BEA's Regional Economic Accounts Program: Recent and Planned Improvements

This article highlights recent improvements and plans for further improvements to each of BEA’s major regional economic accounts programs. The improvements focus on the acceleration of release of the estimates and on the preparation of new and extended estimates. There also is a brief discussion on BEA’s research effort to improve the regional accounts.JEL Classification E010     

Individual rights and organizational theory

Rights are very important concepts in everyday life. And they are especially important to participants in organizations. Yet, our theories of organization and management have largely ignored rights — stressing, instead, other concepts, such as goals, roles, etc. This article describes the historical significance of rights and their relevance in understanding social behavior. The advantages of a right-based organizational theory (versus traditional goal-based theories) are discussed.This article draws on the author's forthcoming book,A Social-Contract Theory of Organizations (University of Notre Dame Press, 1988).     

对高校财会制度中几个问题的探讨

就高校财会制度在实施过程中存在的一些问题，诸如应收及暂存款的核算问题、职工福利基金的计提基数问题、固定资产的核算问题、修购基金的提取问题等进行了探讨，并结合实践提出了具体建议。     

关于转变经济增长方式的几个问题

本文对当前我国学术界关于粗放与集约概念的由来及转变经济增长方式含义的几种观点作了简要的评析;对如何正确理解实现经济增长方式的转变提出了自己的看法;论述了转变经济增长方式的必要性和转变的数量界限;阐明了顺利实现经济增长方式转变应处理的几个方面的关系。     

浅析产业内贸易理论

随着各国经济发展和人均收入水平的不断提高,产业内贸易的比重越来越大。以“国际产品异质性”、“需求偏好相似”、“规模经济优势”三个原理为支柱的产业内贸易理论对此进行了有效的解释,并以一个全新的视角对国际经贸理论进行了发展和完善。掌握这一理论无疑对我国产业结构的调整和贸易政策的制定都有着积极的借鉴意义。     

融入长三角 整合区域经济

融入长三角和都市圈、沿江开发等课题,其实质都在区域经济的整合。这是传统计划体制造成行政分割面临市场化、全球化的产物,要经历一个较长过程,才能实现一体化的目标。行政区划与区域整合之间有博奕,出路在于把地方利益与国家利益、人民利益融合起来。目前已在启动,各地不断创新,具体路径宽广,亟待进一步探索。     

The Economic Rise of China: Challenges and Opportunities for ASEAN

This paper looks at the economic rise of China and its impacts and implications for the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) region. The issues of complementarities and competitiveness of ASEAN and China in trade and investment and the opportunities and challenges arising from China's emergence and the ASEAN-China Free Trade Area are discussed. The message from China's emergence is clear and strong; it is that size does matter. To increase ASEAN competitiveness, the paper highlights the need for a deeper and more rapid economic integration of ASEAN in order to exploit scale economies. The important role of Japan in this process is highlighted. Finally the issue of ASEAN economic diversity is discussed. It is suggested that while ASEAN is fairly diverse, this should not be a critical stumbling block to a more rapid economic integration of ASEAN.     

From the Tribal to the Open Society: The Role of Medieval Craft Guilds in the Emergence of a Market Order

The emergence of a legally constituted State in 16th century western societies represents the final lap of a process extending the sphere of the indivudal freedoms necessary for the emergence of the market order. A peculiar stage of this process came in the form of guilds. They materialised into a need for emancipation from the values of the archaic society and became the keepers of a peace and a justice on the market by ensuring the respect of new rules of conduct (1). This analysis of the behaviour of craft guilds will illustrate the question of the possibility of rational economic activity in medieval society (2).     

生态经济理论与经济体制改革

经济体制改革的理论基础不仅仅是社会主义市场经济理论,生态经济理论也是其中之一,这是由生态经济理论原则及特点所决定了的。同时,改革的目标是建立社会主义市场经济体制,在新体制的建立过程中,也必须注意实现生态经济协调的几个问题。     

Behind closed doors: Sex bias at professional and managerial levels

U.S. companies have made important strides in combating sex discrimination in the workplace over the last two decades, but more subtle forms of sex bias still exist, often in decisions and behaviors that occur behind closed doors. This paper focuses on sex bias at professional and managerial levels. It explores sources of sex bias in the informal culture, selection and recruitment, task assignment, performance appraisal, promotion, and salary allocation, and then suggests action steps to help reduce sex bias in each of these areas.