Are Private Vices Public Finance Virtues? An Empirical Investigation

The article investigates the impact of widely accepted private vices (smoking and alcohol and gasoline consumption) on public finance. Introducing the concept of “vice-related deficit,” which aggregates the positive effects on public finance on the revenue side (cash inflows) and the negative effects on the expenditures side (cash outflows), the article looks upon cigarette, alcohol, and gasoline consumption as determinants of vice-related deficit for a number of 68 countries for year 2012. We found that smoking had a negative effect on vice-related budget balance, while alcohol and gasoline consumption had a positive effect. As control variables, we used life expectancy and size of the economy, both having been found with negative effects. The results prove robust to different sample adjustments. We also found that the negative effect of private vices on public finance is stronger for Christian countries than for non-Christian countries. Policy recommendations were made accordingly.     

Peer Effects in Consumption Among Chinese Rural Households

This article attempts to identify peer effects in household consumption in rural China using the Chinese Household Finance Survey (CHFS) 2011 data. In addition to the selection effect, reflection problem and correlated effect, we address the actual peer problem via the matching method in identifying the peer effect. It is found that as peer household’s consumption expenditure increases by 1%, the household’s consumption would increase by 0.24%. It is also found that richer households are more susceptible to peer pressure in consumption decisions. Finally, household is more sensitive to changes in the consumption of poorer peers, relative to their richer peers.     

基于系统动力学的道路物流系统能耗模型研究

用系统动力学方法对道路物流系统能源消耗进行深入分析,在系统基本因果反馈关系分析的基础上,建立了物流能源消耗系统动力学模型,对物流能源消耗系统的结构关系和运行机理进行了探索。建立的系统动力学模型为研究物流系统能源消耗提供了一种新方法。     

极端气候状况下空调建筑健康安全问题的研究

文章分析了极端高温、极端低温等气候条件对人体健康安全的影响,研究了空调建筑的建设与使用在最大可能地改善人类热舒适状况的同时,加剧了环境的恶化、能源的紧张。同时,文章还概述了国内外在该问题的研究上所取得的突破和不足,认为极端气候条件下空调建筑的健康安全问题的解决已迫在眉睫。     

主题公园建设的体验消费模型及实施设想

在深入分析主题公园建设中游客信任和游客满意的驱动因素基础上,构建了体验消费模型,并针对我国主题公园发展中存在的问题提出了解决的对策和措施.     

我国港口能源消耗统计及分析计算方法研究

从港口能源消耗统计指标及统计口径入手,采用典型抽样的方法采集能耗数据,根据实际情况将沿海和内河港口分为两部分,分别采用不同的方法进行计算,实现了我国港口行业能源消耗的统计分析计算,并以2005年为例对该分析计算方法进行实例验证。     

资源消耗会计

成本会计改革的难题在于成本费用的分配机制。建立在动因分析基础上的作业驱动成本管理方法正面临诸多困境,以资源为导向的成本管理制度以其自身的优势推动着成本会计向前发展。     

推进绿色消费方式、加快循环经济发展

推进武汉城市圈"两型社会"建设综合配套改革试点工作,需要牢牢把握发展循环经济这个切入点。文中就武汉市推进绿色消费方式,加快循环经济发展的政策进行了研究探讨。     

Consumer Perceptions,Concerns, and Purchasing Practices of Rabbit Meat in Hungary

Nationwide consumer research was conducted in 2014 on consumer perceptions, purchasing practices, and consumption of rabbit meat. The questionnaire revealed that respondents basically found rabbit meat healthy; however, better knowledge of positive physiological effects would lead to increased consumption. Transforming public awareness may also include the criticism of housing systems suspected to be “humanitarian.” The experiment-proven conditions, in which—in contrast to human empathy and preconceptions—rabbits indeed feed well and are “happy,” should be presented to the public.