Unemployment disparities and regional wage flexibility: comparing EU members and EU-accession countries

This paper provides empirical evidence on regional labor market flexibility in Europe and, in particular, in the EU-accession countries in Central and Eastern Europe. Whereas substantial regional disparities in unemployment are found for pre-accession EU member countries as well as for accession countries, an empirical analysis taking account of spatial effects shows that regional wage flexibility is significantly higher for accession countries. Moreover, unemployment disparities are found to be less persistent in the accession countries.

Seven Fallacies Concerning Milton Friedman's “The Role of Monetary Policy”

This paper analyzes Milton Friedman's (1968a) article “The Role of Monetary Policy,” via a discussion of seven fallacies concerning the article. These fallacies are as follows: (i) “The Role of Monetary Policy” was Friedman's first public statement of the natural rate hypothesis. (ii) The Friedman–Phelps Phillips curve was already present in Samuelson and Solow's (1960) analysis. (iii) Friedman's specification of the Phillips curve was based on perfect competition and no nominal rigidities. (iv) Friedman's (1968a) account of monetary policy in the Great Depression contradicted the Monetary History’s version. (v) Friedman (1968a) stated that a monetary expansion will keep the unemployment rate and the real interest rate below their natural rates for two decades. (vi) The zero lower bound on nominal interest rates invalidates the natural rate hypothesis. (vii) Friedman's (1968a) treatment of an interest-rate peg was refuted by the rational expectations revolution. The discussion lays out the reasons why each of these seven items is a fallacy and infers key aspects of the framework underlying Friedman's (1968a) analysis.     

ECONOMIC SANCTIONS REVISITED: ADDITIONAL INSIGHTS INTO WHY THEY FAIL

Economic sanctions have a poor track record in achieving their objectives. In most cases, they are ineffective in bringing about policy change, cause increased suffering in the sanctioned country and reduce opportunities for business. This paper provides additional insights into why sanctions fail by examining two overlooked factors: power–dependency theory and pressure for political stability.     

基于堆垛机S型曲线运动模型的matlab仿真分析

利用matlab仿真软件对堆垛机的三种S型曲线模型进行分析。在仿真的过程中,引进了跃度的概念,利用做功的基本公式推导出电机的输出瞬时功率。最后通过比较三种控制方法,认为变跃度的方式不仅可以解决曲线平滑的问题,还可以降低选型电机的功率大小。     

基于小波变换和曲线拟合法的柴油机故障诊断

为了对柴油机故障类型进行准确诊断,对柴油机缸盖振动信号进行特征提取,所测取的信号通过小波变换提取时域、频域特征参数,得到相应的拟合曲线并计算多项式系数。设定两种常见故障,通过比较其小波变换拟合多项式系数与标准模式间的距离,从而判断出故障类型。经过验证,所判断出的故障类型正好为所设定的故障,由此表明该方法具有很大的优越性。     

基于EGARCH模型的我国向美国出口变动杠杆效应分析

本文运用EGARCH计量模型,对我国向美国出口增速变动进行杠杆效应分析。模型结果显示,出口增速在负向冲击下比受到正向冲击时的波动更加剧烈。次贷危机的恶化,也将会对我国向美国出口增速产生较大的负面影响,从而影响我国的整体出口。对此,文章给出了相关建议。     

等概率条件下的转弯型堆垛机作业效率的计算研究

转弯型堆垛机是自动化立体仓库中实现货物自动存取的关键设备,文中对转弯型堆垛机效率问题进行研究。在假定等概率拣取货物的条件下,分别推求转弯型堆垛机的平均单一作业和复合作业循环周期和作业效率的计算公式,并利用华南理工大学仓储综合实验室的基本数据进行了作业效率的实证计算,从而为自动化立体仓库系统的建设设计和有效管理提供依据。     

五次函数及其性质的研究

本文通过对三次函数和四次函数及其曲线性质的研究,利用各次幂的系数来确定五次函数的极值点以及拐点的存的条件,并给出了求拐点和极值的计算公式。     

供应链模型评价体系的研究——以推系统与拉系统的模拟为例

当今世界,如何使自己企业的供应链能够更有效率的运作,便成为了许多管理人员继续考虑的一个问题。基于此背景下,许多供应链的优化模型被理论界提出。针对传统的模型存在一些不足之处,通过采用系统模拟的方法,提出了一套新的评价系统,应用了权衡曲线的原理,并考察了在需求发生变化的情况下决策的适应情况,给出不同情景下的决策建议。     

Assessing the historical role of credit: Business cycles,financial crises and the legacy of Charles S. Peirce

This paper provides a historical overview of financial crises and their origins. The objective is to discuss a few of the modern statistical methods that can be used to evaluate predictors of these rare events. The problem involves the prediction of binary events, and therefore fits modern statistical learning, signal processing theory, and classification methods. The discussion also emphasizes the need for statistics and computational techniques to be supplemented with economics. The success of a forecast in this environment hinges on the economic consequences of the actions taken as a result of the forecast, rather than on typical statistical metrics of prediction accuracy.