Wealth Distribution and Imperfect Factor Markets: A Classroom Experiment

The author presents a simple exercise to demonstrate how initial property distribution can affect final wealth patterns in developing areas of the world. The simulation is a variant of the Monopoly board game in which students role play different members of a market in which they each face different rules of credit access and salary patterns. The property distribution and new mortgage rules reflect the reality of many developing areas. The simulation can be completed in one full class period and has proven successful in making students more sensitive to wealth distribution issues. Students have suggested several variations of this simulation to make it applicable across more settings.     

Evaluating Projects and Assessing Sustainable Development in Imperfect Economies

We are interested in three related questions:(1) How should accounting prices be estimated?(2) How should we evaluate policy change in animperfect economy? (3) How can we check whetherintergenerational well-being will be sustainedalong a projected economic programme? We do notpresume that the economy is convex, nor do weassume that the government optimizes on behalfof its citizens. We show that the same set ofaccounting prices should be used both forpolicy evaluation and for assessing whether ornot intergenerational welfare along a giveneconomic path will be sustained. We also showthat a comprehensive measure of wealth,computed in terms of the accounting prices, canbe used as an index for problems (2) and (3)above. The remainder of the paper is concernedwith rules for estimating the accounting pricesof several specific environmental naturalresources, transacted in a few well knowneconomic institutions.     

房地产正向财富效应形成的条件分析

房地产对居民消费的财富效应一直是关注的焦点。产生房地产财富正效应的条件为:城市居民二套住房拥有率要大于有潜在住房购买力的家庭占比率。我国应加大调控力度,降低房价,增加公共住房保障供给,大力发展适合中低收入阶层家庭的商品房项目。     

城乡收入差距是如何扩大的?--兼与几种流行观点商榷

对中国城乡收入差距不断扩大的趋势,既不能单纯用经济增长型倒U假说解释,也不能用部分经济转轨国家的例证解读,它是由中国特有的城市偏向分配政策造成的。在城市偏向的分配政策中,有4类工具发挥了重要作用政府对生产要素市场的干预;有利于城市的转移项目;税负的不公平和农民获得收入后的财富转移。文章最后对收入差距与社会稳定的关系,对为何要从起点公平入手解决城乡收入差距进行了理论探讨。     

我国企业财务目标问题探究

在社会主义市场经济体制下 ,企业财务目标最大化问题日益成为我国财务理论界和企业界关注的焦点 ,较为主流的观点是“股东财富最大化”。笔者认为 :这一观点不符合我国国情 ,而且缺乏可操作性 ,无法带来社会财富最大化 ,“相关者利益最大化”应是我国企业财务的最终目标。     

中国通货膨胀的内外因素与传导机制及解决方案分析

引致中国通货膨胀发生的国际因素主要有全球流动性过剩、世界主要经济体通胀、国际粮食供求矛盾加剧等,这些因素通过国际贸易、外来投资、汇率制度等介质传导到中国,并与中国多年来内部存在的过度投资、基础货币被动投放过度、全民炒股一夜暴富、雪灾与春节的并至等因素相撞击叠加,从而激活了国内潜在的物价上涨压力,引起物价连续上涨。应当完善经济结构、改变经济增长方式、人民币缓慢升值、慎用加息、阻止热钱流入。控制中国物价持续上扬。     

李嘉图的经济增长思想述评

本文论述了李嘉图关于经济增长的主要思想,指出了李嘉图经济增长思想的积极意义