Strategic Environmental Standards, Wage Incomes and the Location of Polluting Firms

The purpose of this paper is tostudy how the choice of environmental standardsby governments is affected by the existence ofwage incomes when firms locations areendogenous. In developed countries labor isunionized, which allows positive wage incomesto arise. Thus, each government has incentivesto persuade firms to locate in its countrysince social welfare depends on suchincomes. But, as pollution damages theenvironment, each government will only try toattract polluting firms to thecountry, to obtain the wage incomes, whenthe valuation of environmental damage showsthat it is low.     

Employment shifts, economic reform and the changes in public/private sector wages in Mexico: 1987–1997

Over the last decade, the public sector in Mexico experienced substantial fiscal reform, divestiture of public enterprises, and the elimination of many regulations affecting pay and employment. This study analyzes the changes in the public/private sector differences in wages during the 1987–1997 period. The results from analyzing microdata from the Encuesta Nacional de Empleo Urbano show that relative public sector wages increased from 1987 to 1997. Most of the relative wage increase in the public sector can be explained by increases in the price of skills and by changes in sorting across sectors. The results have important public policy implications since they suggest that public sector workers earn more and their wages have grown faster than those of their private sector counterparts. As such, policies contemplating public sector reform should take into account the effect of these measures on the inter-sectoral income distribution and the overall economic growth. First version received: April 2000/Final version received: December 2000     

区域层面经济转型的研究

关于经济转型的研究,长期以来为各国的经济学家和社会学家所重视.针对中国正从国家层面经济转型向区域层面经济转型过渡的背景,本文着重从研究区域层面经济转型出发,探讨国内外经济转型的流派和理论范式,再基于区域经济理论来对中外区域层面经济转型进行比较分析,最后为中国区域层面经济转型和区域政策制定提出相应策略.     

开发性金融对西部县域经济发展的支持

县域经济是我国国民经济的微观基础，县域经济的发展状况及发展潜力。对促进西部地区经济社会协调发展，发挥着十分重要的作用。本文通过阐述开发性金融的含义、特征和任务，分析了开发性金融在推动县域经济发展中的地位和作用。并在简要剖析当前制约我国西部县域经济发展的主要金融问题的基础上。结合开发性金融原理，提出了开发性金融支持西部县域经济发展的途径和重点，为进一步加强开发性金融支持西部县域经济发展指明了方向。     

常州制造业循环经济建设研究

本文首先阐述了制造业循环经济建设的内涵,然后在分析常州市制造业增长付出的资源和环境代价的基础上,提出了常州市制造业循环经济建设的对策,即紧抓“减量化”原则,实现竞争理念和增长方式两个转变,并侧重清洁生产实施、工业园区整合和产业结构调整三个层面。     

企业合作与纵向一体化:文献回顾与综述

纵向一体化的分解与企业合作是当前经济活动中最为显著的现象。企业归核化过程中不断要求增加专用性投资,这与传统理论认为的因关系专用性投资带来事后准租的攫取而被迫进行一体化的说法背道而驰。自从科斯开创性地引入交易成本分析范式研究企业制度演变以来,学者们从不同角度探讨了企业间合作问题,包括资产专用性与纵向一体化的关系;反纵向一体化力量与跨组织合作;以及企业间的协调机制与治理模式。通过对上述文献的回顾,有助于解释企业不断增加专用性投资进行跨组织资源合作与纵向一体化解构并存的现象,有助于在实践中指导建立合适的企业间合作协调和治理机制。     

货币政策的区域总量性与结构性研究——基于中国的实际情况

我国是一个发展中大国,不同区域发展情况存在很大差异,这必然使国家自上而下的区域总量性货币政策在各区域产生差异化效果.我国市场化改革使货币政策运作的市场化成分越来越高,面对区域经济、金融的巨大差异,货币政策不可能倒退到行政控制的老路上去,因而研究区域结构性货币政策问题在我国当前显得十分重要.     

Austrian Economics and Public Choice

The Review of Austrian Economics -     

Sample attrition and labor force dynamics: Evidence from the Spanish labor force survey

In this paper we examine a number of issues that arise in investigating labor force dynamics using the Spanish Labor Force Survey (EPA). These issues are by no means specific to the Spanish case and apply to most European-style labor force surveys. Our main conclusions may be summarized as follows. First, survey nonresponse cannot be neglected. Second, the EPA tends to underestimate employment and participation of high-educated young people, and to overestimate those of the low-educated elderly. Finally, we find little evidence that attrition causes important selection biases in estimating quarterly transition probabilities.     

信任对人力资源外包影响的实证研究

回顾了国内外关于人力资源外包及信任方面的研究成果,基于武汉、上海等地28家企业人力资源外包调查数据,采用两个独立样本非参数检验方法进行了定量的实证研究.研究结果表明,信任对人力资源外包成功、企业之间的知识共享及伙伴关系有显著影响;企业之间的知识共享程度、伙伴关系强弱不同,使得企业人力资源外包效果方面存在显著差异.这些研究成果给管理者提供了一些关于如何提高人力资源外包成功的方法和启示.