Can Insurance Activity Act as a Stimulus of Economic Growth? Evidence from Time-Varying Causality in China

This article investigates the nexus between insurance and economic growth in China with a dynamic interactive mechanism to study different time periods. Using quarterly data from 1999 to 2015, the rolling-window causality test provides evidence of bidirectional causality between insurance activity and economic growth. However, the “supply-leading” pattern tends to dominate the “demand-following” pattern, which implies that in China insurance acts as a stimulus of economic growth during most of the period. Property insurance is more effective than life insurance in stimulating economic growth. Some temporary negative impacts from the development of the insurance sector show that China is in the midst of a transition from a closed economy to a more open economy and policy interventions by the government to liberalize the insurance sector. These findings offer several useful insights for policy makers in transition economies and developing countries.     

Does the Connectivity of the Belt and Road Initiative Contribute to the Economic Growth of the Belt and Road Countries?

ABSTRACT

Since the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has been implemented for five years, it is time to ask whether the BRI contributes to Belt and Road (BR) countries’ economic growth, and how are the five elements of connectivity implemented between China and its partner countries since the BRI was proposed. This study focuses on the development of the five elements of connectivity between China and the BR countries from 2008 to 2017 using a comprehensive connectivity index extracted from principle component analysis, and then investigating if the connectivity has contributed to the economic growth of the BR countries with quantitative analysis of the fixed effect econometrical model. It is found that Russia, South Korea, and Singapore presented the top three levels of connectivity with China with regard to the overall connectivity index, varying from 1.4 to 2.4. Madagascar and Panama have the lowest level of connectivity with China, with values of ?0.8 to ?1.1. The result of the fixed effect model shows that the connectivity of the BR countries with China contributes to their economic growth. This provides quantitative evidence that the connectivity between BR countries and China has a significant influence on the economic growth of those countries.     

论实施新专利法在推动广西经济发展中的作用

我国专利制度的不断发展和完善,对促进经济发展起到了积极作用。文章对2008年12月第三次修改并于2009年10月1日起施行的《中华人民共和国专利法》（以下简称新专利法）部分内容进行解读,重点分析新专利法对推动广西经济发展的作用。     

循环经济:生态文明的基本经济形态

循环经济是一种经济形态而非循环技术,是为解决无限的人类欲望与有限的资源环境矛盾的基本经济活动;循环经济是对市场经济的兼容而非取代,因为市场经济存在循环经济成长的基因,是市场经济发展的更高阶段;循环经济可以孕育出生态文明,后工业文明的经济形态既不是自给自足经济,也不是计划经济;与低碳经济、绿色经济、生态经济、可持续发展经济相比,循环经济立意高远、简单明了、系统全面、指向明确、包容性强,是生态文明的基本经济形态。     

经济增长、收入分配对农村贫困变动的影响

文章利用了基于Lorenz曲线进行贫困测度及其分解的方法,实证研究了1985～2003年中国农村的贫困变动,以及经济增长和收入分配对贫困变动的影响.结果表明,经济增长使农村居民收入增加,大幅度减少了贫困,但农村居民的收入差距逐渐拉大,收入不平等加剧部分地抵消了经济增长的减贫成效.     

中国宏观经济形势与政策:2000-2001年

2000年中国GDP增长速度将超过1999年而预计增长7.95%,从而1999年将构成中国增长型经济周期拐点,中国经济循环从2000年起进入本次经济周期的扩张阶段。     

我国产业结构与经济增长间动态关系的实证分析——基于状态空间模型

运用时变参数模型,从三次产业对经济增长的拉动作用的角度,对三次产业与经济增长之间的动态关系进行了实证研究。结果表明:虽然近几年第三产业产值及其占比的增长速度均很快,但第三产业对经济增长的拉动作用不明显,落后于第二产业。最后,结合我国产业结构的特点,提出提高消费性服务业产值比重、加快第三产业内部结构的升级等建议,强调在努力提高第三产业产值比重的同时,更应注重提高第三产业的效率,由此才能实现经济的长期稳定增长。     

财经类院校法学教学改革中需处理的几种关系

财经类院校法学教学改革应当妥善处理几种关系：即学校培养目标与学生个人发展的关系;处理好法学核心课程与非核心课程、其他学科之间的关系;倡导传统教学方法与新型教学方法相结合.只有这样,才能使教学改革更明确发展方向,符合教育发展的规律.     

AGAINST LEVIATHAN: A REVIEW OF CLASSICAL LIBERALISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY: ESSAYS IN HONOUR OF NORMAN P. BARRY1

Classical Liberalism in the 21st Century is a collection of essays from colleagues and friends of the late Norman Barry, Professor of Social and Political Theory at the University of Buckingham. Most share Barry's Hayekian perspective. The essays cover themes such as: international competition in trade and between jurisdictions; the corporate social responsibility fad; secular economic errors; policies relating to alleged global warming; the state's impotence at removing externalities; the moral functions of competition; and, above all, Barry's rigour and eloquence in the economic and political case for freedom.     

山东省进出口结构实证研究

进出口一直被认为是促进经济增长的重要因素。选取1984—2007年的山东省进出口贸易额及GDP作为研究对象,运用计量经济学分析方法中时间序列的平稳性检验及协整分析方法,对进口、出口及GDP三者的关系进行实证研究,结果表明,山东省进出口与经济增长之间存在长期的均衡关系,进一步证明了三者之间存在协整关系,并且发现进口对经济增长的影响较出口更为显著。