Do high property taxes influence family forest land Tenure decisions?

Studies have repeatedly documented high property taxes as being a major determinant of a landowner's decision to divest of its forest land. To empirically investigate the relationship between property tax burden and forest land sale activity, property tax data and over 5300 Minnesota forest land sale records from 2000 to 2008 were assembled. Analyses were carried out to identify statistically significant relationships between several measures of private forest land sale activity and forest land property tax burden. The analyses failed to find a statistically positive relationship between the two. Statistically significant negative associations were found between some measures of forest property tax burden and forest land sale frequency, indicating forest land sales activity actually decreased with increasing property tax burden. While high property taxes, no doubt, influence forest land sale decisions, the findings from this study suggest its influence may not be as pervasive as once thought.     

Modelling conditional skewness: Heterogeneous beliefs,short sale restrictions and market declines

This paper tests the relationship among heterogeneous beliefs, short sale restrictions and time-varying conditional skewness under different market conditions. The results show that heterogeneous beliefs and short sale restrictions have negative impacts on conditional skewness during periods of market decline but have negative, positive or no impacts during periods of market growth. This evidence reconciles conflicting evidence in recent empirical studies on the relationship among heterogeneous beliefs, short sale restrictions and conditional skewness.     

Blockchain tokens and the potential democratization of entrepreneurship and innovation

Over the past few years, Bitcoin has emerged as the first decentralized, global currency. The rise of Bitcoin has brought attention not only to digital currencies but also to the underlying technology empowering digital currencies: blockchain technology. A blockchain is a distributed ledger that records and secures transactions in a peer-to-peer network. Besides empowering digital currencies, blockchain technology has given innovators the capability of creating digital tokens to represent scarce assets, potentially reshaping the landscape of entrepreneurship and innovation. Blockchain tokens may democratize (1) entrepreneurship by giving entrepreneurs new ways to raise funds and engage stakeholders, and (2) innovation by giving innovators a new way to develop, deploy, and diffuse decentralized applications. Blockchain technology and tokens have sparked a new wave of innovation, which may start to revolutionize entrepreneurship and innovation.     

浅析商标权使用费是否计入进口货物完税价格之判定

摘要：商标权使用费是否计入进口货物完税价格的判定是海关估价的难点之一。文章从商标本身的特点及进口货物商标使用费计入完税价格的条件入手，结合WCO估价技术委员会发布的进口货物商标权使用费典型案例咨询性意见以及评论25．1进行分析阐述，着重探讨了判定商标权使用费的支付构成进口销售前提条件的关键以及商标权使用费计入进口货物完税价格的实质，并在此基础上提出海关在估价实践中审查商标权使用费的相关建议。     

新形势下国有粮食购销企业主渠道作用的思考

阐述国有粮食购销企业主渠道作用的意义及不可替代的现实性,并针对制约国有粮食购销企业主渠道作用的因素提出相应的对策。     

近代苗疆土地所有权转移研究

近代苗疆的封建经济不发达,未广泛出现在汉族地区土地所有权和经营权普遍分离的现象,土地买卖频率不高,诱发土地买卖的动力也非扩大再生产。在土地所有权转移中,土地买卖所占比率很低,继承、典当、赠与是土地所有权转移的重要方面。近代苗族地区基本上属于封建经济,处于水平落后,市场化水平不高,土地交易率低的初级发展阶段。     

附赠式有奖销售行为新论

市场经济条件下,附赠式有奖销售行为是商家竞争的一种营销手段,已经十分常见。随着经济发展,赠品价值难以统一规范,对交易相对方公开附赠定性的分歧,尤其针对不直接影响交易的第三人的有奖销售和向潜在客户赠送试用品等新型有奖销售的出现,现行立法和理论研究已无法指导执法实践,重新探讨附赠式有奖销售十分必要。     

可口可乐中国品牌营销策略研究

文章介绍了可口可乐在中国市场的发展,阐释了可口可乐公司中国营销六大策略:特许经营策略、强强合作策略、3A策略、本土化策略、社会公益策略和广告策略,最后文章认为可口可乐中国营销的成功源于其独特的营销理念:对商机迅速作出反应、以顾客为上帝、感恩和回报社会及将媒体广告作用发挥到极致.     

从木材销售利益分配谈林业可持续发展

本文通过分析森林与环境、木材销售利益分配与林业建设,提出实现林业可持续发展必须确立林农的主体地位和发展林业。必须加强山区综合开发等建议。