Measuring the effectiveness of non-price export promotion using a supply-side approach

In this paper we assess the effectiveness of the Market Promotion Program (MPP) in increasing U.S. exports and benefitting U.S. agricultural producers and food processors. Export shipments are linked to producer welfare using Kohli's (1978) profit maximization (GNP function) approach to modeling international trade. Using estimated profit functions in conjunction with a synthetic export demand function for processed agricultural products, we compute changes in farm and food processing sector profits that result from alternative own-price and advertising elasticities of export demand with and without the MPP subsidy. This approach allows us to investigate aggregate welfare effects of nonprice promotion without requiring the difficult task of estimating the export demand effects of market promotion activities for numerous commodities and importing countries. First version received: April 1999/Final version received: June 2000     

“入世”对我国零售业的影响分析及对策探讨

加入WTO ,从短期来看 ,我国商业是需要付出一定代价的。但从长期成本来分析 ,它有利于我国充分借鉴发达国家在管理营销方式上获取“后发性优势”的经验 ,使我国商业企业能按照国际惯例进行经营管理 ,最终提升我国流通业的整体竞争力水平。     

The value of intellectual property rights to firms and society

Economists view intellectual property rights (IPRs) as policytools for encouraging innovation, but they recognize that theycan also inhibit competition. There are many types of IPRs andinstitutions concerned with their administration. We begin byoutlining how these complex and varied rights are supposed towork and how they interact with other characteristics of firmsand markets. We then survey the available literature on patents,trade marks, and copyright to assess the value of these IPRsto firms and the costs to firms of acquiring and defending theirrights. The paper concludes with suggestions for topics requiringfurther research to inform public policy better.     

闽台服务业合作和服务贸易发展的探讨

闽台发展服务业合作和服务贸易是互利双赢的,同时具有广阔的空间,需要共同努力,在竞争中建立交流和合作的平台。文章还对如何发展闽台的服务业合作和服务贸易并形成机制提出看法。     

旅游服务贸易的国际政治学分析

旅游服务贸易不仅是国家之间一种普遍的交往方式,而且也是国家利益构成的重要组成部分。在当今政治化时代,如何在相互依存度不断提升条件下实现旅游服务贸易与国际政治之间的良性互动,越来越成为各国政府和国际组织普遍关注的核心议题。     

Economic gains from technology-intensive trade: an empirical assessment

National investment in technological activity is commonly justifiedin terms of the positive impacts upon productivity, internationalcompetitiveness and related aspects of national economic performance.This premise has found a supportive theoretical framework inthe new technology and growth models. Based on extended technology-gapmodels, this study examines cross-country empirical evidenceon the relationship between technology-intensive trade performance(as a proxy for technological output) and per capita economicperformance, utilising 1978 to 1992 data for around 45 nations.The results provide some support for a positive relationshipbetween trade performance and economic returns. However, theweak and often inconsistent results suggest that the unconditionalpursuit of technology-intensive trade improvements may not necessarilyhave the expected net benefits.     

加工贸易电子联网监管模式分析

本文从不同的角度阐述加工贸易电子联网模式概念、功能及特点,并运用图表来分析加工贸易电子联网监管和传统纸质监管方式的不同。本文认为加工贸易电子联网新模式避免了纸质手册审批手续重复、环节多、程序复杂、难以准确提供成品单损耗、通关手册周转困难等弊端,大大提高了企业通关效率和海关工作效率。     

ISO 26000与企业社会责任战略

2010年11月发布的ISO26000《社会责任指南》对企业社会责任战略具有重要意义。文章通过对ISO26000内容的解渎，剖析了ISO26000隐含的内容，认为ISO26000具备成为国际性企业社会责任认证标准的现实可能性，并对企业社会责任战略形成巨大冲击。