Thought and Discussion from the Treatment of Formaldehyde Pollution

I.The State of Indoor air pollutionIndoor air pollution has got much attention nowadays.This pa-pertalks about indoorair pollution in the field of statute,economy,environmental protection,conservation and sustainable utiliza-tion of natural resources.Pres…     

Timing and Commitment of Environmental Policy,Adoption of New Technology,and Repercussions on R&;D

We investigate the interplay between environmental policy, incentives to adoptnew technology, and repercussions on R&D. We study a model where a monopolistic upstream firm engages in R&D and sells advanced abatement technology to polluting downstream firms. We consider four different timing and commitment regimes of environmental tax and permit policies: ex post taxation (or issuing permits), interim commitment to a tax rate (a quota of permits) after observing R&D success but before adoption, and finally two types of ex antecommitment before R&D activity, one with a unique tax rate (quota of permits), the other one with a menu of tax rates (permit quotas). We study the second best tax and permit policies and rank these with respect to welfare. In particular, we find that commitment to a menu of tax rate dominates all other policy regimes.     

Gains,Losses, and the US-EPA <Emphasis Type="Italic">Economic Analyses Guidelines</Emphasis>: A Hazardous Product?

While offering many useful suggestions to improve economic analyses, the Guidelines take no account of widely reported behavioural economics research findings. Foregoing the opportunities to improve valuations and other analyses offered by this evidence is likely to lead to inappropriate assessments and consequent distortions of damage estimates, policy and regulatory design. JEL classifications: C91, D61, H43 This review is in part based on studies supported by the U.S. Forest Service and has benefited from comments and suggestionss of Bas Donkers, Robin Gregory, the editor, and referee.     

Institutions matter,but which ones?

The purpose of this paper is to go beyond the narrow focus of the current institutional economics literature in development on the institutions protecting individual property rights, and to look at the economic effects of some other aspects of institutional quality on the development process (like democratic participation rights and institutions to address coordination failures). Another purpose is to suggest an alternative instrumental variable in quantifying the effects of property rights institutions. Finally, we speculate how, on account of distributive conflicts, institutions that have an adverse effect on economic performance often tend to persist for long periods of time in many poor countries.     

关于刑事诉讼立法中无罪推定原则的完善

无罪推定原则是当今国际社会普遍接受的一项刑事诉讼原则。我国现行《刑事诉讼法》吸收了无罪推定原则的合理内容,但并未确认其中关于沉默权的规则。这需要我们进一步提高对无罪推定原则的理解,在我国刑事诉讼立法中确认沉默权规则并适当的加以限制。     

高校图书馆数字化资源的知识产权保护

高校图书馆在建设数字化资源过程中很多方面都会涉及到知识产权问题,图书馆工作者要提高法律意识;掌握在知识产权法允许的范围内合理使用的基本原则;同时要创新和完善规章制度,规范运营管理;并采用新技术手段,保障网络安全和各方合法权益,保证图书馆数字资源建设的健康发展。     

"一权一主":现代产权明晰的基础

产权明晰问题争论的实质是"一物一主"与"一权一主"两种产权原则的分歧。在产权社会化发展中,产权关系与产权观念的深刻变化为"一权一主"现代产权原则的确立奠定了现实基础,马克思产权理论和现代西方产权理论为"一权一主"现代产权原则的确立提供了理论基础,而现代财产立法体现着"一权一主"的精神和原则。"一权一主"现代产权原则的确立,对产权明晰、资源配置及产权社会化发展具有重要意义。     

环境税双重红利理论的动态扩展——基于内生增长理论的初步分析框架

从内生经济增长角度对环境税宏观经济效应进行研究,初步扩展了环境税双重红利理论假说。研究结果表明,环境税是通过环境税率的增长率实现长期经济可持续发展、节能减排和社会福利三重效应的,而不是通过环境税率加以影响的,从而有别于传统环境税双重红利假说。     

现行农民工失业保险评析与政策调整建议

允许进城务工的农民工结合自己的身份和就业计划,拥有选择参加城镇职工社会保险或农村社会保险的权利。对已经参加农村养老保险且进城务工的农民工,只要其继续在原籍参加农村养老保险的缴费并能提供参保缴费证明,就业地政府社保管理部门就应该承认其已经建立的养老保险关系。对这部分进城务工的农民工不必再缴纳城镇职工养老保险,但应参加城镇职工失业保险缴费并以此建立失业保险关系。同时终止实施现行的农民工失业保险一次性生活补助金制度,农民工失业后按照失业保险金支付标准和支付周期的规定领取失业保险金。     

我国湖泊水环境中有机氯农药污染的研究进展

有机氯农药(OCPs)是一类对人体和生物具有高毒性的持久性有机污染物,它可通过食物链富集对人体健康产生威胁。总结分析了我国近年来OCPs在湖泊水环境中的残留水平及分布特征,为政府部门评价持久性有机污染物对我国湖泊环境污染状况以及开展污染物区域治理提供决策依据。