The distributional impact of unification and the 1992–93 recession on West German households

The 1992–93 recession in the western states of Germany has been attributed, in substantial measure, to the macroeconomic consequences of policies to finance unification. Studies of the costs of unification have not attempted to measure the burden of the recession. We estimate a dynamic, panel model of household incomes using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) and use it to forecast what these incomes would have been in 1992–94 without a recession. Using a ratio of actual to forecast incomes, we compare the relative burden of the recession across households. Our findings suggest that western households below the median income bore the brunt of the combined impact of unification and the recession of 1992–93.
JEL classification: P3, D3, E3.     

Believing in employment discrimination: The case of Forrest Mims,Scientific American,and title VII protection

This article reviews the law regarding Title VII employment discrimination protection from religious discrimination. The issues surrounding the principal legal protection in this regard are explored in the context of a recent controversial case in which an author, Forrest Mims, was not hired as a regular contributor forScientific American magazine, ostensibly because of his belief in the theory of creation over the theory of evolution. The definition of what constitutes a protected religious belief or practice is seen to have expanded over time. However, a belief in creationism is not necessarily seen as being tantamount to a religious belief under present legal interpretation of Title VII. The implications of this finding for future needed Title VII revision are discussed.     

Rent, risk, and replication: Preference adaptation in winner-take-all markets

We study the evolution of an economy where agents who are heterogeneous with respect to risk attitudes can either earn a certain income or enter a risky rent-seeking contest. We assume that agents behave rationally given their preferences, but that the population distribution of preferences evolves over time in response to material payoffs. We show that, in particular, initial distributions with full support converge to stationary states where all types are still present. Although rents are perfectly dissipated in material terms at a steady state, efficiency is greater than if everybody had been risk neutral, since risk lovers specialize in rent seeking.     

Differential reporting in Germany - A historical analysis

Based on a contingent perspective of accounting change, this paper reviews the historical development of differential reporting in Germany, by drawing on primary and secondary sources. The main objective of the paper is to shed light on the driving forces and main influential parameters that have shaped the existing differential reporting framework. This historical approach supplies interesting insights for the current discussion on differential reporting in Germany produced by the EU Regulation on the application of International Accounting Standards.     

战后日本对外贸易发展的动态比较优势分析

二战后日本经济从一片废墟中迅速崛起成功跻身于发达国家行列，其对外贸易在战后的50多年间一直保持着稳定的增长。日本出口商品结构沿着劳动密集型、资本密集型、知识和技术密集型的轨迹发展，逐步升级，顺应了世界经济产业结构调整的步伐，为其对外贸易的持续发展奠定了坚实的基础。日本对外贸易遵循的是动态比较优势原理，其经验对我国当前外贸发展具有重要的借鉴意义。     

窄岭金矿剪切带基本特征与发展演化模式

河北丰宁窄岭金矿,可以区分3幕Ⅰ级韧性剪切带,1幕Ⅱ级脆韧性剪切带和1幕Ⅲ级脆性剪切带。伴随不同的剪切变形变质作用,分别有花岗岩(红旗菅子群花岗片麻岩)→闪长岩(变闪长岩)→正长斑岩→含金石英脉的侵位。而金矿则是这种多期多阶段构造—岩浆复杂演化使金逐步富集的最终产物。     

融资制度变革的内在逻辑和次序安排

本文主要目的在于探讨我国当前金融制度的问题,并尝试探讨融资制度变迁的内在逻辑和次序安排,希望以此作为政策制定之参考。本文认为,国有经济改革、非公有经济发展以及农村经济发展等使国家改革现行融资制度的动力很足,但与此对应,各有关主体对改革现行融资制度的动力明显不足,提高融资制度效率的关键在于所有制和竞争力上。文章还在国有商业银行股份制改造、农村金融制度、非正规金融、监管和利率等方面提出了相应的建议。     

人口规模与教育资源配置良性互动机制的动态仿真

我国人口规模与教育资源配置形成了恶性循环。以社会宏观动力学为分析框架, 基于2000—2019年面板数据,采用Vensim PLE软件,构建人口规模与教育资源配置互动机制系统动力学模型。研究表明：2024年开始,人口规模下降速度将逐年加快,教育市场将出现结构性萎缩,教育资源投入总量和速度将提高;人口规模对生产水平敏感;教育资源市场配置对人口增速、权力巩固程度、权力中心化程度、物力教育资源敏感。基于研究结论,提出两者良性互动的调适策略：保持经济高质量发展,降低生育养育成本;将生育权还给家庭,全面放开生育;巩固“双减”政策成效,引导教育需求;降低权力中心化程度,利用教育市场优势;加大教育资源投入,促进优质教育资源均衡。     

北部湾广西区中心城市旅游经济联系度测量与评价--基于动态分析视角：2009-2013年

文章基于经济引力论的相关理论,利用统计年鉴与社会统计公报数据,运用引力模型,对2009-2013年连续5年的北部湾广西区4个中心城市（南宁、北海、钦州和防城港）的旅游经济联系度进行了测度,测度结果显示：从动态角度来看,北部湾广西区各主要中心城市间的经济联系度呈逐年上升趋势,且趋势十分明显;南宁与其他3个城市之间的旅游经济联系度是4个中心城市中最强的,而北海与其他3个城市之间的旅游经济联系度则是最弱的;无论就旅游业发展水平而言,还是就区域旅游经济合作而言,北部湾广西区中心城市旅游业发展水平还处于一个较低水平。最后,就北部湾广西区旅游业下一步的发展战略问题提出了相关措施与建议。     

知识溢出与高新技术产业集群的演化——以上海市张江高科园区IC产业集群为例

国内外的一些研究表明,知识溢出与高新技术产业集群的形成和发展有着密切的关系。产业集群总是处于一个动态的变化过程中,知识溢出在各个过程中所起的作用是不一样的。文章结合高新技术产业集群的生命周期理论,探讨了知识溢出对高新技术产业集群演化的影响,最后结合上海张江IC产业集群的案例加以说明。