Stability and Segregation in Group Formation

This paper presents a model of group formation based on the assumption that individuals prefer to associate with people similar to them. It is shown that, in general, if the number of groups that can be formed is bounded, then a stable partition of the society into groups may not exist. (A partition is defined as stable if none of the individuals would prefer be in a different group than the one he is in.) However, if individuals' characteristics are one-dimensional, then a stable partition always exists. We give sufficient conditions for stable partitions to be segregating (in the sense that, for example, low-characteristic individuals are in one group and high-characteristic ones are in another) and Pareto efficient. In addition, we propose a dynamic model of individual myopic behavior describing the evolution of group formation to an eventual stable, segregating, and Pareto efficient partition. Journal of Economic Literature Classification Numbers: C72, H41.     

Jackson,Karl D., (Ed.), Asian Contagion: The Causes and Consequences of a Financial Crisis

The purpose of this article is to identify the extent of inward and outward foreign direct investment (FDI) worldwide. A large number of countries were aggregated on a regional basis to examine their inward and outward stocks as a percentage of gross fixed capital formation for the period 1980–2006. Among the findings was that the annual increase for both inward and outward FDI was less than 1%. Also, countries grouped by the aggregates developed, Africa, Latin America and Caribbean, Asia and Oceania, and developing were found to differ significantly in their means.     

Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japanese guidebooks

This study investigates the presentations of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as postwar tourism destinations in a selection of Japanese-language guidebooks. Comparison is made between commonly voiced criticisms of Japanese attitudes toward the two atom-bombed sites and the tourism activities suggested by the publications themselves. An expected presentation emphasizing Japanese suffering as a result of the atom bombs is not found in the guides, but neither is an openness to discussion of the war. The conclusions reached find Hiroshima standing as emblematic of the rebuilding nation as a whole, while Nagasaki remains largely outside of the social and cultural dynamics of postwar Japan.     

新形势下我国基层公安机关领导干部素质能力现状与对策研究

公安队伍面临新世纪新的社会背景下的新挑战。基层公安机关领导干部的队伍建设已成为一个重大的战略性问题,其中基层公安机关领导干部素质能力的提升是领导干部队伍建设的一个重要组成部分。公安机关领导干部的素质能力主要包括政治理论素质、专业文化知识素质、科技能力素质和身心健康素质等。通过创新教育培养模式、做好组织管理和人力资源规划、建立心理研究机构等方式来提升基层公安机关领导干部的素质能力,以完善基层公安机关领导干部队伍建设。     

The influence of personal and social identity on the clothing consumption of adolescents

We consider the influence of personal and social identity among adolescents on the importance they attach to clothing products and brands. The conceptual framework includes more conventional variables such as socialization (family, peers, media, and celebrities) and individual characteristics (gender and grade level). Based on a sample of 1,596 French high school adolescents, our results highlight: (i) the influence of identity on the importance attached to product and brand; (ii) the mediating effects of personal and social identities; and (iii) the moderating effects of gender and grade level. We conclude with an analysis of theoretical contributions, practical implications, and future research directions. Copyright © 2016 ASAC. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

THE HEALTHCARE VOUCHER: EMERGENCE,FORMATION AND DISSEMINATION

Market‐inspired healthcare reforms have been introduced in Sweden: Freedom of Choice in Healthcare in 1989 and the National Healthcare Guarantee in 2005. After the general election 2006 the idea of the Healthcare Voucher has followed. Built on a theoretical framework composed of Foucault's concept of 'discursive formation' supported by Butler's concept of the ‘performativity of discourse’ the purpose is to analyse the emergence, formation and dissemination of this idea into healthcare in Sweden. The Voucher is disseminated in a form reminiscent of a chain linking a series of texts, referring to each other and building on each other's formulations strengthening each other's messages. It circulates under designations such as healthcare voucher and money and seems to be disseminated by being combined with 'freedom of choice' forming the theme customer choice. The Healthcare Voucher then becomes a means of being able to realise an idea of a political nature, building markets in healthcare. The paper offers a way of analysing how ideas influence the policy agenda, in particular for the voucher/s. Distinctions could be made between the voucher idea and 'money following the patient' in quasi markets. A critical issue in introducing choice and competition, not explored here, is the issue of ‘cream skimming’.     

丁家屋子地区孔店组高凝油增产措施选层技术

文章通过对丁家屋子地区孔店组高凝油测试资料进行分析,将储层分为四类,并对每类储层的试油工艺及效果进行了分析,找到了增产措施选层原则。     

旅游审美疲劳:表现特征、形成机理与缓解措施

伴随旅游的大众化和日常化发展,不少旅游产品越来越难以满足旅游者不断升级的审美需求,旅游审美疲劳现象日益显露。旅游审美疲劳主要表现为旅游者对旅游活动兴趣减弱以及出现心理排斥等负向情感表达,对游客体验与旅游业的可持续发展造成消极影响。文章首先对国内外相关文献进行梳理,明晰国内外研究现状,并以此为基础解析旅游审美疲劳的概念内涵。其次,概括出旅游审美疲劳具有情绪主导性、群体差异性、身心综合性、动态变化性、情境感染性、条件累积性等6大表现特征,结合旅游审美疲劳的形成机理提出了旅游审美疲劳的缓解对策。最后,明确未来旅游审美疲劳的研究方向,并提出从生活视角转向生命视角构建旅游审美体验的新思路。     

经济增长、结构调整的累积效应与资本形成 --当前经济增长态势分析

1990年以来 ,特别是 2 0世纪 90年代中后期 ,中国的经济结构发生了重大调整 :基础设施的投入奠定了城市化的基础 ,工业化在消费和出口的拉动下逐步升级。中国经济增长开始由工业化单引擎发展到工业化与城市化的双引擎。由低价工业化到高价城市化的转化以及与之相应的资金流程与资本形成方式的变化 ,一方面引起近年来中国经济的快速发展 ,另一方面也对未来中国经济的持续增长形成挑战。通过政府体制、金融体系和财税体制的进一步改革 ,完善资源配置方式 ,将是应对挑战、保持中国经济持续增长的保证。