Spanish and American Executives' Ethical Judgments and Intentions

This study explores differences between executives in the U.S. and Spain in their perceptions of ethical issues in pricing, specifically comparing a domestic firm's actions affecting a foreign market versus a foreign firm's actions affecting the domestic market. Overall, Spanish and American executives provided somewhat different responses to the scenarios. Findings indicate that ethical judgments and intentions among Spanish executives did not vary based on which country was harmed. U.S. executives generally perceived that a morally questionable act directed at a foreign country was more unethical than a morally questionable act directed at the United States. Possible explanations for these findings are suggested.     

论政府价格规制中的公众参与

在政府价格规制中引入公众参与机制有利于价格规制政策的制定。本文基于规制经济理论的分析框架,运用博弈论模拟了公众参与价格规制的讨价还价过程。政府在价格规制中引入公众参与机制,其形式取决于政策质量和公众接受程度两者的权衡。在此基础上对当前我国公用事业价格规制中存在的问题进行分析,并提出政策建议。     

国内蒸馏装置节能降耗的技改措施

原油蒸馏装置已成为炼油厂中能耗最大的装置 ,以降低能耗为中心的技术改造显得十分必要。本文从采用新技术 ,改进工艺过程 ;采用各种新型、高效、低耗设备 ,降低能耗和加强监控 ,优化操作三个方面介绍了节能降耗措施 ,并对国内原油蒸馏装置节能改造提出了建议 ,以供炼油企业在进行原油蒸馏装置改造时参考。     

“寡头”市场结构、贸易媒介与贸易商品定价——分析框架及基于棉花贸易史的案例研究

中国在贸易中面临"寡头"地位确立与定价权缺失共存的困境,通过提出一个引入贸易媒介环节的三分法贸易商品定价框架对此进行解释。贸易商品定价受到"寡头"国家/政府政策作用于贸易媒介市场结构程度的影响,还依赖于出口国/进口国的微观市场结构状况。贸易媒介通过与生产者和消费者的定价博弈选择使其利润最大化的买卖价格,政府政策/私人保护通过影响贸易媒介市场结构间接影响贸易商品定价。利用典型的英美棉花贸易"双寡头"案例,通过价格变动的相对弹性、转嫁系数和Granger因果检验三种方法定量分析了英美棉花贸易的定价博弈,计量结果与三分法分析结果完全符合,为论文提出的分析框架提供了例证支持。     

对进一步完善我国城市居民最低生活保障制度的思考

城市居民最低生活保障制度是城市社会保障体系中重要组成部分,是保障城市居民基本生活的最后一道保障线。目前我国城市最低生活保障制度存在低保资金投入严重不足、低保人员家庭收入难以核实等问题。中央应加大对地方低保资金的投入力度,健全低保工作机制,以进一步完善城市居民最低生活保障制度。     

开放经济下的产业安全问题探析

本文认为,随着经济全球化进程的不断深化,开放经济、引进外资已经成为发展中国家促进本国经济发展的基本国策。但是如果不加限制地扩大外资的规模也会产生负面影响,即出现产业控制倾向,进而引发产业安全问题,这是事关国家经济安全的重大问题。对产业安全问题的研究,无论在现实经济运行还是在理论研究中,都具有非常重要的意义。随着国家经济结构的调整和产业升级的进程,产业安全的内涵和外延也将会有所拓展,金融安全、能源安全、网络安全、幼稚产业保护、经济结构、产业结构调整等都将成为产业安全研究所应关注的问题。     

Bridge,Focus, Attack,or Stimulate: Retail Category Management Strategies with a Store Brand

We investigate a monopolist retailer's category management strategy where the main strategic decisions are how to horizontally position a store brand relative to the incumbent national brands and how to price the store and national brands for retail category profit maximization. We analyze a market composed of two consumer segments with differing tastes and heterogeneity with respect to willingness to pay and a product category consisting of two competing national brands and one store brand. We find that contrary to the existing literature, it is not always optimal for a retailer to position its store brand against the leading national brand; instead there are many situations where it is best to position the store brand close to the weaker national brand or to position it in the “middle” so it appeals to both national brands' target segments. In the process we identify four distinct category management strategies that a retailer can use with a store brand. In three of these the optimal store brand price is the brand's monopoly price, while in the remaining one strategy the price is lower. We also suggest an easy to implement means for a retailer to determine which strategy is best to use, depending on the particular competitive environment present before the introduction of the store brand and the relative quality of the store brand. We find that the store brand entry is most beneficial to the retailer when the national brands are moderately differentiated. Finally we show that introducing a store brand not only allows the retailer to garner a higher share of the channel profits through higher retail margins, but also often provides the retailer the benefit of increases in national brand unit sales as well as incremental sales from the store brand. JEL Classification: M310     

糠醛生产中节约能源的途径

本文综述了在糠醛生产中节约能源的途径及其技术要点,几种串联工艺,釜外加热器的设计和利用.     

存款保险的期权定价模型构造及实证研究

存款保险定价是存款保险制度建设中的核心内容,保险定价效率直接影响制度的功效。碍于现金流贴现估价模型的局限性,从期权的角度阐述了存款保险与期权的关系,指出存款保险合同实质上就是一份看跌期权,从理论和实证两方面论述了如何运用Black-Schole期权定价模型确定存款保险价格的问题,对实践中存款保险的合理定价和制度建设具有重要的指导意义。     

实施住宅抵押贷款证券化的必要性

为从根本上解决住房建设资金问题，形成住房建设与消费的良性循环，结合目前居民资金供求的大缺口给我国住房制度的改革带来很大困难的实际，迫切需要住宅抵押贷款证券化引入资金，从而将资本市场的资金引入住房金融领域，解决金融机构抵押贷款资金不足的问题。