家族企业研究中的理论问题辨析

在由计划经济向市场经济转轨这种市场机制欠发达的环境中,家族企业不失为一种适应性制度安排。在发达市场经济中,家族企业不仅是“现代企业生态群体”的“母体”,而且是现代企业组织的基本形态之一,因而家族企业可视作是由“家族基因”内生性决定且由企业环境选择的组织形态。     

统筹中国区域发展问题研究

统筹区域发展是未来中国社会经济发展与改革的一项核心要求,这一要求的提出既有坚实的理论基础,又有充分的现实依据。未来统筹区域发展应该以明确的区域战略为依据,逐步完善区域管理的制度基础,制定合理的区域政策,统一安排解决各种问题,将治疗已经存在的落后病、衰退病和防治潜在的膨胀与萧条病结合起来,形成相互合作、相互支持、共同发展的区域经济新格局。     

浙江财政支持农业保险机制创新研究

风险是保险的前提和基础。农业的“靠天吃饭”决定了农业生产自然灾害风险的客观存在,农户的生产规模决定了农民家庭难以利用自身的资源禀赋处理农业风险,加之农业保险领域的信息不对称,解决农业保险市场失灵的一个重要路径是政府的制度供给。浙江地处东南沿海,台风等自然灾害频发,随着农业产业化、设施化的发展,农民对农业投入增加的同时,农业风险也在不断加大。如何建立与完善农业风险防范体系、推进政策性农业保险、增强农业和农户的抗风险能力,就成为农业增效、农民增收的重要路径。本文研究财政支持农业保险的机制创新,试图为浙江走出农业保险困境找到一条新的路径。     

Investment with a Conscience: Examining the Impact of Pro-Social Attitudes and Perceived Financial Performance on Socially Responsible Investment Behavior

This article addresses the growing industry of retail socially responsible investment (SRI) profiled mutual funds. Very few previous studies have examined the final consumer of SRI profiled mutual funds. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to, in an exploratory manner, examine the impact of a number of pro-social, financial performance, and socio-demographic variables on SRI behavior in order to explain why investors choose to invest different proportions of their investment portfolio in SRI profiled funds. An ordinal logistic regression analysis on 528 private investors revealed that two of the three pro-social variables had a positive impact on how much the consumer invested in SRI profiled funds. Moreover, there was proof of a non-altruistic motive for investing in SRI as consumers who perceive that financial return of SRI is equal or better than “regular” mutual funds, invested a greater proportion of their portfolio in SRI profiled mutual funds. Furthermore, the results showed that women and better-educated investors were more likely to invest a greater proportion of their investment portfolio in SRI. Overall, the findings indicate that both financial perceptions and pro-social attitudes are connected to consumer investment in SRI.     

The Dynamics of Fair Trade as a Mixed-form Market

This article analyses the Fair Trade sector as a “mixed-form market,” i.e., a market in which different types of players (in this case, nonprofit, co-operative and for-profit organizations) coexist and compete. The purposes of this article are (1) to understand the factors that have led Fair Trade to become a mixed-form market and (2) to propose some trails to understand the market dynamics that result from the interactions between the different types of players. We start by defining briefly Fair Trade, its different dimensions (including the “fair” quality of the products) and its organizational landscape, focusing on the distinction between the pioneer “Alternative Trading Organizations” and the second-mover companies. Then, we recall the theoretical emergence factors for each type of organization (nonprofit, co-operative and for-profit) and apply these emergence factors to the context of Fair Trade. This analysis allows us to capture the specificities of each type of operator with regard to Fair Trade and, thus, to have a better understanding of the dynamics in the sector. Such dynamics includes competition, but also conflict and partnership. Our analysis includes elements on ethical imitation, consumers’ behaviors, effects on welfare and the role of the government.     

浙商行为的制度安排分析

商人的行为方式受制度约束是一个不争的事实,但不同区域的商人在不同时空上有着不同的行为反映.本文运用新制度经济学的一些观点,在概要性地描述浙商行为如何受正式(显性)制度安排约束的基础上,提出了一个可供学人讨论的观点:浙商在受正式制度约束的同时,具有形构隐性制度安排的能力.文章比较了非正式制度与隐性制度的联系和区别,认为尽管对浙商精神、人文文化、历史承传等的分析在一定程度上揭示了浙商的行为方式,但它尚不是一般性的理论解说,实现一般性理论分析的可能途径之一,可考虑以制度作为分析主线.本文可视为是试图实现这种一般性分析的一种学术努力.     

全球经济调整与中国的选择:一个历史演进视角

历史地看,中国曾经遗憾地错过了融入并主导16世纪以来全球化进程的机遇,作为其直接结果,晚明以来中国的经济贸易在外部因素的撞击下由盛而衰。目前,中国经济正在迅速融入全球化进程,合理的政策选择是走出传统的"天下主义"窠臼,确立平等而积极的角色,在全球经济竞争的新平台上,促使国家利益与民族经济利益的有机结合,以推动中国经济的迅速崛起。     

证券交易所的全球整合与中国的对策

各国证券交易所经过互相竞争与自身改制,逐渐整合成几家主要的垄断的交易所体系,这些证券交易所之间还通过建立战略联盟的方式进行合作与整合,并采取各种举措提升市场占有率和竞争优势。中国资本市场要实现跨越式发展,必须对现有证券交易所进行制度变革。在此基础上,实现上海、深圳和香港三大证券交易所的战略分工与合作,进而与国外证券交易所实行战略合作,奠定中国成为资本大国的根基。     

Consumer Policy in a Market Economy Considerations from the Perspective of the Economics of Information,the New Institutional Economics as well as Behavioural Economics

The question concerning when a governmental intervention in the market system is justified has occupied economists from the very beginning and has been a controversial discussion topic for just as long. Against this background, with respect to modern consumer policy, which still represents a relatively young field in the theory of economic policy, it is vital to find sound economic reasons for governmental regulations in order to protect consumers. Therefore, the article attempts to assess what the various economic literatures have added to our understanding of good consumer policy. For this reason, those policy implications that might flow from different theoretical approaches in order to broaden the foundation of an economic justification for consumer policy will be analysed. For this purpose, the consumer policy implications of the Economics of Information will be described, including a denomination of some certain problems all of which are not covered satisfactorily by this approach. Subsequently and in order to amend the informational economics framework, further economical approaches from New Institutional Economics, Behavioural Economics as well as Behavioural Consumer Research, which provide a complementary analysis of consumer behaviour in consideration of the respective decision-making situations and determining constraints (formal and informal rules, cognitive and emotional boundaries), will be discussed comparatively with respect to their consumer policy implications.     

利益衡量视角下的绝对免赔额制度

本文认为,利益出发点的差异是绝对免赔额制度出台后引发广泛争论的根源所在。绝对免赔额制度涉及到多层利益,在不同利益层面上进行利益衡量是厘清利益关系的关键所在。按照不同利益之间的实现的优先性来确定整个利益系统和谐与否,不仅是拥护或反对这项制度,也是进行制度完善的理性的依据所在。