The holiday and work experiences of women with young children

This paper looks at the holiday experiences of women with young children. It attempts to unfold the meaning of that experience, looking particularly at the contradiction of a work-filled event being accepted as a holiday experience. Women with young children do not have uniform holiday experiences or perceptions of those experiences. Some women will define the experience as a holiday only if they are away from family obligations; other women will consider the relative rest and the opportunity of being able to have quality time as a mother or partner as meaningful and worthwhile. The two key features of the holiday for women with young children were the reduction in pressure and the sharing of time in key relationships and roles. However, the overall scenario was one of little support for women to construct a holiday and an absence of dialogue regarding the right to holidays. As work and relationship are an integral part of the holiday experience, the findings question the relevance of the continued use of the work/leisure dichotomy in leisure theory.     

林业利用国际金融组织贷款项目特点分析

在分析世界银行林业贷款项目特点的同时,简要总结了世界银行1985年以来实施林业贷款项目的总体规模、取得的成效。认为世行林业项目服务大局与先导发展相结合体现了示范性;国外贷款与国内资金相结合具有集成性;生态建设与产业发展相结合突显了协调性;引进与吸收结合具有创新性;项目建设与人才培养相结合展示了持续性。     

The reform of housing benefit

Housing benefit in the UK is currently out of control, due to its open-endedness and the ability of landlords to control rent levels. This paper proposes the abolition of housing benefit and its replacement with a notional housing element incorporated into income support. This will break the control of landlords as well as reconnecting the link between income and rent levels which is lost under the current system.     

英语归属歧义的成因与消解

归属歧义是由于句法结构不明确而使某些词语产生了不同归属所引发的歧义.英语归属歧义很容易产生,而且易于形成语言谬误,影响正常交际.其中限定不明确所引发的定语归属歧义、修饰不明确所引发的状语归属歧义、修饰不明确所引发的句子成分归属歧义比较常见.     

“同侪审判”词义考 ——以《大宪章》第39条为中心的文本考察

1215年《大宪章》是英国历史上最重要的法律文件之一,是西方宪政发展的开端。然而,更多基于文本的研究表明,《大宪章》存有被神话的嫌疑。其中最著名的限制王权的第39条“同侪审判”正是最佳例证之一。基于文义和体系解释,该条judicium parium（by the judgment of ones peers）宜译作“同侪审判”。但英格兰随后的立法和司法实践表明,该处的“同侪”多数情形指向的是“贵族”。这实际上反映出,《大宪章》第39条原初乃贵族为对抗英王恣意滥权、维护自身利益而制定的。“同侪审判”逐渐发展为一项特权,其性质、运作与同时期陪审制殊为不同,并在随后数个世纪中固定为以下模式： 上议院集会时,贵族在上议院接受审判;闭会时,由总管大臣法庭按照近似现代陪审制度的方式审理,审理人员均为贵族。起初“同侪审判”的案件范围仅包括叛逆罪及其他重罪,民事案件仍按照普通程序审理。总之,parium（peers）的应然文义是“同侪”,但实然指向多为“贵族”。同侪审判起初并无固定的实施方式,经由不断发展,逐渐产生与近现代陪审团相似之处,但仍有本质区别。     

区域异质性视角下人口老龄化对住房均价的影响研究

在我国老龄化程度较深且进程持续加速的背景下,研究老龄化对住房均价的影响具有重要意义。同时,我国不同区域的人口年龄结构、房地产市场发展特征差异较大,不能简单混为一谈。因此本文结合实际国情,利用全国31省(市、自治区)1999~2018年的面板数据,分区域研究人口老龄化对商品住宅价格波动的影响。模型回归分析结果显示:我国老龄化进程对住房均价构成显著冲击;不同区域老龄化水平对住房均价的影响存在较大差别;其他因素对住房均价的影响具有区域异质性特征。最后,为应对老龄化冲击、助力我国房地产市场平稳运行、维护国家经济社会和谐稳定,提出合理控制老年抚养比、完善养老保障体系、采取差异化调控措施、促进区域协同发展等对策建议。     

合格境外机构投资者:投资者还是投机者?

本文通过收集2006~2009年A股上市公司年报和半年报中十大股东和十大流通股东的数据,从财务和治理特征出发,分析QFII在A股市场中所起的作用。统计结果表明,QFII持股公司的盈利能力、运营能力和公司治理质量都优于无QFII持股的公司。进一步的回归分析表明,QFII持股能在一定程度上改善公司财务业绩。上述结果说明QFII在甄别和提高上市公司质量方面发挥了投资者而非投机者作用,因而有利于我国资本市场健康平稳发展。     

推进利率市场化进程亟待完善金融安全网建设

“十二五”规划明确指出,我国将稳步推进利率市场化改革。关系金融稳定的金融安全网三道防线一审慎监管、最后贷款人制度、存款保险制度的建立与完善,成为深化利率市场化改革的重要保证。文章指出,应从完善宏观审慎管理框架、明确央行最后贷款人职责和加快建立存款保险制度这三个方面完善金融安全网建设,有规划、有步骤、坚定不移地推进利率市场化改革。     

Cost of Equity and S&P 500 Index Revisions

We examine how the cost of equity changes when firms are added to or removed from the S&P 500 Index during index revisions. Newly added firms experience a significant decline in the cost of equity, while recently removed firms show a significant increase. Liquidity improves for addition firms and declines for removed firms. Addition firms also experience a decline in shadow cost. Changes in cost of equity for included firms are explained by changes in liquidity, shadow cost, and firm size. Finally, included firms with greater investment opportunities benefit more from the reduction in cost of capital.