论古镇旅游形象定位及其提升——以四川罗城古镇旅游目的地为例

旅游形象已成为旅游研究和开发的新领域,旅游形象的定位和提升对旅游目的地的规划与开发具有十分重要的意义。随着古镇旅游热潮的掀起,针对特色古镇的旅游形象定位和提升势在必行。罗城古镇因其独特的船形街建筑布局而扬名海内外,但其旅游形象需要在游客头脑中创造性的明确定位,并不断获得提升。     

古代粟名演变新考

"稷"是粟在商周时期的别称。"禾"本为粟的原始象形字,后引申作谷物总名,是战国秦汉时期粟的主要称呼,宋代以后南方地区也有专指稻的。"谷"最初被用作谷物的总名,魏晋以后则成为粟的普遍称呼。"粟"本义是指谷子的籽实,但战国秦汉时可泛指谷类作物籽实,魏晋以后则演化成谷子的专名,既可指植株也可指籽实,唐代以后还可以专指稻。不过这些粟的名称只是当时多数地区的主流称呼,实际上各个时期都存在不同名称交叉的现象。另外,"粢"最初是指祭祀时所用之粟,"粱"是粟的一个优良品种,"秫"是粟的一个品种即粘粟,而"穈"和"芑",则是指红粱粟和白粱粟。     

正确引导有宗教信仰倾向的学生群体,促进校园和谐

大学生是祖国的未来和希望,大学生的理想信念状况直接影响国家未来的人才素质,经济全球化等多种因素使大学生的思想意识日趋多元化,高校中信教学生和有宗教信仰倾向学生的存在给和谐校园建设带来了新的挑战和思考。本文即通过对高校校园中有宗教信仰倾向的大学生群体的调查及其对和谐校园建设的影响的分析,试图在大学生的思想教育方面找到新的突破口,加强对大学生的教育和引导工作。     

How pervasive is the effect of culture on stock market linkages? Evidence across regions and economic cycles

We conduct a comprehensive study on the effect of culture on stock market linkages. With data on 25 national stock markets, a quantile regression model is used to estimate the determinants of market linkages using culture variable/s such as language, religion and Hofstede’s cultural dimensions while controlling for distance, economic and legal variables. Further, we test whether these effects hold across regions and if changes are detected during periods of market crisis. We also test if market liquidity, an indicator of market efficiency, diminishes the impact of culture on market linkages. The main conclusion is that culture preferences shape investor choices, which affects integration between stock markets. The equity markets with similar cultural traits tend to increase market linkages; however, we observe differences across regions. Furthermore, liquidity and economic uncertainty fail to have an impact on the significance of culture variable/s as determinants of market linkages.     

Comparing family changes in two rural areas of Kenya: Past legacies and present realities

ABSTRACT

Fertility in Kenya declined from total fertility rate (TFR) 6.7 to 4.6 between 1989 and 2008/09. Initially, Western and Coast Provinces returned figures above and below the national average with TFR 8.1 and 5.4 respectively. Then fertility in Western Province declined substantially to TFR 5.6 while in Coast Province the decline was modest to TFR 4.8, above the national average in both provinces. I shall scrutinise this development by examining two rounds of qualitative case studies in rural villages in the two provinces, first in 1988–90 with a follow up in 2011. The analysis revealed that over time fewer children were born in the Western villages, but more in the Coast villages. The hypothesis is that differences in cultural (patriarchy and a mix of matriarchy and patriarchy) and religious (Christian and Muslim) legacies are crucial to understanding such disparities in childbearing. Attention is given to marriage, gender relations and female education.     

景区门票涨价的经济影响路径分析——平遥古城案例研究

门票涨价是社会引发争论的热点之一。2009年,旅游景区门票涨价问题在社会上再次激起强烈反应。面对门票涨价,有学者总结门票涨价对旅游发展的瓶颈问题,但究竟导致了怎样的经济影响还缺乏实证研究。本研究以世界文化遗产平遥古城为例,对门票涨价做了实证研究。     

Religion and Educational Attainment in East Asia: First Evidence from the East Asian Social Survey

Abstract

In this research note, I analyse the effects of religion on educational attainment in four East Asian countries (China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan) using the East Asian Social Survey. Controlling for a host of background variables, ordinary least squares (OLS) estimates of educational attainment show that Catholics and Orthodox Christians have on average more education than those with no religious affiliation, while the followers of other Eastern religions (including, among others, Taoism and syncretistic beliefs) have on average less education. The effects for Protestantism and Buddhism differ across the four different countries, probably because they both include various denominations and schools.     

The linguistic landscape in rural destinations: A case study of Hongcun Village in China

The language on the linguistic signs in a tourist destination is an important window to observe the impact of tourism on the host community. This study employs questionnaire, in-depth interviews and image record to explore the linguistic landscape in Hongcun, a Chinese traditional village. From the perspective of linguistic landscape's actors, this paper explores the presentation of linguistic landscape and the selection of languages in linguistic signs. First, it is found that Hongcun is becoming multilingual with tourism development. Standardized Chinese characters occupy a dominant position while traditional Chinese characters and English are prominent. Second, tourists have showed overall satisfaction with Hongcun's linguistic signs. They believe these multilingual signs contribute to shaping the image of tourist destination. Third, official signs are standardized and private signs are more diversified. The construction of official signs is mainly affected by policies while that of private signs are mainly driven by commercial profit.     

Religion and venture investing: A cross-country analysis

Using a sample of 56 countries over the 2000–2016 period, we document lower levels of venture capital investments in more religious countries. These results are not specific to any primary religion. Furthermore, we show that the negative relation between religiosity and venture investing mainly stems from risk aversion inherent in religiosity. Our results are unlikely driven by economic clout, as we show more religious countries in fact have higher levels of domestic credit or nonfinancial investments, despite lower levels of venture investments. We also present several findings consistent with risk aversion. Venture investments in more religious countries are more likely to have successful exits and are less likely to be foreign or early-stage deals. Our results are robust to different measures of venture investments and religiosity, and to alternative specifications that account for endogeneity.     

The Israeli teacher-guide: The emergence and perpetuation of a role

The Israeli teacher-guide performs functions associated with tiyulim—special walks in Israel aimed at the promotion of getting to know one's native country, which are organized by public, non-commercial agencies. The Israeli teacher-guide is socially defined as an agent of education and culture rather than of leisure and entertainment. Most of his role performances are carried out during walks with various groups of casual participants. During these walks he is both the navigator and interpreter of the scenes and their meanings. On the background of the history of tourism in the Holy Land, both the emergence of the Israeli teacher-guide role and the persistence of the public demand for tiyulim and for the organizational and interpretational products of the teacher-guide, associated with tiyulim, are described in this paper. These phenomena are explained by the special peculiarities of the “Israeli condition,” which cause many to seek a sense of belonging to the Israeli land and soil and by the idea prevailing among the Israeli educational elite that tiyulim and the contents delivered during them by the teacher-guides, are appropriate means for arousing this feeling. It is hypothesized that the tiyulim may be looked upon as components of the Israeli civil religion and thus the teacher-guide is a kind of civil religion mentor.