Methodological Advances in DEA: A survey and an application for the Dutch electricity sector

We survey the methodological advances in DEA over the last 25 years and discuss the necessary conditions for a sound empirical application. We hope this survey will contribute to the further dissemination of DEA, the knowledge of its relative strengths and weaknesses, and the tools currently available for exploiting its full potential. Our main points are illustrated by the case of the DEA study used by the regulatory office of the Dutch electricity sector (Dienst Toezicht Elektriciteitswet; Dte) for setting price caps.     

Economic design of one-sided screening procedures based on a correlated variable with all parameters unknown

Summary Economic design of one-sided screening procedures for improving outgoing product quality based on a screening variable is considered for the case with all parameters unknown. It is assumed that the performance and screening variables are jointly normally distributed and that costs are incurred by screening inspection, acceptance of an imperfect item, and disposition of a rejected one. A method for finding optimal cutoff value based on the predictive distribution is presented.     

Market Failures in Real-Time Metering

Policies to promote real-time metering (RTM) require more than showing benefits from more timely responses to variations in cost. They require positive externalities to imply that too few meters would be installed through private transactions. RTM presents no systematic externalities when utilities must serve peak period users, and may present negative externalities under some conditions. Positive externalities are likely when electricity is rationed through blackouts. RTM may or may not increase welfare when peak period wholesale markets are not competitive; a prohibition on RTM might be appropriate in such situations even if metering itself were costless.     

跨局部属排空车走行系数测算方法探讨

在阐述跨局部属排空车走行系数定义的基础上,分析了合理测算跨局部属排空车走行公里对铁路局经济效益的影响,提出了跨局部属排空车走行系数测算方法和经济效果评价。     

国际资本流动的新特点与我国利用外资的基本思路

中国正式加入WTO，标志着中国对外开放进入了一个新的阶段，本文试图在分析国际资本流动的新特点的基础上，从完善市场经济制度和投资环境，引资方式创新，发挥利用外资对结构调整战略的配合作用，以及利用外资与宏观经济目标的相互协调等方面，提出中国利用外资的基本思路。     

Turbo码解码过程中的加权算法

本文通过调整迭代解码过程中系统位接收值的加权系数，提出了一种Turbo码加权迭代解码算法。该算法改变了迭代运算后Turbo码解码器输出软值中系统位接收值信息和它的外部估计信息的比重，使Turbo码无论在低信噪比或是在高信噪比时均具有优良的纠错性能。仿真结果显示，采用Turbo码加权迭代解码算法，不仅能提高Turbo码的收敛速度，而且能进一步降低Turbo码解码时的地板值，使Turbo码的比特误码率在高、低信噪比时都能够得到进一步改善。     

A new continuous distribution and two new families of distributions based on the exponential

Recent work on social status led to derivation of a new continuous distribution based on the exponential. The new variate, termed the ring(2)-exponential, in turn leads to derivation of two closely related new families of continuous distributions, the mirror-exponential and the ring-exponential. Both the standard exponential and the ring(2)-exponential are special cases of both the new families. In this paper, we first focus on the ring(2)-exponential, describing its derivation and examining its properties, and next introduce the two new families, describing their derivation and initiating exploration of their properties. The mirror-exponential arises naturally in the study of status; the ring-exponential arises from the mathematical structure of the ring(2)-exponential. Both have the potential for broad application in diverse contexts across science and engineering. Within sociobehavioral contexts, the new mirror-exponential may have application to the problem of approximating the form and inequality of the wage distribution.     

基于相对竞争力比较的零售企业竞争力评价分析

通过对企业竞争力涵义的分析,构建了零售企业竞争力综合评价指标体系;利用功效系数法和综合评价的方法,通过与同行业其它零售企业竞争力比较和零售企业对自身竞争力评判的方式,建立零售企业的竞争力综合评价模型;使企业能够客观、正确地认识和评价企业自身竞争力,为其进一步提高自己市场竞争力提供科学有效的理论依据。     

东部沿海地区利用FDI能力比较研究

由于巨大的国内市场需求、有竞争力的“制造成本”以及入世后服务业领域的相继开放政策,中国已经成为全球外商直接投资的主要吸收国,但各地区在利用外资能力上表现很不平衡。如何评价各地区利用外资的能力,具有重要的政策含义。本文认为一个地区利用外资能力由其获取外资能力和运用外资能力两个层面决定。基于此,我们提出一套评估地区利用外资能力的指标体系,然后通过因子分析,对东部沿海地区8个省市利用FDI能力进行评估和比较。政策含义在于提升利用外资能力应当从获取外资能力和运用外资能力两个方面进行。     

社会收入信息系统与基尼系数测算结果的可信度研究

基尼系数作为衡量居民收入分配不均等程度的有效指标，其结果可信与否受到测算方法以及样本数据两个因素的影响。本文从居民收入样本数据角度出发，通过分析我国基尼系数测算结果与实际情况存在差异的现实及原因，认为提高基尼系数测算结果可信度的当务之急是构建一个能够真实全面反映居民各项收入情况的社会收入信息系统。