Resistance to Trade Liberalization in Unionized Sector

This paper studies the lobbying against trade liberalization by both a firm and a union in the same industry. We find that the relationship between their political activities depends on the effect of political activity by one on the marginal effectiveness of political activity by the other. We also show that, when they are strongly risk-averse and their political activities are strategic complements, trade liberalization is likely to be successful if business is brisk, the foreign firm's production cost is high or the number of union members is small. However, when they are not strongly risk-averse, these results hold reversely.     

Is the Optimal Labor Income Tax Progressive in a Unionized Economy?*

This paper concerns optimal nonlinear labor income taxation in an economy with union wage setting and endogenous hours of work. The purpose is to study the determinants of tax progression. We show that the optimal degree of progression of the labor income tax depends on the extent to which the government can influence the wage rate via tax policy as well as on its ability to redistribute income across individuals. In addition, the argument for progressive labor income taxation depends on whether hours of work are chosen by the employed themselves or the union.     

对合肥市房地产业现状的几点看法

特定社会的分配关系总是由该社会的生产资料所有制关系和劳动力所有制关系决定的。社会主义初级阶段不成熟、不发达的生产资料公有制和劳动者劳动力发展不充分、不平衡决定了在分配上只能实行按劳分配和按要素分配相结合的制度。这是马克思主义分配理论的重大突破和巨大发展 ,     

Marriage Settlements

French couples may choose between two types of marriage settlements governing asset ownership after a divorce or inheritance: common property or separate property. A cooperative model considers the marriage contract as a means of providing for widowhood of the less endowed spouse. A second model addresses the probability of divorce and the production of a marriage good. The common property contract then becomes a means of inducing the wife to invest in the marriage good. Choice of contract, labor supply and fertility are simultaneous. Empirically we find that characteristics of the spouses such as relative age or differences in endowments influence the choice. So do the expected number of children and the wife's labor supply decision. This last decision is also shown to be influenced by the chosen settlement, while fertility is not.
JEL classification : J 12; J 4; K 12     

从一起著作权纠纷案看作者出版者的法律意识

随着我国法律规范进程的不断推进 ,著作权法也不断得到充实和完善。而一些典型案例对于人们提高法律意识 ,增强法律观念有重大启示作用。《红楼解梦》与《红楼春秋》著作权纠纷案始末就是著作权法理论付诸实践的生动实例。     

浅谈企业信用风险管理

社会主义经济是信用经济,没有信用,就没有秩序,市场经济就不能健康的发展。加强企业信用管理的风险控制是现代企业的一项重要任务。进入WTO标志着中国经济更加开放,国际贸易更加纷繁复杂,在机遇透人的同时,企业也潜伏着越来越大的风险,尤其是企业信用风险。因此强化企业的信用风险管理,建立与完善企业内部信用风险管理体制,仍然是企业面临的一项重要课题,笔者从多方面阐述了企业信用风险形成的原因以及如何建立风险管理机制等问题。     

析证券投资基金的治理结构

投资基金有两种类型:契约型与公司型。两种投资基金的治理结构所依据的法理并不同,契约型基金是依据信托而为构造,公司型基金当然是依据公司法而为构造。但两种基金的治理结构仍有相似之处,一般的基金治理结构都包含基金投资人、基金管理人、基金托管人,究其实,公司型基金是基金主体化的类型。我国在大力发展基金业中出现了各种观点,结合《证券投资基金法》,从法学的角度澄清概念间、主体间的关系。     

China''''s Cooperative Exploration of Oil and Gas and Its Taxation System

China' s foreign-oriented oil taxation system has, from the beginning, been based upon the positive experiences of other oil-producing countries and has incorporated common international practices. The system has been perfected over decades. It of fers more incentives than other oil-producing countries in the following four aspects: (1) Income tax has a "wide tax base and low tax rate"; (2) VAT levies a low tax rate on ma-     

国际工程设计与承包市场的相关性分析

依据1995～2004年美国《ENR》杂志公布的数据，运用SPSS软件从国家、地区以及全球的角度，对国际工程设计营业额与工程承包营业额的相关性进行了定量分析，并对分析的结果作了相应的解释。中还结合我国(除港澳台外)国际工程设计和承包市场相关性的特点，提出了发展我国国际工程设计与承包业的建议。     

反垄断法视角中的饭店委托管理

饭店委托管理在我国饭店行业中已经屡见不鲜,从反垄断法角度审视饭店委托管理是一个崭新的视角.饭店委托管理是一种特许经营的经营模式,其价值目标与反垄断法恰恰相反,这就要求界定饭店委托管理在反垄断法方面合法与非法的界限.我国正在制定过程中的反垄断法应充分考虑特许经营和饭店委托管理这种特殊的经营模式,在特定市场认定、市场力量界定等相关问题上深入研究,制定出既符合我国国情,又符合各种产业特点,包括特许经营业和饭店委托管理特征的"经济宪法".