西方产业组织学最新研究方法综述

西方产业组织学作为现代经济学的一个重要组成部分,有其稳定的分析框架和研究方法。本文从研究方法角度对其进行了梳理,分析了推理学派与实证学派各自研究方法的最新进展,研究表明:在推理学派中,其静态模型已普遍使用了推测变差方法,而其动态博弈模型已成为主流推导方法;在实证学派中,非参数检验、非线性回归以及实验经济学的广泛使用是其新特点。     

Repeated Dichotomous Choice Formats for Elicitation of Willingness to Pay: Simultaneous Estimation and Anchoring Effect

Repeated dichotomous choice contingent valuation data are generated from responses to a succession of binary questions regarding alternative prices for an environmental good. In this paper we propose a simultaneous equation model that allows for endogeneity and error correlation across the responses at each stage of the bidding process. The model allows us to study the evolution of anchoring effects after the second dichotomous choice question. Estimation involves the Bayesian techniques of Gibbs sampling and data augmentation, and the application focuses on the preservation value of a natural area. The results for a data set involving up to four successive dichotomous choice questions show that restricted multiple-bounded models are rejected by the data with the general model. In addition, willingness to pay tends to stabilize after the second stage in the elicitation process for the general unrestricted model. When taking anchoring effects into consideration, it is revealed that individuals’ responses in the latter stages are influenced by the sequence of bid prices offered in earlier questions. Nevertheless, they do not have a significant effect on welfare estimates.      

中国商品期货市场的假日效应研究——基于收益和波动的视角

为研究中国商品期货市场假日效应的存在性及其特征,本文从收益和波动出发,在构建学生分布随机波动模型的基础上采用贝叶斯MCMC模拟技术对中国铜、铝、橡胶、大豆、豆粕和小麦期货市场的假日效应进行了实证分析,研究结果显示:假日前和假日后信息对商品期货交易收益及其波动均具有显著的影响,对不同交易品种而言,其影响方向及影响程度均存在一定差异;更具体地,对各类假日分别进行分析发现,元旦、春节、劳动节和国庆节的假日前和假日后信息对商品期货收益及其波动均具有显著的影响,且比分类之前假日前和假日后信息的影响能力明显增强,其个性特征也更加突出。     

Fiscal Stimulus in Times of High Debt: Reconsidering Multipliers and Twin Deficits

We investigate the impact of fiscal stimuli at different levels of the government debt‐to‐GDP ratio for a sample of 17 European countries from 1970 to 2010. This is implemented in an interacted panel VAR framework in which all coefficient parameters are allowed to change continuously with the debt‐to‐GDP ratio. We find that responses to government spending shocks exhibit strong nonlinear behavior. While the overall cumulative effect of a spending shock on real GDP is positive and significant at moderate debt‐to‐GDP ratios, this effect turns negative as the ratio increases. The total cumulative effect on the trade balance as a share of GDP is negative at first but switches sign at higher levels of debt. Consequently, depending on the degree of public indebtedness, our results accommodate long‐run fiscal multipliers that are greater and smaller than one or even negative as well as twin deficit and twin divergence behavior within one sample and time period. From a policy perspective, these results lend additional support to increased prudence at high public debt ratios because the effectiveness of fiscal stimuli to boost economic activity or resolve external imbalances may not be guaranteed.