A cognition paradigm clash: Simon,situated cognition and the interpretation of bounded rationality

Simon’s notion of bounded rationality is deeply intertwined with his activity as a cognitive psychologist and founder of so-called cognitivism, a mainstream approach in cognitive psychology until the 1980s. Cognitivism, understood as ‘symbolic information processing,’ provided the first cognitive psychology foundation to bounded rationality. Has bounded rationality since then fully followed the development of cognitive psychology beyond symbolic information processing in the post-Simonian era? To answer this question, this paper focuses on Simon’s opposition during the 1990s to a new (paradigmatic) view of cognition called situated cognition, which has since put into question the entire view in cognitive psychology of humans as symbolic information processors. This paper then reads the cognitivism/situated cognition debate through the lens of current bounded rationality research in economics, in order (i) to inquire into whether it has tackled the issues in that controversy; (ii) to envisage possible new foundations for a cognitive psychology-based bounded rationality.     

Fiscal Policy,Monetary Policy and the Mechanics of Modern Clearing and Settlement Systems

Thomas Palley, Eric Tymoigne and Randall Wray recently debated neo-Chartalism in this journal. This article argues that the mechanics of modern clearing and settlement systems is important to understanding this debate. In the neo-Chartalist framework taxes and bond issuance function as part of monetary policy; it is an alternative method for draining reserves to obtain the overnight target rate. Abba Lerner’s Chartalist framework is much clearer on public finance, noting that the federal government can use alternative financing methods to pay for expenditures. Palley’s concerns with central bank ‘money financing’ and inflation are unpersuasive. The Old Keynesian ‘budget restraint– high-powered money relation’ offers limited insight into modern clearing and settlement systems. The article concludes that policymakers should embrace Lerner’s advice and view ‘money printing’ as a normal policy instrument to support functional finance.     

影响劳动生产率变化的因素

对劳动生产率这个概念进行了界定,在此基础上,对影响劳动生产率的因素进行了归纳概括,按照企业自主决策的影响程度,将影响劳动生产率的因素抽象为内部控制理论和外部约束(主要是基础设施)理论两大类,并对其中的具体理论作了简单的评价.文章强调,若想在现有基础上产生有价值的研究,就必须强调对影响机制的分析和经验的验证.改进的重点之一就是利用证据判断基础设施的作用是否存在"零和迁移效应".     

An Experimental Study of the Effect of Private Information in the Coase Theorem

We investigate, in an experimental setting, the effect of private information on the Coase theorem's predictions of efficiency and allocative neutrality. For a two-person bargaining game, we find significantly more inefficiency and allocative bias in the case of private information compared with the case of complete information. We also find substantial bargaining breakdown, which is not predicted by the Coase theorem. For the case of private information, we reject the Coase theorem in favor of the alternative of a generalized version of the Myerson—Satterthwaite theorem, which predicts inefficiency, allocative bias in the direction of the disagreement point, and some bargaining breakdown.     

有备无患：后续疫情中新冠焦虑对武汉员工防护和工作的影响研究

国内局部疫情陆续暴发,关注已有疫情经历的员工防护和工作行为对疫情防控有一定意义。基于资源保存理论,文章假设新冠焦虑对武汉员工防护行为和工作结果有显著影响,且对防护行为影响大于对工作结果的影响。在2021年初国内局部疫情期间,对52名武汉员工连续5天的调查发现,每日新冠焦虑通过每日新冠耗竭显著提升武汉员工新冠防护行为,但武汉员工每日工作产出不受疫情影响,包括工作绩效、创新绩效、工作导向和人际导向的帮助行为。文章揭示了有2020年新冠肺炎疫情直接经验的武汉员工对待后续疫情防护的谨慎态度,以及在工作结果方面对后续疫情的“抗干扰性”。结合当前情况,讨论了研究结果对疫情防控和经济恢复的实践意义。     

我国省际边界区域的研究进展及展望

省际边界区域既是省级经济政策的交汇区,又是区域摩擦的集中地,空间协调难度较大,统筹发展难点较多,是和谐社会建设所面临的重大问题之一。我国省际边界区域研究内容主要包括边界区域的理论内涵、影响因素、产业发展、空间组织结构模型、空间管治以及发展战略和对策等。这些研究多以现状的描述为主,并没有形成完整的理论体系。在全球化、网络化和信息化以及科学发展观的背景下,省际边界区域已成为我国区域统筹发展的重点,在今后的研究中要重视探讨以“边界效应”理论为基础的边界区域经济学,深入分析省际边界区域的产业分工与合作,深化研究省际边界区域空间结构演化及优化路径,加快构建省际边界区域协调发展的定量系统模型,科学完善省际边界区域协调发展理论体系。     

基于灰色系统理论的旅游客源预测模型--以中国入境旅游客源为例

本文基于灰色系统理论,以中国1978年以来入境客源为例,建构了旅游客源预测的灰色模型,并与常用的线性模型的预测精度进行了定量对比。所得基本结论为:①旅游系统是灰色系统,灰色系统理论是研究旅游现象的有力工具;②中国入境客源灰色GM(1,1)模型的预测精度高于线性模型;③就灰色预测而言,如果原始数据列较长(例如21年),对原始数据进行平滑处理所得预测模型精度较高,而对原始数据进行取自然对数的处理所得模型预测精度较低;如果原始数据列较短(例如5年),对原始数据进行取自然对数的预处理所得模型预测精度较高。本文所得结论对其他旅游序列预测应该具有一定的借鉴与参考价值。     

从价值论出发比较《资本论》与西方经济学

马克思的《资本论》与西方经济学,由于价值论上的本质区别,因而演绎出不同的理论体系。在论述工资、利润、地租及历史观时,二者既存在对象上的关联性,又得出了对立的结论。在我国社会主义市场经济改革进程中,一方面要坚持《资本论》的指导地位,不断丰富和发展马克思主义理论;另一方面又要借鉴和利用西方经济学中的合理成分,为改革实践拓宽道路。     

The Living Wage,Economic Efficiency,and Socio-Economic Wellbeing in a Competitive Market Economy

Conventional economic wisdom views a Living Wage as costly in term of economic efficiency and competitiveness. I argue, based on x-efficiency theory, that higher wages need not cause any economic harm and can, on the contrary, generate higher levels of material wellbeing. Higher wages can be expected to induce x-efficiency and technological change cost offsets. In this context, an effective living wage, one that is above some subsistence minimum, can have a net efficiency effect on the economy. Therefore, a living wage greater than the wage rate generated by the free market cannot be predicted to generate economic harm. With the institutional parameters in place to realize a living wage, the economic pie can be expected to grow to accommodate the living wage.     

东周时期管子的经济思想

东周时期一向被认为是我国古代历史文明的光辉时代。由于当时社会大变革, 在政治思想领域出现了许多学派, 各自著书立说, 互相进行激烈争辨, 历史上称为百家争鸣。许多政治家的经济思想是很卓越的, 对后世影响很大。本文重点评述管子的经济思想