Temporary Layoffs and Unemployment Insurance: Is Experience Rating Desirable?

Abstract. This paper explores how the introduction of an experience-rated system of unemployment insurance affects employment and welfare in a model where implicit contracts between firms and workers give rise to wage rigidities and unemployment. In the literature, it has been argued that experience-rated systems of unemployment insurance may reduce long-term employment as firms anticipate the higher costs of layoffs implied by experience rating. Our analysis shows that the introduction of experience rating may increase or decrease long-term employment but it unambiguously raises welfare.     

基于传统文化的企业创新文化——以海尔创新文化为例

一、基于传统文化的企业创新文化创新成为大多数公司渴望拥有的特征。但是要创新,了解创新的过程是至关重要的。早期对创新过程的研究强调了研发对产生创意的必要性。(Griliches(1998),Mansfield(1984),Rosenberg(1972))。公司的研发支出与创新之间存在一定的关系,然而这种关系     

区域主导与非主导产业协同竞争演化均衡分析

主导产业是区域经济发展的核心，它是区域经济发展的决定性力量。主导产业的发展与更换过程，是区域经济系统内各个产业之间协同竞争作用的结果。因此分析区域主导产业与非主导产业的协同竞争行为所遵循的规律对区域经济发展而言具有重要的理论与现实意义。基于区域产业间协同竞争行为与生物种群之间协同竞争行为机理的相似性，本文运用演化博弈论建立演化博弈模型，对区域主导与非主导产业的演化机制进行分析。     

科技创新“浪潮”之魂

领跑中国PC 1982年，“浪潮”对中国、国际两个市场进行了深刻分析和论证，敏锐洞察到“信息时代”的来临和其中蕴藏的巨大发展机遇。于是果断做出“涉足信息产业，开发和生产微型计算机，抢先在中国占领一席之地”的战略决策。当时，“浪潮人”毅然将上面拨的10万元指定做收录机研发的“救命钱”全数“悄悄”投入微型计算机的研发，从而揭开了“浪潮”以技术创新走向辉煌的序幕。     

中国因素对近年来日本产业空洞化的影响分析

近年来，有关产业空洞化问题的讨论在日本再次形成高潮，并与“中国因素”联系在一起。而分析日本对外直接投资的增长与日本进出口和就业的关系得知，“中国因素”不仅不是日本产业空洞化的祸首，反而是新一轮景气回升的重要动力．中国因素加快了日本逆工业化进程，尽管使日本制造业失业人数增加，但导致日本产业空洞化的真正原因是服务业过多的规制和劳动力市场缺乏弹性，使逆工业化过程中制造业释放出的失业人员不能向服务业进行有效转移。     

The Campus Parking Game: A Demonstration of Price Discrimination and Efficiency

This article presents a classroom game that allows students to directly experience the welfare improvements that can result from price discrimination. The demonstration uses a very familiar decision-making scenario, campus parking, to introduce the concept of price discrimination as well as reinforce the concepts of opportunity cost, consumer surplus, and search costs. This game can be used in a variety of classes, including principles, intermediate theory, industrial organization, or environmental economics, and can be conducted in a 50-minute class period with follow-up discussion in the next class.     

美国企业与慈善结缘

11月28日出版的《商业周刊》评出了2005年度美国50名最大的慈善家，也对致力于慈善事业的美国公司进行了评选。这些慈善家和企业的捐赠活动既造福于社会，也对企业的经营和发展起到了促进作用。     

Shareholders and Corporate Community Involvement in Britain

Corporate community involvement is attracting increasing interest in Britain, but what do shareholders feel about this use of company assets? This timely survey of top UK corporate donors provides interesting data on current practice and explores the degree to which shareholders are consulted. The author is a member of the Department of Business Studies in the Faculty of Management and Business of The Manchester Metropolitan University, Aytoun Building, Aytoun Street, Manchester M1 3GH; e–mail j.clarke@mmu.ac.uk.