Conventions and Gaming in Las Vegas: Friends,Enemies, or Strangers?

As cities look at various industries to strengthen their economies, officials have begun to examine conventions and gaming more closely as they have often been considered “recession-proof.” This study utilizes time series regression to analyze the effects of convention attendance and hotel occupancy on monthly gaming revenues for Las Vegas from 2002 to 2013. Three commonly held opposing viewpoints in trade literature are that conventions reduce, augment, or complement gaming. These viewpoints produced the hypotheses for this study. It was found that convention attendance had no significant relationship with gaming revenue; however, citywide hotel occupancy was found to have a significant positive relationship with gaming revenue. This finding rules out the reduction and augmentation hypotheses.     

中国信用评级有效性研究综述

通过文献梳理法,总结归纳中国信用评级有效性,发现以往的研究大都认为中国信用评级无效,而近年却有研究结果支持部分有效.梳理已有研究,从中发现有效与无效的侧重点与交叉点,提出四点建议:规范评级市场收费制度,增强评级机构独立性;改进信用评级模型,增强评级识别能力;进一步完善社会信用体系,增强政策约束作用;加快社会信用体系建设...     

我国商业银行外部信用风险测度分析

银行作为债权人将资金放贷给企业,企业无法按时偿还本金,由此带来的风险称为信用风险。本文选择了44家配对上市公司,采用KMV模型对上市公司的信用风险进行度量,实证结果显示,KMV模型对于度量上市公司信用状况具有一定的适用性,但如果将KMV模型与PFM模型相结合,KMV模型使用的范围更加广泛。针对外部信用风险产生的原因,本文还给出了减小外部信用风险的建议。     

近10年广西农业生产效率与全要素生产率时空演变与驱动因素分析

目的 在全球努力实现联合国可持续发展目标背景下,综合评价近10年广西农业生产效率、农业全要素生产率及其时空演化特征,解析其驱动因子,为提高广西农业生产效率提供支持,为广西可持续发展目标评价提供依据。方法 文章基于2008—2017年广西14个地级市农业生产投入与产出数据,运用数据包络分析（DEA）、Malmquist指数和Tobit模型,评价广西农业生产效率与农业全要素生产率及其时空演变特征,解析其驱动因素。结果 （1）近10年广西农业生产效率水平较低,研究期间总体表现为DEA无效且规模收益递减;空间差异大,各市农业生产效率呈现不同的时间变化特征,仅梧州市、北海市和钦州市一直处于农业生产效率DEA有效。（2）广西农业全要素生产率（TFP）呈波动增长态势,技术进步是农业全要素生产率增长的主要驱动力;桂东北（桂林市、梧州市、贵港市）、桂南（北海市、防城港市、钦州市）是广西农业全要素生产率较高的地区。（3）农业生产效率影响因素中,耕地有效灌溉率、农业科技是促进因素,与农业生产效率呈显著正相关;单位面积化肥施用强度、政府投入、单位耕地农机动力是限制因素,与农业生产效率呈显著负相关;技术进步、纯技术效率和规模效率是农业全要素生产率提升的促进因素。结论 近10年,广西农业生产效率与全要素生产率整体较低,时空差异大;应增加农业科技投入,增强农业基础设施建设,提高规模化水平,以提升广西农业生产效率。     

建设创新型城市应是无锡发展的主导战略

一个城市的创新能力正成为它在国际和国内竞争中取得优势的决定性因素,是城市实现全面协调可持续发展的重要途径和关键举措。创新型城市,就是以其持续不断的创新,推动、促进整个城市实现经济社会更大的发展。     

Firm export diversification and change in workforce composition

Review of World Economics - The objective of this paper is to show that part of the fixed cost of a firm’s trade expansion is due to the acquisition of new internal capabilities (e.g.,...     

Challenges and Changes in Gendered Poverty: The Feminization,De-Feminization,and Re-Feminization of Poverty in Latin America

Despite reductions in poverty generally, recent trends in Latin American countries show processes of both de-feminization and re-feminization of poverty. A rise in the numbers of women to men living in income-poor households has occurred despite feminized anti-poverty programs, most notably conditional cash transfers (CCTs), which target resources to women. This paper shows that methodological differences in what, how, and who is the focus of measurement may influence patterns of poverty “feminization.” It also suggests that feminized policy interventions might in themselves be playing a role in the re-feminization of poverty, not least because of data and definitional limitations in the way female-headed households and, relatedly, women’s poverty are understood. The somewhat paradoxical interactions between the feminization of household headship, the feminization of poverty, and the feminization of anti-poverty programs present interesting challenges for redressing gender gaps in poverty within the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.