Bureaucratic integration and regional specialization in China

Fiscal decentralization introduced as part of China's economic reform since 1979 has unleashed strong incentives for China's local governments to pursue economic development, but the same incentives have also led to local protectionist policies inhibiting the process of regional specialization. This paper focuses on the constraints or freedom with which local governments can implement their protectionist policies. Using a panel data of 29 China's regions over the time period of 1985–1997, we find that China's political system of bureaucratic integration (specifically, concurrent appointment of local government officials in the central government) imposes constraints on the local governments from practicing protectionism. We also find that the effectiveness of local protectionist policies is limited by market competition, specifically, competition from foreign-invested firms operating in China and foreign imports. Our results on the role of local protectionism remain robust to controls for the regional variations in the size of the economy and the stage of economic development.     

Catching up: The role of demand, supply and regulated price effects on the real exchange rates of four accession countries

The main aim of this paper is to examine the exchange rate behaviour of a group of four transitional, EU accession countries, with a view to making policy recommendations regarding their full accession to the European Monetary Union. We employ a dynamic OLS panel estimator to investigate the relative importance of demand and supply influences on the exchange rates of these countries. Our analysis shows that both supply‐ and demand‐side effects are important for the accession countries, although their overall effect on inflation differentials and competitiveness seems to be small. An additional focus of the paper is the examination of the role that administrated, or regulated, prices and the productivity of the distribution sector play in the real exchange rate dynamics. Using a unique database we show that administrative prices have been a powerful force behind price and real exchange developments for our group of accession countries. The distribution sector is shown to have an independent effect on the internal price ratio over and above that generated by the Balassa–Samuelson effect.     

温台沿海产业带区域物流一体化对策研究

温台沿海产业带经济一体化是浙江经济发展的重点，对带动浙江省经济发展有重要意义。构建温台沿海产业带区域一体化的物流体系，将加速该区域产业集聚，提升区域综合竞争力，进一步促进经济一体化的进程。文章分析了温台两地物流发展的现状及制约因素，提出了促进温台沿海产业带区域物流一体化发展的若干对策。     

信息技术在工程建设领域中应用的发展趋势--信息孤岛与信息集成

详细分析了国际上信息技术在工程建设领域中应用的发展趋势，主要包括三个方面的内容：首先是介绍信息技术在工程建设领域中应用的信息孤岛现象，然后引进并阐述总体项目系统的概念，最后则描述了基于信息模型的集成和基于Internet的集成等两种解决思路。     

基于交通一体化的区域港口竞争模型

考虑了货源分布参数、道路运输成本、港口装卸效率、船舶停泊成本等影响港口竞争能力的主要因素,根据综合运输体系下区域内港口竞争的特点,建立了基于交通一体化的区域港口竞争模型。并利用竞争模型对影响港口竞争能力的内在因素进行了敏感性分析,就港口如何提高自身竞争能力进行了探索。最后,通过一个案例,说明了该竞争模型在制定港口竞争策略中应用情况。     

战略联盟信息系统整合

分析了战略联盟信息系统整合的目的，必要性，存在的风险因素，提出了战略联盟信息系统整合的对策。     

浅谈供应链管理环境下钢铁企业的物流整合

根据钢铁企业自身的行业特点,应用供应链管理理论分析总结钢铁企业物流整合的必要性及其整合的有利条件,提出在供应链管理环境下钢铁企业物流整合的解决方案,对进一步提高我国钢铁企业核心竞争力和降低供应链总成本具有指导意义。     

基于一体化的现代物流企业发展定位

首先提出了物流一体化三维体系结构模型，然后叉分别指出了现代物流横向一体化、纵向一体化和区域一体化的实质，最后分别给出了现代物流企业基于一体化的发展定位。     

我国股票市场的混沌探析

运用混沌理论对我国股票市场进行了实证研究 ,结果显示我国股票市场是一个低自由度的混沌系统 ,具有自相似的非线性结构 ,并且这种非线性结构可以用 GARCH( 1 ,1 )模型来拟合。     

区域经济一体化与地方政府的利益机制--以长三角为例的研究

区域经济一体化过程就是各种要素在区域内实现合理配置与高效利用的过程。长三角经济一体化的阻力主要来自于地方政府。我国现行以经济业绩为中心的考核方法，形成了地方政府以经济业绩为主体的利益格局。地方政府追求自身利益的行为导致区域壁垒的产生，推动长三角一体化就需要重构地方政府的利益机制。