradigm that connects the pervasive presence around us of a variety of things or objects to the Internet by using wireless/wired technologies to reach desired goals. Since the concept of the IoT was introduced in 2005, we see the deployment of a new generation of networked smart objects with communication, sensory and action capabilities for numerous applications, mainly in global supply chain management, environment monitoring and other non-stress environments. This paper introduces the IoT technology for use in the emergency management community. Considering the information required for supporting three sequential and distinct rhythms in emergency response operations: mobilization rhythm, preliminary situation assessment rhythm, and intervention rhythm, the paper proposes a modified task-technology fit approach that is used to investigate how the IoT technology can be incorporated into the three rhythms and enhance emergency response operations. The findings from our research support our two hypotheses: H1: IoT technology fits the identified information requirements; and H2: IoT technology provides added value to emergency response operations in terms of obtaining efficient cooperation, accurate situational awareness, and complete visibility of resources.     

异质性媒体与资本市场信息效率

新闻传媒通过其信息处理和传播功能 ,对资本市场的信息整合产生了重要影响.不同于以往的研究 ,文章深入新闻传媒行业内部 ,探讨了不同类别的媒体(中央媒体与各地方媒体)对中国资本市场信息效率的差异化影响.研究发现:中央媒体既可以直接提升资本市场信息效率 ,又可以通过削弱政治关联对资本市场信息整合的不利影响,间接改善资本市场信息效率;地方媒体虽然能够直接提升资本市场信息效率 ,但是无力削弱政治关联对资本市场信息整合的不利影响 ,其间接渠道并不起作用.这一结果考虑了媒体跟踪上市公司时可能产生的内生性问题 ,在一系列稳健性测试中始终存在.文章认为 ,相对于地方媒体 ,中央媒体在信息透明度较低情况下的信息获取和处理的能力优势 ,以及面对政治关联时保持客观报道的独立性优势,可以解释这一发现.     

Dynamic stability and reform of political institutions

This paper examines endogenous institutional change in a class of dynamic political games. The political aggregation rules used at date t+1 are instrumental choices under rules at date t. Effectively, rules are “players” who can strategically delegate future policy-making authority to different rules. A political rule is stable if it selects itself. A reform occurs when an alternative rule is selected. The stability of a political rule is shown to depend on whether its choices are dynamically consistent. For instance, simple majority rules can be shown to be dynamically consistent in many common environments where wealth-weighted voting rules are not. The result extends to political rules that incorporate private activities such as extra-legal protests, threats, or private investment. The approach is one way of understanding various explanations of institutional change proposed in the literature. A parametric model of public goods provision gives an illustration.     

Disentangling liberalization and privatization policies: Is there a political trade-off?

We empirically investigate the political determinants of liberalization and privatization policies in six network industries of 30 OECD countries (1975–2007). We unbundle liberalization and privatization reforms and study their simultaneous determination in a two-equation model. Unlike previous studies, we account for cross-effects between the two pro-market measures. Our findings unveil that both right-wing and left-wing governments implement liberalizations and privatizations, showing a common trend under the so-called neo-liberalism wave. However, although the privatization rate is higher than liberalization in right-wing environments, the opposite occurs under left-wing governments. We argue that ideological cleavages still affect pro-market reforms, particularly the combination of privatization and liberalization policies. We conclude that different deregulation patterns should be expected under governments characterized by different political ideologies. Our results shed new light on the literature investigating the political-economic rationale underpinning pro-market choices.     

“负担”变“机遇”——欧盟通过“创新伙伴关系”积极应对老龄化

人口老龄化是全球趋势,也是欧洲面临的最严峻挑战之一,将对欧盟国家政治、经济、社会和卫生体系等领域带来综合性挑战。为此,欧盟提出将"创新"作为重要综合抓手,努力将老龄化带来的潜在"社会负担"转化为"银色机遇",即将老龄化产业转化为新的经济增长点。2011年,欧委会在"创新联盟"框架下启动"欧洲积极和健康的老龄化创新伙伴关系计划",旨在通过"思维创新"重新审视和优化医疗及护理活动的政治、社会、组织和筹资,提供体系的流程和安排,并通过"科技创新"充分调动和挖掘老龄化相关市场需求和产业发展动力。欧洲的成功经验和做法,对我国应对老龄化挑战有积极的借鉴意义。     

“互联网+”背景下制造企业智能化战略转型路径：多案例比较研究

“互联网+”背景下新一代信息技术与实体产业深度融合，智能化战略成为制造企业顺应科技革命和产业变革趋势，重塑竞争新优势的重要选择。以美国GE、德国Siemens、日本Toyota与中国Haier作为研究对象，应用复杂系统理论进行多案例分析，构建“资源要素—核心能力—系统创新”智能化战略转型综合模型，明确不同国家制造企业因资源、能力和系统差异而形成的不同模式，在转型出发点、落脚点以及目标、路径等方面存在的显著区别。结论不仅从微观动态层面为理解制造企业智能化战略转型提供了基本信息，也有利于从系统论角度构建制造企业智能化战略转型发展框架，对中国制造企业转型升级具有重要的实践指导意义。     

The influence of Internet on politics: the impact of Facebook and the Internet penetration on elections in Taiwan

Previous research on elections indicates that the rise of social media has had a positive impact on political participation and political interest, resulting in more voters going to the polls. However, there has been no research on the impact that social media have on bringing about a change in government. This research investigates the impact that the Internet and the Chinese version of Facebook have had on election results in Taiwan from 2001 to 2016. The findings indicate that after the Chinese version of Facebook appeared in 2008, the higher the penetration rate of the Internet in the Taiwan region, the more likely that political power will change hands and the ruling party will lose an election.     

J. K. Galbraith: Liberal Politics and the Economics of the Modern Business Firm

This appreciation of J. K. Galbraith (JKG) is one of an occasional series of Reputations that New Political Economy carries reviewing the work and life of significant political economists. It is appropriate to include JKG is this series, not only because of his obvious academic stature but also in recognition of the fact that ten years ago he opened the Political Economy Research Centre at the University of Sheffield, UK, from which NPE is managed. To some extent the discussion presented here is based on published work, but in addition an important source involves an interview with JKG conducted on 27 March 2003 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, by Michael Dietrich and Andrew Gamble. Much of the material covered in the interview is developed in more detail in a forthcoming book by JKG to be published in the near future. All quotations and information sources that are not obviously referenced in the text are based on this interview. The discussion is organised as follows. Following a brief introduction, the main section considers Galbraith as a political economist. The focus here is to trace the structure and evolution of JKG's intellectual project. This leads on to a consideration of Galbraith as a political animal and commentator on world affairs. One objective here is to trace the linkages between the intellectual and political projects. Finally, a conclusion is presented under the rubric of Galbraith the man.     

Evidence on the political principal-agent problem from voting on public finance for concert halls

Principal-agent problems can arise when preferences of voters are not aligned with preferences of political representatives. Often the consequence of the political principal-agent problem is political catering to special interests. In this paper I provide examples of principal-agent problems regarding public spending. The examples concern construction or extension of concert halls in two German cities. Resistance to public funding for the concert halls was particularly strong in electoral districts with large constituencies on the left. The evidence indicates that political representatives were more bourgeois than their constituencies. In the cases studied asymmetric information did not prevail and voters were able to discipline their representatives through referenda that countered the results of voting by political representatives.     

基于技术接受模型的网络财务系统持续开发

技术接受模型是一种预测用户是否接纳新信息技术的实用性很强的工具。本文阐述了技术接受模型的基本原理,分析了网络财务系统与用户行为之间的关系,并运用实例探讨了技术接受模型框架下的网络财务系统的持续开发问题。     

An informational perspective on administrative procedures

A number of scholars have identified the important role administrativeprocedures have in 'structuring' the interest group environmentof government agencies: determining who can participate andin what manner. Using a formal model, we analyze the incentivesand outcomes that different procedural - and therefore interestgroup - environments generate. The model yields a number ofimportant conclusions. First, because elected officials areconcerned not only about distributional rents, but also informationalones, the use of procedures in some cases will result in worseoutcomes for political principals on the policy dimension. Officialswill be willing to bear the losses in exchange for informationalgains. Second, under certain conditions, a politician is betteroff with a biased group monitoring the agency rather than aneutral one, since biased groups will subsidize a portion ofthe monitoring cost. Third, having multiple interest groups,including one in opposition to the politician, makes the politicalprincipal strictly better off than any other constellation ofmonitors, since competing interest groups will provide the greatestinformation at the lowest cost to the elected official.     

区域经济系统互联网化转型能力研究

当前,引导经济系统适应互联网化的经济发展环境,是构建区域经济增长新动力、促进经济持续健康发展的重要问题,而剖析和评价经济系统的互联网转型能力是破解这一问题的关键。基于区域经济增长理论视角,从信息基础、市场供给、市场消费和创新共享4个维度,建立区域经济系统互联网化转型能力评价指标体系,采用模糊综合评价模型,评价和分析互联网经济发展环境下菱形经济圈核心城市经济系统的适应和发展能力。研究发现,观测城市转型发展能力的非均质化空间分布趋势明显,而信息服务能力、市场驱动力和创新能力仍是该区域适应互联网发展环境亟待解决的问题。     

Regulation and investment in the U.S. telecommunications industry

Reversing a two-decade deregulatory trend of telecommunications services, in 2010 U.S. regulators embarked on an aggressive regulatory agenda including, but not limited to, the regulation of high-speed Internet services under the auspices of net neutrality using utility-style regulations codified in the 1930s. Firms, regulators, and analysts feared a reduction in capital spending, contradicting established policy goals of expanding Internet availability and adoption. In this article, a difference-in-differences regression model augmented with randomization inference is applied to government data on capital spending in telecommunications. Large negative effects on investment are found. The estimated effects are robust across changes in estimation periods and model specifications, and multiple tests of the model’s assumptions lend credibility to the findings.