The Status Quo and Policy to Develop International Logistics Aiming at Southeast Asia in Yunnan Province

This article focuses on the regional advantages to develop international logistics aiming at Southeast Asia in Yunnan province and intends to prove that it＇s of great significance to develop this kind of international logistics. Further, it analyzes the status quo, market demand and problems existing in Yunnan＇s international logistics and puts forward proposals as how to develop international logistics aiming at Southeast Asia in Yunnan province.     

The Role of Water in Manufacturing

Water's role in manufacturing technologies has received limited attention. A KLEM model of the sector's technology is extended to include two facets of water use: intake and recirculation. Three annual cross-sectional surveys on plant-level water use are pooled and combined with census data to estimate this extended model for the Canadian manufacturing sector over the period 1981–1991. While Canada's water allocation regulations influence private water withdrawals, statistical tests support representing water intake as a variable input. Water intake is found to be a substitute for water recirculation, energy, labour and capital. The relationship between water intake and recirculation is stronger when water intake is process-related rather than related to cooling and steam production. Technological change has been biased in the direction of increased water intake and decreased water recirculation.     

中国固定资产投资实证研究模型综述

在利用中国学术期刊全文数据库(CNKI)进行文献检索的基础上,总结归纳出中国固定资产投资实证研究集中在五个方面:固定资产投资总额预测,宏观经济多部门动态模型,固定资产投资对经济增长影响分析,固定资产投资效果及滞后效应分析,固定资产投资地区差距分析.并对相应的模型和基本结论进行概述.     

A fast and scalable ensemble of global models with long memory and data partitioning for the M5 forecasting competition

This work presents key insights on the model development strategies used in our cross-learning-based retail demand forecast framework. The proposed framework outperforms state-of-the-art univariate models in the time series forecasting literature. It has achieved 17th position in the accuracy track of the M5 forecasting competition, which is among the top 1% of solutions.     

论强制性环境治理制度的实施效率

In the eco-environmental governance system,the compul-sive institutions are the most important as well as the mostcommonly utilized.A nation utilizes its administrative,lawand economic power to forbid,boost,bestir and help indi-viduals’behavior concerning environmental governance toensure the realization of eco-environment conservation.The fact,however,turns out to be disappointing about theimpulsive institution’s implementation.Actually,the unsatis-factory practices sometimes even lead to“…     

关于金融危机的十个问题

一场对世界经济和金融体系产生深远影响的金融危机,正在全球不断蔓延开来。对中国来说,如何从这场全球性金融危机中吸取经验教训、总结理论启示,是我们面临的重要任务。全球金融危机产生的原因、实体经济与虚拟经济的关系、国际货币体系改革、国际金融秩序重建、金融创新与监管、政府干预与市场原则、投资银行出现危机的原因、金融高杠杆、资产证券化的未来以及货币政策的目标选择等与金融危机相关的10个问题,是我们在理论上应该作出进一步思考的问题。     

The effect of copayments on primary care utilization: results from a quasi-experiment

This article analyses how health-care utilization is affected by copayments in a tax-financed health-care system. The article utilizes a natural experiment in which a health-care region in Sweden changed the price of healthcare in such a way that primary care general physician prices increased by 33%. We use daily visit data in the treatment region and a neighbouring control region where no price change took place and analyse the effect using differences-in-differences as well as differences-in-differences-in-differences models. The results from the preferred models indicate no effect on health-care utilization due to the price change, a result that also holds across different socio-economic subregions in the treatment region.     

Test for the real option in consumer behavior

Consumers become indecisive when facing too many choices. Economic analysis suggests that when a decision involves uncertain outcome, can be delayed and is irreversible, there will be a real option in the cost–benefit analysis. For example, the option to keep alive a consumer's purchasing decision has a significant value. It allows the consumer to take advantage of any future advantageous deals while avoiding the bad choices. This renders the consumer more hesitant. When a consumer decides to exercise his buying decision, he demands a compensation for the loss of this option. Hence, the benefits of a purchase must be over and above its costs by a wide margin (the option value). Data from a survey at a Turkish university on hypothetical purchase decisions confirmed the existence of this real option. We conclude with marketing policy recommendations and future research directions. Connection to the Prospect Theory is briefly explored.Note: Although the 3rd person singular pronoun he/his was used throughout to describe the consumer, he was intended to be gender-neutral.     

Factors in the Development of Trade Credit: Case Study of Provinces in China

Using Chinese province-level panel data for 2001-9, we investigate significant factors for the development of financial intermediation via trade credit in developing economies. First, we confirm that a competitive market environment, a well-functioning legal system, and greater bank loans for non-state-sector firms promote the development of trade credit in China. Conversely, corruption hinders its development. Second, we find that proper functioning of the legal system and bank lending to non-state-sector firms are highly likely to be the causes of the complex relationships between these determinants. Finally, we observe that an increase in the number of lawyers effectively improves the quality and function of the legal system, which, in turn, alleviates the harmful influence of corruption on trade credit development.     

挤出还是挤入:外商直接投资对国内投资的效应

本文通过将聊引入投资模型,进行FDI对我国国内投资挤入或挤出效应的回归分析,结果表明,从当期效应看,全国FDI对总投资增加具有显著性的影响,但地区差异明显,东部和中部的FDI对总投资有显著性的正影响,而西部FDI的增加,具有减少总投资的效应;从长期效应看,就全国整体而言,FDI对国内投资具有挤入效应,但并不显著,东部以及西部的外商直接投资对国内投资有挤出效应,但并没有拒绝对临界水平1的虚拟假设,因而FDI对国内投资的这种挤出效应并不显著,而对于中部,FDI对国内投资具有很强的挤入效应.最后,基于研究结果,提出了相关建议.