Stability and Segregation in Group Formation

This paper presents a model of group formation based on the assumption that individuals prefer to associate with people similar to them. It is shown that, in general, if the number of groups that can be formed is bounded, then a stable partition of the society into groups may not exist. (A partition is defined as stable if none of the individuals would prefer be in a different group than the one he is in.) However, if individuals' characteristics are one-dimensional, then a stable partition always exists. We give sufficient conditions for stable partitions to be segregating (in the sense that, for example, low-characteristic individuals are in one group and high-characteristic ones are in another) and Pareto efficient. In addition, we propose a dynamic model of individual myopic behavior describing the evolution of group formation to an eventual stable, segregating, and Pareto efficient partition. Journal of Economic Literature Classification Numbers: C72, H41.     

The demand commitment bargaining and snowballing cooperation

Summary A multi-person bargaining model based on sequential demands is studied for coalitional games with increasing returns to scale for cooperation. We show that for such games the (subgame perfect) equilibrium behavior leads to a payoff distribution which approaches the Shapley value as the money unit approaches 0. Subgame consistency and strategic equilibria are the main tools used in the analysis. The model is then applied to study a problem of public good consumption.I wish to thank Reinhard Selten, who introduced me with the topic of non-cooperative coalition bargaining, for many constructive discussions. Al Roth's warm hospitality during the academic year 1990–1991, as well as many useful remarks are also gratefully acknowledged. Helpful discussions with Dieter Balkenborg, Tatsuro Ichiishi, Richard Mclean, Benny Moldovanu, Daniel Seidmann Avner Shaked are gratefully acknowledged as well. Part of this research was also supported by the Deutscheforschungsgemeinschaft SFB 303 at the University of Bonn.     

论实现"三个代表"重要思想进课堂

实现“三个代表”重要思想进课堂,要处理好“三个代表”重要思想在“两课”课程整体上的全面进入和各门课程中的具体渗透问题,教师要努力创设有利教学环境,有力促进“三个代表”重要思想进课堂。同时,学校应将“三个代表”重要思想与专业教育结合起来,并营造学习、践行“三个代表”重要思想的宣传氛围,实现学习、贯彻“三个代表”重要思想的小课堂与大课堂的结合。     

电子商务环境下的物流配送中心选址模型

电子商务环境下的物流配送中心选址是个很复杂的问题,涉及的因素很多。本文分析了电子商务环境下物流配送的特点,基于成本最小化的基础上建立了选址模型,与传统的选址模型进行了比较;并通过费用最小化确定配送中心的数量、资源点与配送中心、配送中心与用户的供需关系。     

安徽省亳州市小麦产业现状与发展策略研究

目的 亳州市位于黄淮麦区,是安徽省小麦种植面积第二大地市,亳州小麦产业化发展对安徽省至关重要,总结亳州小麦产业发展现状,分析其存在的主要问题,为亳州小麦产业化发展提供建议。方法 文章通过对亳州小麦产业和加工企业进行实地调查,委托亳州市农业局和农业科学院组织主题为小麦生产和消费的座谈会,收集小麦种植品种、种植面积以及产量等相关数据,分析小麦产业化发展现状及现存主要问题。结果 亳州市形成以优质强筋小麦、中强筋小麦、中筋小麦为主,弱筋小麦为辅的种植结构,2019年优质专用小麦种植面积占小麦总面积69%。现有规模化面粉企业28家,合计年加工小麦约200万t,消费当地近60%的小麦。小麦产业发展过程中存在“农业合作社规模较小,种植规模和专业技能不足”“订单农业较少,小麦优质不优价”“面粉企业规模较小,下游食品加工企业少”“产业链间的融合不够紧密”等问题。结论 提出“构建大规模小麦加工体系,发挥龙头企业的产业带动作用”“发展农业专业合作组织,实现规模化、标准化、专业化种植”“研发优质品种配套栽培技术,实现良种良法”“打造优质专用小麦生产示范区,培育区域品牌”等策略建议。     

The supply of consumption goods in centrally planned economies

Estimates are given, based on annual time series from the mid-1950s to 1975, of planner's supply functions for consumption goods in Czechoslovakia, the GDR, Hungary, and Poland. The supply function is specified in the form of a behavioral rule describing the planners' short-run adjustment of consumption away from its long-run trend. The fits are good, and the estimates support the a priori specification and the maintained hypothesis of stable resource-allocation behavior. These supply functions, together with household demand functions estimated in a separate paper, will provide a starting point for disequilibrium estimation of the consumption-goods market for these economies.     

加强我国企业固定资产管理的探讨

近年来,随着市场经济体制的不断发展,“产权清晰,权责明确,政企分开,管理科学”的现代企业制度逐步建立起来。许多公司在市场竞争中不断发展,企业资产的数量和价值都明显增加。而固定资产是企业的重要组成部分,其使用期限较长,单位价值较高,在使用过程中保持原有的实物形态,具有潜在的服务意识,被称之为企业创造利润的“动力源”,利润增加的“催化剂”。因此,     

基于因子分析和聚类分析的山西省区域经济竞争能力评价

文章以山西省11个地级市2009年的相关经济指标为研究对象,采用因子分析和聚类分析等多元统计方法进行了实证研究,对各市间的经济实力进行了比较,并给出了深入分析和政策建议。     

The rise of economics in competition policy: A Canadian perspective

Competition policy in Canada and elsewhere has changed remarkably over the last 50 years—in large measure due to advances in economics. In this article, we trace the impact of developments in industrial organization on the three central areas of competition policy: cartels, single firm conduct and mergers. We focus on Canadian competition policy but draw comparisons with developments in the United States and Europe.     

The impact of government debt on the long-run natural real interest rate – a quantitative evaluation

Persistently low natural real interest rates are a problem for monetary policy and financial stability. I analyse to what extent a permanent increase in government debt that is financed by higher taxes could raise the long-run natural real interest rate. As a measurement tool, I use an incomplete markets model with capital and government bonds. Increasing the public debt/GDP ratio by one percentage point raises the real interest rate by between 0.4 and 1.5 basis points, depending on the degree of inequality generated by the model and the tax instrument used to balance the government’s budget constraint. I also show that the interest rate effect of a change in public debt/GDP predicted by the model is significantly smaller than its empirical counterpart for the US, due to the fact that the model understates the empirical fraction of households that are constrained in their consumption decision.