Revisiting the theory of optimum currency areas: Is the CFA franc zone sustainable?

This paper aims at explaining why the CFA countries have successfully maintained a currency union for several decades, despite failing to meet many of optimum currency area criteria. We suggest that the CFA zone, while not optimal, has been at least sustainable. We test this sustainability hypothesis by relying on the Behavioral Equilibrium Exchange Rate (BEER) approach. In particular, we assess and compare the convergence process of real exchange rates towards equilibrium for the CFA zone countries and a sample of other sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. Our findings evidence that internal and external balances have been fostered and adjustments facilitated in the CFA zone as a whole—compared to other SSA countries—as well as in each of its member countries.     

通货膨胀冲击的财产再分配效应——基于中美两国的比较研究

本文利用微观调查数据研究了中美两国通胀冲击的财产再分配效应。本文的定量研究结果表明,通胀冲击将侵蚀中国家庭部门的财产,并进一步恶化家庭间的财产分布;而美国的情况却截然相反。从通胀再分配效应的视角出发,本文建议我国在制定货币政策时应当更加重视民生目标,逐步建立起多种形式的通胀补贴制度,以增强社会底层的通胀承受能力。     

泡沫前后的政府政策选择

在经济全球化的背景下,金融资本的国际化流动不断加强,促成了国际金融市场的联动性和互相影响程度不断加强.而金融市场的迅速发展和资产证券化程度的提高,使得金融对于经济的渗透程度和影响程度加大.伴随着经济周期的扩张和收缩,相应资产价格的泡沫的形成和破灭的过程也对经济产生巨大的影响,政府在这样的不同周期阶段的政策选择对于平滑经济和金融市场风险显得十分重要.文章作者试图探讨政府在泡沫形成期和泡沫破灭期的理性政策选择.     

中国利率期限结构的非线性动态调整:基于MS-VECM模型的研究途径

基于MS-VECM模型对预期理论调整作用下的中国利率期限结构非线性动态过程进行的实证研究,结果表明:预期理论在中国利率期限结构中是成立的;中国利率期限结构具有两区制的非线性动态特征,可以按预期理论的调整强度将两种区制分别描述为"强调整区制"与"弱调整区制";不同期限利率的平均变动幅度和平均风险溢价水平会随区制状态变化而发生变化,具有区制相依性,区制间的转移具有非对称性;利率期限结构与物价压力的非线性区制划分具有相似性,物价波动是利率期限结构非线性动态变化的重要原因。     

论报纸广告市场的开拓与经营

分析了影响报纸广告投放的因素,并着重论述在我国市场经济体制中,如何开拓与经营报纸广告。同时介绍了国外一些报纸广告的运营模式,对我国报业广告的经营提出了一点建议。     

浅议企业内部的合作意识

分工合作是企业存在和发展的基本前提。如何强化合作意识，提高工作效率是现代企业管理研究的一个重要课题。本文针对企业员工在共事合作中存在的一些问题和矛盾，提出了一些解决方法，如树立统一的工作目标；加强人格修养，互相尊重，注重细节，营造愉快工作的氛围；重视民主制度建设和作风建设，提供有序工作的保障等等。     

Cryptocurrencies and Cagan’s model of hyperinflation

The drivers of the prices of Bitcoin and Ethereum are studied within a framework based on Cagan’s model of hyperinflation. In the model, the prices of the cryptocurrencies are driven by stochastic adoption and velocity shocks as well as endogenous expectations of future prices. The model is estimated with data for prices, transaction volumes, and money supplies. A majority of price fluctuations in both currencies can be attributed to shocks in adoption, velocity shocks are much less important. The money demand sensitivity to expected price changes is estimated to be larger for Bitcoin than for Ethereum, and both have higher sensitivity than fiat currencies during episodes of hyperinflation.     

Joint outputs and real wage rates

The magnification effect in standard international trade theory asserts that if the relative price of the labor-intensive commodity increases, the real wage will also increase, as will the wage/rental ratio. This result depends upon the assumption that both activities are nonjoint—each combining labor and capital to produce a single output, so that if activities are joint instead, the results are in jeopardy. It is shown that if the difference between the share of commodity one produced in the first activity and in the second activity exceeds the difference between the labor distributive shares in the first activity and the second, an increase in commodity 1's relative price raises the wage/rental ratio. The real wage unambiguously rises in this case if and only if the ratio of the commodity output shares in the two activities exceeds the ratio of labor shares.     

论水电勘察设计单位留住人才的有效路径

人才是第一资源,是水电勘察设计单位发展的保证。文章在论述人才重要性的基础上,从薪酬福利、完善培训、以机制留人等方面阐述了水电勘察设计单位留住人才的有效路径,从而为水电勘察设计单位加快发展提供智力支持。