Misallocation in Chinese Manufacturing and Services: A Variable Markup Approach

Cross‐country comparison reveals an unusually small service sector in China. Using firm‐level data from China's 2008 economic census, we find two facts that speak to a novel mechanism of misallocation within service and between manufacturing and service sectors. First, compared with the manufacturing sector, there are more state‐owned enterprises and fewer entrants in the service sector. Second, markups increase with firm size, and the increase is more dramatic among service firms. We interpret these facts through the lens of a monopolistic competition model with heterogeneous firms and variable markups. A multisector model shows a new channel that translates asymmetric barriers to entry across sectors into sectoral markup differences, which in turn cause sectoral misallocation. Quantitative analysis shows that when reducing entry barriers to service firms to the extent observed for manufacturing firms, the model predicts a 12‐percentage‐point increase in the service employment share.     

德国碳排放权交易管理架构与职能*

德国是欧盟碳交易体系中最为重要的成员国,德国对欧盟碳交易体系的实践,对我国碳交易体系的建设和管理具有借鉴意义。本文综述德国对碳交易体系的管理与执行组织架构,以及欧盟碳交易体系在德国前两个阶段的执行情况,为我国碳交易体系的建立提供参考。     

The global faces of China’s incomplete reforms: a perspective from China’s new intellectual property regime

ABSTRACT

The paper probes into an antithetical aspect of China’s economic reforms in the global context by focusing on the recent developments of China’s intellectual property regime. By analyzing this cutting-edge legal system, it highlights China’s political divergence against its economic convergence in its decade-long reforms, in particular, its state-oriented innovation system as against the world’s neo-liberal economic order. The last decade witnessed China’s preeminent transformation from a passive follower to a proactive advocator of IP standards. However, certain entrenched limits characterizing China’s state-oriented economy and cultural systems such as information blockade and coercive technology transfer serve as catalysts that are apt to provoke acrimonious confrontation between China and major economies. In this sense, China’s incomplete reforms have taken on a new form: as China’s influence on the global economy grows, conflicts of diverse national priorities become more palpable than simple-minded economic cooperation.     

“十二五”时期肇庆产业转型升级研究——基于后工业化视角

珠三角已处于工业化后期,肇庆"两区引领两化"战略实施,产业转型升级,应把握后工业化时代的新特征,通过"走后工业化之路"发挥自然生态、交通便利和区位优势显著等后发优势实现跳跃式发展。在"十二五"时期,肇庆市将会具备发展区域总部经济的基本条件,也有可能成为广州文化创意产业群集聚合作发展的配套区;肇庆应向国家和广东省申请建立"后工业化经济试验区"。     

影响失地农民再就业的原因分析与政府作为

失地农民再就业一直是党和政府着力解决的三农问题之一。从消除制度缺陷、提供培训资金支持、拓宽非农产业就业渠道、搞好就业培训等方面采取的措施尚未见到实效。失地农民再就业受到收入水平、生活成本、工作环境、技能要求、地区经济发展等因素的影响,政府应当在注重产业布局和调整的同时适度保留劳动密集型产业、加大公共财政保障力度,强化用人单位培训责任、系统设计失地农民权益保障制度等方面入手,破解失地农民被城市化后的再就业困境。     

技术创新对中国汽车出口的影响实证研究

出口能力是衡量一国产业国际竞争力的重要指标,研究制约我国汽车出口的因素,寻求提升我国汽车产业国际竞争力的途径,对促进产业的长远发展具有重要意义。对我国汽车业上市公司的面板数据进行多元回归,研究技术创新对我国汽车出口的影响,并对主要乘用车和商用车企业分析结果进行比较,可得出乘用车企业技术创新人员投入强度和资金投入总量对汽车出口有显著正影响、商用车企业技术创新各项指标对出口均无显著影响的结论。     

论任务型教学法在高职中外合作办学大学英语教学中的运用

高等职业技术学院中外合作办学的学生入学分数低、基础差、学习动力不足,学习英语的态度、方法等都存在一些问题.任务型教学法强调学习者通过使用目的语进行交互活动,进而掌握语言交流的实际能力.“任务型教学”的运用和实践将对外语教学模式的转变、学生语言运用能力的培养以及学习者“互动式”学习方式的形成起到积极而有益的促进作用.     

国有商业银行外部公关现状之分析

大量的公关理论研究和实践表明:银行公关外部活动是否有效,直接影响银行的形象、银行的竞争力乃至银行的生死存亡。然而银行外部公关的理论研究在中国至今还近乎空白,本文就以银行外部公关为研究主题,结合国有商业银行的实际情况,运用银行管理学、公关学、制度经济学的有关理论,系统深入分析银行外部公关,即银行与客户的关系、银行与同业的关系、银行与政府的关系、银行与新闻媒体的关系等状况,针对性地提出银行在解决处理各种关系时应采取的策略措施,建立了银行外部公关的保障体系,强调银行公关组织构建、人才培养以及公关策划,对银行外部公关的特殊作用。     

Influence of Soldout Products on Consumer Choice

Consumers often face situations in which information about soldout products is still present in the decision context. This paper demonstrates that the presence of soldout products in the decision environment can prompt consumers to purchase available options and decrease choice deferral. This effect can be explained by two underlying decision processes. First, soldout products may create a sense of urgency for consumers to expedite their purchases, which the authors call an immediacy effect. Second, soldout products may enhance the perceived attractiveness of products similar to the soldout products, which the authors refer to as an informational cascades effect.     

邮政物流潜在风险解决方案初探

文章分析了邮政物流分销业务的现状和潜在风险,对贴标经营的可行性进行了分析,提出了规避风险的方法和对策。