WHY FREE MARKETS SHOULD NOT BE BLAMED FOR THE CURRENT RECESSION

Interventionist thinkers are now claiming intellectual victory, blaming the free‐market system and its ideology for the current economic collapse. We find this thesis untenable, drawing on the Austrian Business Cycle Theory. Instead, we argue that the roots of our present downturn lie in the monetary system, whose institutional structure is far from any free‐market ideal. Moreover, several government policies have contributed to the problems.     

A New Typology for Economic Sectors with a view to Policy Implications

This paper is an attempt to tease out a typology of economic sectors based on a systems approach to innovation and economic growth that may be useful for policy analysis. The typology explored here revolves around novel products rather than ethereal knowledge-producing entities. This insight goes back to Allyn Young (1928) and Joseph Schumpeter (1934) who argued that the introduction of new goods was the engine of economic growth. More precisely, our typology of sectors focuses on novel products which are efficiency-enhancing within and between sectors through the market mechanism. The scheme revolves around the relationship between 'Enabling' and 'Recipient' sectors (which gives the typology its name: ER), and offers a lens for viewing and interpreting a substantive part of the mechanics of modern economic growth. The last part of the paper briefly discusses a few immediate policy implications, although it has the potential for greater use and value in this regard.     

后金融危机时期中国扩大就业的财政政策选择

金融危机呼啸而来,无情地冲击着本就困难的就业市场,2010年就业状况更为严峻。通过考察发达国家在促进就业方面的成功经验,结合经济全球化背景下金融危机所致的日趋严峻的中国就业形势,后金融危机时代下我国运用积极财政政策来扩大就业应当出台更加有力的扩大国内需求措施,促进经济平稳较快增长和扩大就业;进一步优化财政投资结构,正确运用财政政策引导产业升级;应结合国情状况合理选择运用政府财政支出政策和减税政策。     

金融危机背景下安徽省保投资适度增长问题研究

国际金融危机的冲击导致我国经济增长方式转型加速,经济结构调整形势严峻。安徽经济增长态势风险加剧,投资驱动型经济主导性再次凸显。在客观阐述国际金融危机对安徽省投资增长影响的前提下,深入分析了安徽省保投资增长的一系列政策措施及其社会效应。依据投资增长理论和经济增长均衡理论对进一步推进安徽省保投资适度增长提出了五点对策建议。     

金融危机冲击下中小企业供应链管理问题及对策研究

金融危机的冲击导致中小企业大量关闭、停产已成为制约我国中小企业生存与发展的来得障碍,更重要的是导致了民生、就业、稳定等社会问题。中小企业供应链的脆弱性是造成上述问题的一个重要原因,文章从分析中小企业供应链特征的基础上,分析金融危机冲击对其供应链的影响,针对各项影响因素提出了强化中小企业供应链的对策。     

全球金融危机背景下广西电子信息产业发展与展望

当前全球金融危机的背景下,广西电子信息产业发展面临新的形势和挑战。要推动广西电子信息产业实现产值超500亿元目标,面临不少的困难,也蕴含着发展机遇。如何克服困难,抓住机遇,转变发展方式,推动产业做大做强,较好地完成预定的目标,是摆在我们面前的一个重要课题。文章分析了广西电子信息产业在这一背景下的发展状况、存在问题等,提出了2009年展望、建议和对策。     

The Otus theory of hotel demand and supply

The structural balance of an economy and the economic policies that influence its development are shown to be determinants of the volume and structure of hotel supply. Similarly, these features of an economy are also shown to be determinants of the volumes of domestic hotel business and leisure demand.     

民营企业出口对湖南经济增长影响的实证分析

近年来,湖南民营企业出口贸易的快速发展,为湖南经济的增长做出了积极的贡献。本文采用计量经济模型实证分析了湖南民营企业出口与湖南经济增长的相关性,揭示出湖南民营企业出口对湖南经济增长做出了突出的贡献,并由此提出了扩大湖南民营企业出口的策略。     

Market Segmentation in Time of Crisis

SUMMARY

The MICE sector (meetings, incentives, conventions, and exhibitions), has generated high foreign exchange revenue for the economy worldwide. In Thailand, MICE tourists are recognized as 'quality' visitors, mainly because of their high-spending potential. Nonetheless, Thailand's MICE sector has been influenced by a number of crises in the past since September 11, 2001. While a number of researchers have discussed the tourism market segmentation strategies during a crisis situation, less effort has focused on the MICE sector. Using Thailand as a case study, this research has adopted Seaton and Bennett's (1996, p. 31) concept of tourism market segmentation in order to understand the market segmentation strategy implemented by organizations in the MICE sector in time of crisis.