医疗保障与老年医疗消费的实证分析

老年人的生活质量与医疗保障密切相关.本文运用Logistics回归和两步估计样本选择模型考察了医疗保险对老人医疗消费的影响.结果显示医疗保险能增加老年人的医疗利用水平但未能减轻医疗支出水平;人口禀赋因素是影响老年人购买商业医疗保险的决定因素,并通过交互作用影响老人的消费行为;老人医疗消费的健康效应强于收入效应.在实践中应首先从制度安排上为医疗保险提供明确的政策信号其次应为商业医疗保险的发展创造有利条件;最后应为老人营造温馨的氛围,从而减少医疗消费.     

人民币升值带来的财富幻觉探讨

本文从我国现有的外汇管理制度和面临的特殊发展阶段及发展背景出发,指出人民币对外升值对内贬值将是我国现阶段和未来所面临的一种重要现象。人民币升值及其升值预期将带来我国外汇储备快速积累,在结售汇制度下发生货币倍增效应,给我国带来明显的财富效应;人民币对内贬值即通货膨胀扩大了我国GDP的规模和国际排名,也给我国带来了财富效应。本文指出人民币对外升值对内贬值带来的财富效应在一定程度上是一种财富幻觉,并对这种情况下的宏观经济政策提出了对策建议。     

我国利率传导机制有效性：基于货币幻觉的实证研究

本文将货币幻觉纳入投资函数和储蓄函数．并利用2000年9月到2006年8月的月度数据，经过HP滤波处理后采用Almon多项式分布滞后模型估计出投资函数和储蓄函数。我们发现在考虑货币幻觉的情况下，一方面，投资者存在货币幻觉且利率对投资有很好的调控作用，另一方面，储户不存在货币幻觉并且利率对储蓄的调控作用不明显，其原因可能是社保制度的缺位增强了储户的安全性动机以及投资渠道的不完善导致了储蓄的利率刚性。     

网络虚拟货币兑换率对实际消费金额的影响

随着网络游戏的流行,网络虚拟货币日益普及。目前,不同游戏中虚拟货币与真实货币的兑换比率有很大差别。从货币幻觉理论出发,本文通过实验验证了随着兑换比率（每单位真实货币可兑换的虚拟货币数额）的增加,实际消费的真实货币数额呈先升后降的变化,并且消费者的富有程度感知起到中介作用。研究结果将对游戏厂商如何制定虚拟货币兑换率以达到最大程度盈利起到重要的指导作用。     

实物储蓄、货币幻觉与我国农户消费的实证研究

我国农户的储蓄包括现金储蓄和实物储蓄,实物储蓄主要受粮食总产量的影响.从现金消费看,长期均衡消费倾向不断降低,农户存在货币幻觉现象.启动农村消费一是要促进农户实物储蓄向现金储蓄的转化,二是要增加农民现金收入,三要通提高农户消费倾向.国家宏观政策上要防止通货紧缩.     

Forecasting and uncertainty in the economic and business world

Forecasts are crucial for practically all economic and business decisions. However, there is a mounting body of empirical evidence showing that accurate forecasting in the economic and business world is usually not possible. In addition, there is huge uncertainty, as practically all economic and business activities are subject to events we are unable to predict. The fact that forecasts can be inaccurate creates a serious dilemma for decision and policy makers. On the one hand, accepting the limits of forecasting accuracy implies being unable to assess the correctness of decisions and the surrounding uncertainty. On the other hand, believing that accurate forecasts are possible means succumbing to the illusion of control and experiencing surprises, often with negative consequences. We believe that the time has come for a new attitude towards dealing with the future. In this article, we discuss the limited predictability in the economic and business environment. We also provide a framework that allows decision and policy makers to face the future — despite the inherent limitations of forecasting and the uncertainty, sometimes huge, surrounding most future-oriented decisions.     

Wagner’s Law and Fiscal Illusion: An analysis of state government finances in Brazil

The aim of this article is to analyze state‐level public finances in Brazil. We examine the dynamics of governmental spending in a panel of 26 Brazilian states in search of evidence of Wagner’s Law and Fiscal Illusion Hypothesis. For the period ranging from 2002 to 2015, three methodologies are applied: dynamic ordinary least squares (DOLS), fully modified ordinary least squares (FMOLS), and pooled mean group (PMG). The main empirical results found indicate that (1) there is strong evidence of Fiscal Illusion caused by public deficit and by central government transfer grants; (2) there are possible Flypaper Effects; (3) there is no evidence in support of Wagner’s Law; (4) there is low publicness degree of local expenditures; (5) due to Fiscal Illusion, less‐developed Brazilian states tend to be stuck in a public expenditure growth mechanism, especially in expenses related to non‐public goods, which tend to benefit private interests and lobby groups.     

"货币幻觉"与房价虚涨实涨——质疑"房价虚涨论"

在房价不断上涨的现象面前,房价上涨源于货币幻觉的观点具有一定影响。通过对房价上涨是虚涨还是实涨的分析,从而说明房价虚涨论的片面性。实际情况是,货币幻觉对房价上涨的影响是短暂的;收入的增长幅度低于房价的上涨幅度等因素,决定了房价是实涨而非虚涨。房价虚涨论的危害在于,如果房价上涨被房价虚涨论所误导,将会影响政府抑制房价过快上涨政策措施的制定和实施,也将对居民的住房投资和消费产生负面影响。     

再售期权、货币幻觉与商品住宅价格泡沫

再售期权和货币幻觉两个因素分别从投资者对未来现金流分布的信念差异和对贴现率估计偏差的角度解释房地产价格泡沫的形成和膨胀。本文以上海商品住宅市场为例,运用动态剩余价值模型从租金房价比角度测度上海房价泡沫水平,并检验再售期权和货币幻觉对上海房价泡沫的解释作用。经验分析发现,上海商品住宅市场存在再售期权和货币幻觉效应,其中货币幻觉效应对房价泡沫影响具有不对称性但解释作用更强,建议应重点关注高通胀和实际负利率对房价泡沫的影响。     

浅析视错觉图形在招贴海报设计中的应用

通过对招贴海报设计中视错觉图形应用的探讨,浅析如何运用视错觉图形独特的语言产生新的视觉效果,创造风趣幽默而具有强烈视觉效果的招贴海报设计。