The times they are not changin’: Days and hours of work in Old and New Worlds, 1870–2000

This paper brings a historical perspective to debates on worktime differences across OECD countries, exploiting new data sets on hours of work per week, and days and hours of work per year between 1870 and 2000. We contest the popular view that the divergence in worktimes between Europe and North America and Australia is a recent phenomenon. Since 1870 the decline in weekly and annual hours was consistently greater in the Old World; the New World has had fewer days off for the last 130 years. Labor power and inequality, held to be important determinants of worktime after 1970, had comparable effects in the period before 1913. We find that given their levels of income in 1870 New World workers supplied relatively too many hours of work.     

Does China＇s Huge External Surplus Imply an Undervalued Renminbi？

A pegged exchange rate regime has been pivotal to China's export-led development strategy. However, its huge trade surpluses and massive build up of international reserves have been matched by large deficits for major trading partners, creating acute policy concerns abroad, especially in the USA. This paper provides a straightforward conceptual framework for interpreting the effect of China's exchange rate policy on its own trade balance and that of trading partners in the context of discrepant economic growth rates. It shows how pegging the exchange rate when output is outstripping expenditure induces China's trade surpluses and counterpart deficits for its trading partners. An important corollary is that given its strictly regulated capital account, China's persistently large surpluses imply a significantly undervalued renminbi, which should gradually become more flexible.     

国外房地产宏观调控政策借鉴与启示

世界各国在经济发展过程中几乎都面临过或正面临着“房价过高”、“市场失灵”的难题。本文对美国、英国、俄罗斯等10多个国家的房地产市场调控政策进行了总结,指出了我国房地产市场宏观调控面临的困难与挑战,并结合国外房地产宏观调控的成功经验,就我国房地产市场宏观调控政策提出了自己的观点。     

开发区发展服务业的战略思考——以北京经济技术开发区和天津经济技术开发区为例

文章以北京经济技术开发区和天津经济技术开发区为例,系统研究了关于开发区发展服务业的问题。首先,明确了服务业在开发区发展中的地位和作用。其次,阐明了开发区与母城基于服务业的关联。再次,分别阐述了研发产业、商务服务业、金融业、信息服务业、物流业等开发区的主导生产性服务业。最后,提出开发区发展服务业的相关对策建议。     

市场经济的伦理缺陷研究

市场经济的伦理缺陷:首先,表现在市场经济基本理念与传统道德价值与原则的根本冲突;其次,表现在市场经济运行过程对经济原则的片面坚持与对伦理价值的顽固排斥与否定。克服市场经济伦理缺陷的根本办法在于重新审视经济理性的合理性,检讨经济发展的终极意义,使市场经济以及经济理性回复到在伦理规则指引下为人类主体性生存服务的合理轨道上来。     

市场经济与新会计准则的若干问题

论述了当前中国向市场经济体制转轨的特殊过程中,新会计准则的发布是建设比较完善的社会主义市场经济体制的内在要求。新会计准则的质量特征是市场经济的本质所决定的。新会计准则的实施要求比较规范的市场经济的体制。市场经济的规范化状况、经济主体对市场规则的认同及遵守状况决定新会计准则的实施效果。     

试论流动人口研究的经济学基础

中国应当警惕现代化和城市化中随着资本的单极化而出现的农村、农民和流动人口的边缘化.对流动人口的日常生活实践的关注,既是推进研究的需要,更可以从这里找到现代化的正确方向.     

"远城市圈旅游区农村经济"发展现状调研报告——对河北省易县西陵镇的调研

“远城市圈旅游区农村经济”模式在我国农村具有一定的普遍性，由于其地理位置、生态和旅游资源保护等原因，使这些地区农村经济的发展面临着一系列的制约因素。文章以为应该转变当地农村经济发展模式和农业生产结构，变“改造环境式发展”为“融入环境式发展”，并为这些地区的经济提供更加便利的外部发展环境。     

区域可持续发展中经济与环境动态模型研究

随着我国社会经济快速发展,环境问题已成为政府和学术界关心的热点问题。目前,我国正处在工业化发展关键时期,现实告诉我们不能再走"先污染,后治理"的老路,而应在环境中求发展,实现经济可持续增长。因此,本文建立了经济增长与环境质量模型,并提出相应建议对策,以期促进经济和环境和谐发展。