Interactions among China-Related Stocks

This paper explores the issue of causalities among five different indices of shares issued by Chinese firms, A and B Shares listed in the Shenzhen and Shanghai Stock Exchanges, and H Shares listed in the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. By measuring cross autocorrelations and conducting Granger causality tests, we found that the causality relationships among the five different indices went through significant changes after early 1996; B Shares became more influential relative to the other shares. B Shares in China have tended to lead H Shares in Hong Kong since 1996. Although A Shares tended to lead B Shares before 1996, such relationships either disappeared or were reversed after 1996.     

Does Medical Equipment Expansion Lead to More Diagnostic Services? Evidence from China’s Sichuan Province

A major goal of China’s healthcare reform is to control the increasing healthcare spending, much of which can be attributed to the overuse of diagnostic tests and has been relatively less studied in the literature. This article analyzes the correlation between medical equipment expansion and the increase in diagnostic test expenditure in China, using Sichuan Province as an example. County-level data aggregated from hospitals’ annual reports in Sichuan Province from 2008 to 2012 were used. The results show a positive correlation between the expansion of medical equipment and the increase in diagnostic test expenditure. Our study provides implications on reforming China’s healthcare delivery system and medical equipment regulation policies.     

Drivers of airline loyalty: Evidence from the business travelers in China

This paper examines the key factors that determine business traveler loyalty toward full-service airlines in China. Based on literature review and panel interview, ten airline attributes under three categories were derived: (a) operational factors: safety, punctuality, and aircraft; (b) competitive factors: frequency of flights, schedule, frequent flyer program, ticket price, and reputation; and (c) attractive factors: in flight food & drinks and in flight staff service. We surveyed 2000 Chinese business travelers on domestic flights, obtaining 462 usable questionnaires. Hierarchical regression analysis reveals that reputation, in-flight service, frequent flyer program, and aircraft have the greatest influence in driving airline loyalty.     

Tourist experience of nature in contemporary China: a cultural divergence approach

The study of Chinese nature tourism is a relatively independent research realm which adopts a cultural perspective to study the tourist experience. Chinese tourists are regarded as being accustomed to experiencing nature through associating it with high culture such as landscape poetry and paintings, calligraphy, and so on, and the impacts of traditional popular culture are seldom addressed. Yet, for the majority of Chinese, popular culture has significant influences on their behavior. From a cultural divergence approach, this paper chooses Huangshan Mountain as a case to investigate the way common Chinese people experience nature, and it is found that cultural impacts are differentiated, since neither cultures nor tourist groups are homogeneous. Specifically, tourists can be classified into classicists and folklorists according to whether they have professional knowledge about the traditional arts. As the majority of Chinese are folklorists and are largely neglected in the research, they are the main interest of this study. High culture has a weak impact on folklorists because they lack professional knowledge to associate with nature through high culture. It is popular culture that strongly influences folklorists’ behaviors in their drawing farfetched analogies to nature and praying to nature.     

中国经济发展研究热点及演化的可视化分析

针对CNKI数据库中1998—2020年中国经济发展的2 775篇CSSCI期刊文献,运用科学计量学方法,系统梳理中国经济发展研究的合作特征和前沿热点,包括发文量统计、机构合作分布、作者合作特征、研究热点及演化分析。研究表明：①中国经济发展研究的发文量呈现“波动上升-下降-持续上升”的变化态势,形成了多个合作较紧密的高校和研究机构团体,中国社会科学院现已成为中国经济发展领域做出最大贡献的代表性研究机构。但作者合作呈现“小聚集、大分散”特征,亟须加快形成稳定的核心作者群体。②“中国经济发展”“区域经济”“经济增长”等关键词在共现网络中具有重要地位及影响力。“中国经济”“低碳经济”“中国”等关键词处于较核心地位。“高质量发展”“经济高质量发展”“区域经济发展”“循环经济”“发展模式”“实体经济”等关键词代表的研究主题成为新兴研究热点。③中国经济发展研究的演化脉络大体可概况为：1998—2009年,聚焦于国家与区域经济发展、循环经济、知识经济等研究主题;2009—2016年,聚焦于经济发展方式、经济发展模式、低碳经济、实体经济、海洋经济等研究主题;2016—2020年,聚焦于经济发展质量、新发展理念、生态环境等研究主题。     

新型农村社会养老保险制度探析

新型农村社会养老保险制度的试点推行,标志着中国农村养老保障制度体系建设向前迈出了一大步。然而,新型农村社会养老保险制度还存在着制度运行的任意性和不稳定性、基金运行渠道和统筹层次限制了基金的保值增值能力、基金管理模式效率不高,补贴机制存在不稳定性等诸多问题。因此,建议:加快新型农村社会养老保险制度的立法保障;对个人账户养老金部分实行市场化管理;提高基金运营层次,拓宽投资渠道,合理划分中央和地方财政的责任,加大对中西部地区的财政支持等,以构建新型农村社会养老保险制度的长效运行机制。     

大西南旅游发展战略:创建旅游经济发展圈

旅游经济是带动性很强的龙头经济。在越来越倡导环保产业和绿色经济的现代社会 ,发展旅游经济倍受欢迎。云贵川藏桂渝旅游业的迅猛发展迫切要求取消地区壁垒 ,组建统一的旅游大市场。所以必须创建西南旅游经济发展圈的战略 ,实施西南旅游经济发展圈的战略布局、战略对策与措施。同时也要重视政府在创建西南旅游经济发展圈中的作用     

从语言游戏视角看中国英语的共核性和区域性

"语言游戏"是维特根斯坦后期哲学的一个核心概念。"中国英语"语用变体具有共核性和区域性。"中国英语"可以认为是在应用英语进行国际交往时,它的使用者对英语语言规则与词汇的使用,发生了语用变体,这种语用变体是由中国人的生活形式使然。     

FDI在中国的区位选择：1992～2005

采用中国8大外商直接投资(FDI)主要接受地区1992～2005年相关数据,分析FDI区位选择因素以及地区间FDI的竞争问题。结果表明,劳动生产力、产业集聚、教育投入在两层含义上对外商直接投资的区位选择的影响具有显著性;而工资水平、单位劳动成本仅在第一层含义上具有显著影响,在地区间对FDI吸引的竞争含义上影响不显著;另外,市场规模、基础设施在两层含义上对外商直接投资的区位选择影响皆不明显。     

TPP谈判及其对中美贸易的影响

由于多哈回合停滞不前和全球贸易结构尤其是服务贸易结构趋向高级化,加上美国的强力推动,全球贸易规则不断演进,TPP谈判的影响力越来越大。TPP谈判涵盖的内容非常广泛,不仅要求开放服务业,还关注贸易背后的诸如劳工和环境标准的问题,其谈判的分歧取决于谈判各方在多大程度上接受美国的贸易规则。一旦TPP施行,美国服务贸易的优势将得到增强,并且美国贸易商将获得规则上的优势。而对于中国而言,TPP的施行将给中国出口带来负面影响,但中国可以选择深度开放、加强双边或区域经济合作以及利用上海自贸区对TPP规则进行融合等方式来应对TPP的影响。