The Performance of Service Industries in Canada: A Real Value Analysis

The performance of service industries in Canada has been lower than that of good industries over the last four decades, with noticeable exceptions such as for railways and telecommunication carriers. Service industries were less economically (and technically) efficient in that they generated less output value (quantity) per hour worked (level and growth) or per combined unit of labour and capital (multifactor productivity growth) than good industries. The relative output price of services declined slightly over time compared with goods. At the disaggregated level, changing relative output prices were substantial and proved to be an important factor explaining the relative satisfactory economic performance of many service industries despite their low technical performance. Nevertheless, the output share of service industries increased over that period, sustained, mainly, by the growing recourse of all firms to outsourcing of services.     

产业升级、贸易政策与经济转型

产业升级是经济转型的内驱动力，贸易政策对于产业升级具有制约作用，是经济转型的外驱力量。政府通过设计合理的激励机制，将两种力量聚合，积极推动经济转型，从而缩短经济转型的时间进程。     

Exploring the influence of tourists’ happiness on revisit intention in the context of Traditional Chinese Medicine cultural tourism

Based on how tourists interpret the destination experience and on attachment theory, this study investigates the influencing mechanism of tourists' happiness on revisit intention for traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) cultural tourism destinations. Three tourist samples confirm the three dimensions of tourists' happiness: positive emotions, engagement, and meaning. Two surveys were conducted to test the direct and indirect influence of tourists' happiness on revisit intention and the moderating role of tourists' health consciousness. The results show that tourists' happiness promotes memorable tourism experience and place attachment, in turn stimulating revisit intention. The results also support health consciousness as a significant moderator between happiness, place attachment, and revisit intention. The findings enrich theoretical understanding of tourists’ happiness and provide marketing and management advice for TCM cultural tourism destinations.     

略论行为财务理论

传统财务理论始终假定人是完全理性的经济人,有充分的决策能力来进行有利于自身的决策,经济主体追求最优决策的价值判断依据是该理论作用的基础。但进入20世纪80年代以来,行为财务理论悄然兴起且日渐发展,对原有财务理论框架下的有效市场假说和理性人假设提出了强有力的挑战。这一理论通过研究人们在投资决策过程中认知、情感、态度等心理特征,以及由此引起的市场非有效性,从而解释金融市场中的异常现象,以其真实市场行为的理论分析展示出自身广阔的发展前景。目前,行为财务理论已成为国内外财务学界研究和关注的热点问题。本文在综合国内外研究成果的基础上,主要介绍了行为财务理论的内涵和研究对象,系统阐述了行为财务理论的理论基础,对行为财务理论与传统财务理论进行了比较。     

Tourists and traditional divers in a common fishing ground

We study socio-ecological models for a fishing ground open to tourists. On Jeju Island, Korea, women traditional divers called “Haenyeo” harvest resources in a common fishing ground. To investigate the impact of introducing tourists on the benefit to the fishing association and the resource level, we examine two models that differ in the way the number of tourists is controlled. In the first model, the fishing association charges an entrance fee to tourists and the level of the fee is chosen to regulate tourist number. In the second, only a part of the fishing ground is made open to tourists, and the fraction of the ground open is chosen to control the tourist number. In both models, the fishing association seeks to maximize its total benefit. Analysis shows that the way the number of tourists increases with the availability of resources strongly influences the distribution of benefits among the fishing ground stakeholders. Finally, we discuss policy implications of our results and how local government can reduce the risk of introducing tourism.     

改善我国股市生态的理论思考

如果从理论源头上追溯的话,传统发展观是构成我国股市生态系统脆弱的根源.股市"物理环境"即制度安排存在的巨大缺陷,股市生态系统中"生产者"生产能力低下,"生产者"与"消费者"角色错位,股市生态系统中不同"消费者"之间数量关系的失衡,股市生态系统中"分解者"的缺失,造成了我国股市生态系统的不稳定.再造健康的股市生态,我们就必须正本清源,突破传统发展观的樊篱,用科学发展观的观点认识和解决股市中的各种问题和矛盾.     

Convergence between satellite information and farmers’ perception of drought in rangelands of North-West Patagonia,Argentina

Drought is a complex natural hazard with social and environmental implications. Satellite information is increasingly used to support decision-makers in preventing or coping with the negative impacts of drought. The integration of local and scientific knowledge to support drought monitoring is still far from being the main procedure in the development of drought monitoring and early warning systems. This study aimed at assessing the degree of convergence between satellite information on the effect of droughts on rangeland vegetation, from time series analysis, and farmers’ perception of drought in North-West Patagonia, Argentina. We characterised the scientific evidence of drought in terms of duration, spatial distribution, most severe years and recovery for the period 2000–2018 by identifying inter-annual NDVI changes. Farmers’ perceptions and experiences of drought were studied with open-ending interviews, with respect to occurrence, duration and recovery for that period. Satellite information matched farmers’ perception of drought at a regional scale, emphasising the value of remote sensing tools in supporting regional policy decision-making. However, farmers’ perceptions and recall of past drought impacts were more diverse than satellite information at a local level, highlighting the need for knowledge integration at finer scales.     

Modeling Airbnb demand to New York City while employing spatial panel data at the listing level

Using spatial panel data comprising a cross section of 1,461 continuously active Airbnb listings obtained from AirDNA, as well as time series data from NYC and Company and the OECD covering the time period September 2014 to June 2016, the present study quantifies own price, cross price, and income elasticities of Airbnb demand to New York City within an empirical tourism demand framework. The particular goal of the study is to establish whether the relationship between Airbnb and the traditional accommodation industry is of a substitutional or of a complementary nature. Employing a one-way fixed-effects spatial Durbin model, it can be concluded that demand is price-inelastic for Airbnb accommodation in New York City, which is a luxury good, and that the city's traditional accommodation industry as well as neighboring Airbnb listings are substitutes for the investigated Airbnb listings. The estimation results are robust against several alternative specifications of the regression equation.     

保护传统街区特色延续古城历史文脉--对喀什历史街区保护的思考和对策

喀什在国内外具有较高的知名度,喀什的文化特色在新疆最具有典型性和吸引力,在长达两千多年的历史演变中,欧亚文化、佛教文化、伊斯兰文化在这里交流融汇,形成了独特的古西域文化特色,喀什历史街区形态和传统建筑特色在中西亚城市发展历史上曾经普遍存在,但在上世纪后期已消失殆尽,在我国西部地区城市中,唯一保存下来了一片古城街区.但历史街区居住人口稠密,市政基础设施落后,与现代化城市发展需求的矛盾日渐突出,在处理历史街区保护和现代城市建设的关系上,需要得到名城保护及城市规划方面的专家、学者的大力支持.     

弘扬传统和谐文化教育的思考

中国传统文化源远流长。是在几千年的不断创造、发展、选择和淘汰的大浪淘沙中形成的博大精深的文化,弘扬传统文化,是建设和构成和谐社会、和谐文化的基础。