Business Students' Choice of Short-Term or Long-Term Study Abroad Opportunities

Recent years have seen a proliferation of short-term study abroad opportunities. Although they are both supplementing and replacing semester-long study abroad programs, research has focused primarily on semester (long-term) programs. We draw on the theory of planned behavior (TPB) to explore factors that predict why students choose long-term and short-term programs. Results indicate that students perceive more social pressure to engage in short-term programs, and higher barriers limiting participation in long-term programs. All TPB factors significantly predicted students' intentions to study abroad in both short-term and long-term programs with one exception; perceived behavioral control did not significantly predict intentions to participate in short-term programs. These findings can be used to improve marketing of short-term and long-term programs by addressing student concerns specific to each type of program, potentially increasing the number of students choosing to study abroad.     

Identifying College Students Likely to Participate in a Travel Abroad Volunteer Project

Foreign travel provides excellent opportunities for college students to broaden their global mindset. While empirical research focusing on variables that influence student participation in study abroad programs are available, there is a paucity of research that focuses on travel abroad programs relating to participating in volunteer projects. Using a sample of 193 undergraduate business students, this study attempts to develop profiles of students that are “not likely,” “maybe,” and “most likely” to participate in a travel abroad volunteer project. Those who were “mostly likely” to participate had traveled abroad before, demonstrated high levels of self-congruity and diversity seeking, and stated financial costs to be less of a constraint in participating in such a project. Discussion of findings and direction for future research is also provided.     

Toward a Comprehensive Framework of Study Abroad Intentions and Behaviors

Increased activity by U.S. students to study abroad has invited several studies that have investigated the reasons for U.S. students to study abroad. Literature in the context of study abroad choices has been fragmented, with each study presenting an ad-hoc set of factors the author/s deem as important or that have been shown to be important in previous literature. However, no study to date has attempted to identify a theoretical framework that explains why these factors should be important in explaining the intention to participate in a study abroad program. In this study, we use the theoretical background of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and trait theory to unify the existing body of literature and arrive at a model that predicts study abroad intentions. We test this model by means of a survey administered in a U.S. university.     

Liberalization of import restrictions on capital goods and the balance of payments

This paper examines the impact of capital import liberalization on the balance of payments when protection takes the form of a quota and when it takes the form of a tariff. Since tariff liberalization affects tax revenues, the analysis of tariff liberalization allows for a fiscal imbalance and a mechanism by which the fiscal imbalance is covered, namely an inflation tax. The analysis shows that the economy experiences a series of balance of payments deficits following trade liberalization, but an open capital account reduces the magnitude of these deficits.     

中国环境关税体系建立的初步构想

环境关税体现了关税的环境保护职能,而且完全符合WTO的原则。目前,美国和OECD成员国等都已成功实施了环境关税措施。然而,中国还没有将环境保护作为一种指导思想贯穿到整个关税制度改革中。本文在简要介绍国外环境关税的实施现状和分析中国建立环境关税体系必要性的基础上,借鉴国外的成功经验,并结合中国的实际情况,提出了建立中国环境关税体系的初步构想。     

从关税管理走向关税治理——对海关综合治税的治理视角解读与构想

治理理论的核心要义是在公共事务管理中引入多元化的治理主体;综合治税较之于原有关税管理模式的最大进步在于初步实现了海关内部关税管理主体的多元化。未来关税治理的发展路径可以分为内部关税治理和外部关税治理两个阶段;关税管理向关税治理的转变,要实现参与主体范围由单一化走向多元化、权力运行向度由自上而下走向多向交流、管理手段与方式由侧重强制走向侧重合作、追求目;际与评价标准由“善政”走向“善治”。     

电子商务发展下的税收政策研究

作为未来经济中重要商业运营模式的电子商务与关税征收密切相关,但由于电子商务征收对象身份难以确定、交易的"隐蔽化"和电子支付系统的完善等因素的影响增加了电子商务关税征收的难度,而与此同时电子商务跨境交易关税的制定也存在免征、征收电子商务关税等方面的困境。文章认为,应通过分期改革电子商务关税、加强以征管资金流为重点的关税征收和强化税收稽查管理等措施,建立完善适应中国国情的电子商务关税体制。     

如何应对欧美等国反倾销的措施策略

我国出口产品屡遭反倾销,原因是欧美等国采取贸易保护,把我国视为"非市场经济"国家,我国出口市场混乱,许多企业为快出口、多出口,对外竞争低价,抢占国际市场造成产品浪费,外商坐收渔利、调整出口产品价格,争取市场经济地位待遇,应对反倾销采取策略,海外投资规避反倾销,企业联合应诉。     

世界各国海底电缆输电工程发展概述

介绍国内外电网互联海底电缆输电工程的现状,对各区域跨海联网工程发展趋势,以及典型工程的海底电缆保护方式进行了归纳总结。基于海底电缆工程采用输电电压方式,提出了直流输电用于海缆工程的优点与固有缺陷,以及VSC HVDC应用于海缆工程的优势。     

中国农业对外直接投资影响因素研究

在中国粮食安全形势日益严峻的背景下,中国农业“走出去”,利用境外农业资源将不可避免。对外直接投资是农业“走出去”的一种重要模式,但目前中国农业对外直接投资的规模并不大,因此探究其中的影响因素就具有重要的意义。文章根据经典的企业国际化理论建立了10大假设,并利用2003-2011年的统计数据,通过建立相关计量模型并运用主成分回归的方法对中国农业对外直接投资的多种因素的作用方向和程度进行了多元统计分析,对假设进行了数据检验。文章最后对优化中国农业对外直接投资模式提出了政策建议。