Changing rewards in contests: Has the three-point rule brought more offense to soccer?

In the mid-nineties FIFA decided to increase from two to three the number of points assigned to the winning team of a soccer match played under traditional round-robin national leagues. Since a game of soccer can be regarded as a contest, FIFA's measure provides an interesting case-study for analysing how a change in the system of rewards (from a zero to a non-zero sum rule) may affect the contestants' equilibrium behaviour. In this paper we try to assess, both theoretically and empirically, whether FIFA's new point rule has changed soccer towards a more offensive game, in which teams adopt more risky strategies. In particular, we evaluate the “na?ve hypothesis” according to which the measure would induce every team to play always more offensively, and we explore the extent to which the change in teams' behaviour may be affected by quality differentials between teams. Our most important hypothesis is that when the asymmetry between opposing teams is large enough, an increase in the reward for victory induces the weaker team to play more defensively, rather than the opposite. By looking at a subset of matches held in the Portuguese first division league, which approximate the conditions of our model, we find support for this hypothesis. First version received: July 1999/Final version received: May 2001     

论强制性环境治理制度的实施效率

In the eco-environmental governance system,the compul-sive institutions are the most important as well as the mostcommonly utilized.A nation utilizes its administrative,lawand economic power to forbid,boost,bestir and help indi-viduals’behavior concerning environmental governance toensure the realization of eco-environment conservation.The fact,however,turns out to be disappointing about theimpulsive institution’s implementation.Actually,the unsatis-factory practices sometimes even lead to“…     

FDI对中国国内投资影响的实证分析

在开放条件下,FDI会对东道国国内投资产生强有力的影响,这种影响体现在FDI对东道国国内投资产生挤出效应或者挤入效应。本文对1987—2001年FDI对中国国内投资的影响进行了检验,结果表明:在最近的15年间,FDI对国内投资总体上存在显著的挤入效应;对大多数省份的投资也存在挤入效应,但在东部沿海省份挤出效应和中性效应则占一定的主导地位;FDI对不同地区投资的影响程度也存在明显的差异,呈现出由东向西渐次减弱的状态。     

Inter-enterprise arrears in economies in transition

In the context of economies in transition, the paper argues that an excessive liquidity squeeze could throw the economy into a persistent state of low economic activity. In such bad equilibrium, enterprise transactions become largely demonetized, with a chain of arrears, a form of involuntary credit, spreading over the entire system. The empirical analysis of the Romanian experience seems to support the view advanced in the paper.     

五个一体化构筑浙中城市群发展平台

随着工业化、城市化进程的加速,特别是全球经济一体化进程的纵深推进,城市群竞争成为国际经济竞争的重要表现形式。建设强大的城市群已成为经济全球化背景下提升国际竞争力的关键所在。浙江中部地区城市群的崛起,对浙江中西部地区,乃至浙江全省经济社会的发展将产生深远的影响。文章通过对浙中城市群发展条件及现状的剖析,提出五个一体化的具体对策。     

南岳旅游产业结构调整及其对策研究

从南岳旅游产业结构的现状特点及其存在的主要问题分析入手，从资源、区位、市场和宏观经济条件等方面阐明了南岳旅游产业结构调整的有利条件，并得出旅游产业结构调整的主要思路是，在透当前神庙朝拜旅游的基础上，着力开拓面向城镇客源的观光、休闲、度假、康体、娱乐等旅游，大力发展入境旅游。围绕这一产业结构调整思路，提出了一系列对策与措施。     

广西乡村──城市转型与协调发展研究

本文揭示了“八五”期间广西乡村──城市转型发展的特征及其地理动力机制．预测未来15—25年内乡村──城乡转型发展的趋势、提出了促进乡村──城市转型与协调发展的一些对策建议。     

西部地区经济结构优化之我见

本文在对西部地区经济结构现状及其对经济效益的影响进行分析的基础上 ,提出了调整和优化经济结构的对策与思路 ,为有关部门和政府当局提供一些借鉴与参考     

英语成语和汉语成语的对应情况

本文主要从三个方面论述了英语成语和汉语成语的对应情况。帮助读者正确理解英语成语的含义及其与汉语的对应情况 ,以便我们在英语教学和学习中正确使用这类词。     

我国会计行业如何面对WTO的挑战

随着世界贸易组织 (WTO)的大门向我国打开 ,一个重大的现实课题赫然摆在我国会计理论界和实务界的面前。加入WTO会给我国会计带来哪些挑战 ?我们将如何应付 ?本文就此问题提出观点。