气候风险冲击与信贷融资收缩的“加速器”效应

基于2004—2013年中国工业企业数据库的数据,构建独特气候风险指标,考察气候风险冲击对企业信贷融资的影响。结果显示：外生气候风险冲击会触发“金融加速器”效应,显著抑制企业信贷融资,尤其对高度依赖银行信贷的企业而言,这种抑制作用更为突出。机制分析显示,气候风险主要通过降低工业产出与销售收入、加速抵押品折旧渠道抑制企业信贷融资。异质性分析显示,气候风险的影响存在所有权和行业异质性,而金融深化有助于缓释气候风险的负面冲击。鉴于此,决策部门应充分关注气候风险对企业经营的“金融加速器”效应,积极推动企业提升应对气候风险的能力,优化金融结构,为企业营造更有利的融资环境。     

工业结构与宁夏工业经济发展方式的转变

资源消耗型重化工业是带动宁夏经济增长的主导产业。工业主导产业是依托宁夏资源优势的产业,符合比较优势原则,同时,又是消耗资源、污染环境的主体,工业增长的资源环境代价大,可持续发展面临严峻考验。在资源和环境约束趋紧的情况下,实现宁夏工业可持续发展的关键在于按照科学发展观的要求,彻底转变工业经济发展方式。     

生态补偿与缓解贫困关系的研究进展

基于生态补偿项目社会公平性考虑和项目实施的客观扶贫效果,有关贫困参与者的研究成为近年来国外生态补偿研究中普遍关注的议题。本研究从生态补偿对贫困的生态环境服务提供者、购买者和未参与者的影响等3个方面回顾并分析了国内外生态补偿与缓解贫困研究的阶段成果,由此提出了中国生态补偿项目设计和实施过程中亟需改善的问题。     

我国宏观经济研究的最新进展

2008年是我国改革开放30周年,同时,国际上发生了自二十世纪二、三十年代"大萧条"以来最严重的金融危机.我国经济学界结合国际国内的新情况和新问题,对宏观经济问题进行了深入的理论和实证研究,取得了丰硕的研究成果,尤其是对宏观经济中储蓄投资失衡、价格波动和通货膨胀、经济增长的机制与约束条件、经济周期和经济波动、金融危机冲击下的宏观经济态势、财政分权与财政政策的有效性、货币政策效果和货币政策的选择等问题的研究上提出了许多创新观点.     

广州工业遗产保护方略初探

广州在中国近现代工业文明发展史上,占有重要的地位.梳理广州工业遗产的固有脉络,找出现阶段研究的要义和难点,坚定传承历史文化的立场、实施保护利用双赢的方略,对维护城市的个性特色,提升城市的价值品位,很有必要.     

论抵押物登记的作用及效力

抵押物登记具有广泛的作用,它不仅在特定情况下是抵押合同生效、抵押权成立的必要条件,而且在一般情况下也能强化抵押权的效力,促进抵押权的实现。因此,在担保活动中人们应当重视抵押物登记,即使法律不要求强制登记的抵押行为,债权人也应为了降低抵押风险、保障交易安全,尽可能采取登记措施。     

区域旅游一体化进程中边界效应的定量化研究——以长江三角洲地区入境旅游为例

本文首先分析了边界效应的两种形式,即质的边界效应和量的边界效应,并构建了区域旅游一体化进程中对行政区边界效应的度量方法.以长江三角洲地区为例,以1991～2006年为样本区间,对其入境旅游发展做了实证研究,探讨江苏与浙江、上海与江苏、上海与浙江之间的边界效应.通过邹检验(Chow Test)发现,长江三角洲各城市间的经济水平存在结构性的差异,进一步的回归检验结果表明,长江三角洲各城市间存在一体化的趋势,但存在着量的边界效应.进而考察了长三角边界效应的演化情况,结果表明江苏和浙江之间的边界效应从有到无,上海与江苏的边界效应、上海和浙江之间的边界效应存在增大的趋势,并且上海与江苏的边界效应增大的速度明显地高于上海和浙江之间的边界效应增大的速度.最后.本文从旅游资源条件、经济条件、交通条件、直辖市作用、制度条件5个方面对演化的原因进行了解释.     

The contribution of social tourism to sustainable tourism: a case study of seasonally adjusted programmes in Spain

Recent policy from the European Union has attempted to justify social tourism initiatives on the basis that they lead to a more sustainable tourism industry. However, the majority of latest research in the field has been focused on the benefits for participants, with the addition of some evidence on the economic impacts of such programmes on destinations, which have pointed towards sustainability outcomes including: a longer tourism season, more even spread of demand, and longer periods of employment for tourism workers. Yet there is a lack of direct evidence linking such programme to these outcomes. This paper aimed to explore this important disconnect between policy assumptions and evidence-based outcomes through an analysis of the deseasonalising effects of the Spanish social tourism programme for older people. The research found that this programme does have an effect on the seasonal nature of employment and economic activity in most regions studied, but that the huge volume of demand from international tourists in the high seasons masks the quantitative effects in the regions with the highest seasonal concentration of international tourists. Recommendations for policy and practice in sustainable tourism are made that are transferable to many countries and regions that adopt social tourism programmes.     

A preliminary examination of the relationship between consumer attitude towards space travel and the development of innovative space tourism technology

With increasing global competition in service sectors, innovative technologies have radically changed the tourism industry, and to be successful innovative products/services must have clear, significant points of difference that are related to needs in the market place. Furthermore, changes in consumer perceptions that emanate from an innovation are central to its effective product and service design. Although for most of us space travel is still a faraway dream, it is in fact a future probability that will increasingly attract travellers who seek new vacation experiences, and as a result, sustain academic interest. Thus, in initiating space tourism for the purposes of recreation, leisure and knowledge enhancement, a preliminary estimation of potential global demand characteristics that are specific to consumer innovators for space travel needs to be undertaken prior to promotion of research and development. In this context, this paper investigates both consumer attitudes towards space travel by analysing the components of motivated consumer innovativeness and the interest that potential consumers have in developing space tourism technology innovations within Taiwan. Consumer innovativeness is complex and comprised four innovativeness types, namely, social, functional, hedonic and cognitive. As product/service innovation development has been relatively unexplored in the mature industry of tourism, many business managers would welcome an understanding of which vacation travellers are most likely to be the earliest buyers of such an exciting new product. With data collected from a sample of 354 Taiwanese, this research uses mediated regression to examine the influence of the four types of consumer innovativeness on consumer's attitudes and acceptance of a space tourism technology innovation, and the mediating role perceived novelty plays in the relationship. The findings indicate that only hedonic and social innovativeness are associated with improved consumer attitude and that novelty partially mediates the relationship for those two types of consumer innovativeness. The implications for theory and practice are discussed. Limitations and directions for future research are also addressed.     

From hotel career management to employees’ career satisfaction: The mediating effect of career competency

The purpose of this study is to explore the relationships between perceived hotel career management, career competency, and career satisfaction. It also aims to examine the mediating processes through which hotel career management contribute to employees’ career satisfaction. Results from structural equation modeling (SEM) show that career competency mediates the effects of three dimensions of hotel career management (career appraisal, career development, and career training) on career satisfaction. The article concludes with implications for theory development and management practice.