Young adults’ consideration of their food choices a propos consequences for their future health

Many researchers have devoted much time and effort to explain the undesirable health outcomes associated with an excessive intake of certain types of fast foods. Particularly vulnerable, are young adults who move out of their parents' homes to live on their own, and then begin to rely on the multitude of so‐called “food away from home” options which are convenient, available and even desirable in their social circles. This study investigated young adults' consideration of the consequences of their consumption of food eaten away from home due to concern about unacceptable habitual behaviour that might negatively affect their future households. The survey involved 395 young adults up to 25 years of age who completed a structured questionnaire which relied on an established Consideration of Future Consequences scale. Data analysis involved exploratory factor analysis, t‐tests and Anova. Findings revealed some concern about the immediate consequences of respondents' fast food consumption, but concern about the future consequences seemed rather distant in their minds. Although significant differences were confirmed within gender and among population groups with regard to immediate concern about their fast food consumption, the means were nevertheless low throughout indicating that much needs to be done to sensitize young people about every day food consumption that might have dire consequences for their future health.     

Who will make an indulgent food choice after having fulfilled their healthy eating goal?

This research considers how subjective nutrition knowledge and calorie consciousness moderate the effects of eating goals on indulgent vs. healthy consumers and their on subsequent choices. A two between‐subjects design (an eating goal invoked by a main course: healthy vs. indulgent) was conducted, where the choice of salad dressing (healthy or indulgent) was a dependent variable. Two individual traits (subjective nutrition knowledge and calorie consciousness) were considered as moderators between eating goals and food choices. The results indicated that individuals with high levels of subjective knowledge about nutrition or with a high level of consciousness about calories were more likely to choose a healthy option when their indulgent goal had been invoked. However, they were more likely to make indulgent choices when their healthy goal had been fulfilled by the main course. In contrast, for those with low levels of subjective nutrition knowledge or with a low level of consciousness about calories, food choices were not influenced by the eating goal which had been invoked. The findings could help practitioners in the food industry to develop different food combinations with which to satisfy their customers through understanding personality traits.     

证券分析师关注与上市公司成本黏性*

本文以2002-2014年沪、深A股上市公司为样本,研究了证券分析师关注对成本黏性的影响。研究发现,越多分析师关注的公司,其成本黏性显著越低,并且这种关系受公司内部股权结构和外部市场化水平的影响;在国有企业、第一大股东持股比例较低及市场化水平较低的上市公司中,分析师关注对成本黏性的影响更显著。进一步的研究发现,明星分析师及团队分析师的关注能更好地抑制成本黏性。本文不仅有助于全面认识分析师发挥监督作用的机制和情境,而且有助于深化成本黏性影响因素的研究,对于降低企业的成本黏性以提高资源配置效率具有启示意义。     

Land Allocation between Food and Energy

Many countries are promoting biofuels as a substitute for scarce oil. This paper develops a dynamic model of land allocation between food and energy and shows how the model can be calibrated using standard optimization techniques. Some possible implications of the trade-offs between food and energy are discussed. Specifically, we show that the effect of mandates is mainly felt through increased land conversion, which increases indirect carbon emissions Crude oil prices do not decrease significantly because of leakages.     

投资者保护与证券市场发展:理论、经验与政策

自从詹森等讨论公司代理问题以来,公司治理结构就成为长盛不衰的世界性课题,而投资者权益保护是公司治理的核心问题之一。由于股权分置和所有者缺位,国内上市公司中“内部人控制”现象更加严重,因此投资者合法权益遭受侵害的现象更加突出。本文首先构造了基于微观机制的非对称信息下投资者保护与证券市场发展的最优激励模型,探讨了投资者保护促进证券市场发展,以及金融体系演变的内在机理。然后,对中国证券市场投资者合法权益遭受侵害的情况进行了实证分析。通过对受证监会和交易所谴责或处罚的上市公司的总体样本,以及对大股东资金占用、违规担保、财务造假和关联交易这四类侵害投资者合法权益行为的分类统计,得出相应结论。最后提出了相关政策建议。     

国外迁徙工人子女义务教育的保障机制

通过对国外迁徒工人子女义务教育经费的保障机制的分析,提出了构建我国进城农民工子女义务教育经费专项保障机制的设想.     

开放条件下我国物流产业安全形成机理

开放经济条件下的物流产业安全日益受到关注;文章从物流市场需求、外商投资以及物流产业国际竞争力三个角度出发．分析了三个因素对我国物流产业安全所带来的影响。研究表明：（1）尽管我国物流市场需求总量在逐年增大,但是并没有改变物流市场需求的不稳定性、复杂性的特点,附加值高、利润空间大的高端物流市场由外资物流企业垄断。（2）外商投资领域已由快递等竞争性领域转移到到以港口为代表的具有自然垄断性质的物流基础设施领域。（3）和外资物流企业相比,民营和国有物流企业的物流产业国际竞争力并不强,将对物流产业安全构成实质性的影响。     

集约化粮食物流市场体系研究

对以产业集群为特征的粮食物流市场体系进行研究,通过对粮食物流相关产业集群现象的分析,提出改变我国粮食物流系统“小、弱、散”局面的途径：指出应完善现阶段粮食产业集群,并通过对粮食物流相关产业资源的整合．采取现代化的管理技术来建设集约化的粮食物流市场体系。     

浅析食品企业标准编制中存在的问题及对策

食品作为关系到老百姓切身利益的特殊产品,一直是国家政府部门监管的重点对象,特别是“三鹿婴幼儿奶粉”事件发生后,国内外高度关注中国食品安全和产品质量。笔者认为在这个特殊的形势下,标准作为企业组织生产的依据,衡量产品质量和指导生产的技术文件,作用凸显。2009年初通过对湖南省近300家食品类企业标准进行了清查,通过数据分析,发现企业的产品标准编制过程中存在有效性、合法性、规范性、适应性4个方面存在的共性问题,并提出相应对策建议以供探讨。     

构建餐饮业食品安全监管体系的研究

我国餐饮业快速发展的同时食品安全问题并没有得到有效的解决。本文在分析我国餐饮业食品安全存在的主要问题的基础上,就如何建立和完善餐饮业食品安全监管体系,着重从6个方面进行了研究。并对我国餐饮业食品安全监管工作进行了展望。