服务业FDI与东道国服务经济增长研究——基于中国数据的实证检验

服务业的发展对一国经济增长至关重要,而服务业利用外资能够促进东道国服务经济的发展。利用1993-2012年中国服务业实际利用外资的数据,来检验服务业外商直接投资对东道国服务经济增长的影响。结果显示:服务业FDI与服务业增加值之间存在长期稳定的均衡关系,且两者之间互为因果关系。要利用服务业FDI带动东道国服务业经济的增长,必须采取有力措施积极引进服务业外商直接投资。     

保险风险预测与征信服务——看美国保险公司如何应用征信信息

在美国,征信信息除被应用于授信类机构评估信用风险外,也被保险公司广泛应用于保险风险预测。而如何在企业和个人征信系统的基础上,逐步纳入保险等机构的相关信用信息,并依法向其提供方便、快捷、高效的金融业服务,是建立金融业统一征信平台的重要任务之一。他山之石可以攻玉,通过对美国保险公司使用征信信息的情况进行分析,为企业和个人征信系统扩展服务提供借鉴。     

加快发展消费金融市场促进经济发展方式转变

当前,国际金融危机的影响仍在向更深领域蔓延,全球经济复苏步伐缓慢,部分经济体债务负担沉重,西方贸易投资保护主义有再次抬头的趋势。在此形势下,加快发展我国的消费金融市场,对于刺激居民消费需求,大规模启动国内消费市场,促进经济发展方式由传统的投资和出口拉动型向消费驱动型转变,具有较强的现实意义。为此,在深入分析我国消费金融市场发展的现状和不足,并在借鉴西方发达国家的先进经验的基础上,提出加快发展我国消费金融市场的政策建议。     

我国城市社区居家养老服务问题探析

近年来,我国人口老龄化速度不断加快,养老问题日渐迫切。在家庭养老功能弱化和机构养老存在明显弊端的情况下,居家养老成为有效解决养老问题的一种新型养老模式。发展居家养老服务已成为越来越多的城市有效解决养老问题的良好选择。但其在服务经费、筹资渠道、服务种类和层次、服务质量、供给主体、志愿者队伍等方面存在一些问题,还需做进一步的改进和完善。     

In the quest for their trust: the perceptions of families on accessing leisure services for disabled children

This paper is based on the findings of a research project commissioned by a public body in the English Midlands, UK. Telephone surveys, focus groups and individual interviews were the data collection methods. It focuses on the perceptions of 44 families on the barriers to accessing leisure services for disabled children. Although there are numerous advantages for accessing such services, the findings showed that the families had very few successful experiences with the current provision due to a number of structural barriers. Trust was perceived as crucial to access these services.     

创新方法——才智创造财富——比利时创新服务公司科睿科思公司一瞥

比利时科睿科思公司(Creax NV)是一个充分利用已有知识资源,致力于将创新潜力转化为创新实力的研究机构.它以TRIZ理论为基础,结合其他创新方法,开发出其独特的系统创新服务体系,并以委托项目、人员培训以及开发软件等方式提供创新方法服务.该机构的成功发展经验值得其他创新服务机构参考和借鉴.     

基于审计全覆盖的政府审计购买社会服务研究

审计机关的资源不足严重制约着审计全覆盖的实现,政府审计利用社会审计的资源成为实现审计全覆盖的重要路径。文章对政府审计购买社会服务的必要性、可行性、存在的问题及原因进行分析,并为促进审计机关向社会购买审计服务提出相应对策。     

出口退税、财政补贴能否提高企业出口强度？——基于货物贸易和服务贸易的对比分析

以出口退税、财政补贴影响企业出口的理论为基础,采用2016年全国税收调查数据和OLS估计法进行实证检验。研究发现：出口退税显著激励企业货物出口强度,而财政补贴显著激励企业服务出口强度;出口退税对加工贸易企业的货物出口激励效应比非加工贸易企业显著,财政补贴对非加工贸易企业的服务出口激励效应更显著;出口退税、财政补贴对自贸区企业的出口激励效应小于非自贸区企业;出口退税、财政补贴对东部企业、涉外企业的出口激励效应较大,私有企业次之,国有企业不显著甚至负效应;出口退税降低企业负债融资,而财政补贴增加企业股权融资,缓解出口的融资约束。     

The recreational services value of the nearby periurban forest versus the regional forest environment

Most previous valuation studies of forest recreational services using hedonic methods have focused on the direct proximity of housing to nearby forests while treating recreational services as homogeneous. However, households in urban and periurban areas may prefer diverse forest areas in their neighborhoods. The main objective of this study is to estimate and compare the impacts of proximity to forest recreational services based on the nearby forest and the regional forest environment, which includes spatially heterogeneous recreational quality. The regional forest environment is computed based on forest recreational services with respect to the travel time to housing. The empirical results show that differences exist between the forest valuations and their recreational services depending on which forest environment is considered. The size of the nearby forest is the only characteristic with a positive and significant impact on housing prices. Conversely, the regional forest environment positively influences housing prices based on certain parameters, such as large forest size, absence of protected areas and the existence of hiking and biking paths, which imply public access and maintenance.     

Managing conflicting goals in pig farming: farmers' strategies and perspectives on sustainable pig farming in Sweden

Industrial meat production has several negative environmental effects. Governments’ agricultural policies aim for cost efficiency combined with high environmental and animal welfare, which puts farmers in a difficult situation trying to navigate between sometimes contradictory requirements. This paper studies how Swedish pig farmers resolve or cope with conflicting goals in pig farming. We have analysed the regulations governing EU and Swedish pig farming. We have also interviewed five Swedish pig farmers about their views of the different goals of pig farming and strategies for resolving conflicts between the goals of low environmental impact, high animal welfare and enough profitability to continue farming. The greatest divide was between the conventional farmers, who emphasized natural resource efficiency, and the organic farmers who stressed animal welfare, multifunctionality and ecosystem service delivery. We suggest four strategies to contribute to resolving some of the conflicting goals: improve communication about different types of pig farming; use public procurement as a driver towards more sustainable pork production; work towards improving the Common Agricultural Policy, perhaps by implementing payments for ecosystem services or multifunctionality; and finally, decrease the total production of pork to lower the emissions per land unit.