Do special issues offer something special? An overview of research trends in Telecommunications Policy special issues

This study explores the value of special issues by analyzing the characteristics of special issues of Telecommunications Policy (TP). Specifically, this study examines the status of special issue publications, the characteristics of their articles compared with those of general issues, and the factors affecting article citations. For the analysis, all information on TP articles published from 1976 to 2018 was collected from the Scopus database. A comparative analysis as well as a negative binomial regression were conducted on papers published after 1994, when the first special issue was published. The results show that special issues are distinguished from general issues by various characteristics, such as multinational author collaboration, number of references, keywords, and funding. While general issue papers are more frequently cited in academia, special issue papers show better performance in terms of online captures and social media sharing. Moreover, the smaller number of variables affects the frequency of citations in the case of special issues, revealing that content and format are more influential than author factors.     

Easing the assessment of emerging technologies in technology observatories. Findings about patterns of dissemination of emerging technologies on the internet

This paper considers the Web as a big data container that can be used by Technology Observatories and administrations to track emerging issues and more specifically emerging technologies. It considers information that is available on the Internet for free from different sources, and proposes a framework that can be useful to characterise them and to detect patterns of dissemination. This framework is made up of 30 metrics obtained from different kinds of sources (general web, patents, scholars?…). Some of them are obtained directly as the number of hits retrieved by queries on a search engine, and other ones calculated by means of ratios. This paper contains the development of a complete case that utilises this framework to characterise emerging technologies included in the well-known Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, in this case the 2015 release¹ and to analyze patterns of dissemination of these technologies on the Internet.     

Debt Issue Costs and Issue Characteristics in the Market for U.S. Dollar Denominated International Bonds

This paper analyzes the issue costs and initial pricing of bonds in the international market. In particular, we investigate the determinants of three components of issue costs: underwriter fee, underwriter spread (the difference between the offering price and the guaranteed price to the issuer), and underpricing (the difference between the market price and the offering price). Total underwriter compensation increases with the bonds' credit risk and maturity, but it is insignificantly related to issue size. Interestingly, underwriters appear to price some issue characteristics directly (by adjusting the fee) and other characteristics indirectly (by setting the guaranteed price). The two compensation components (fee and spread) are negatively related to each other. We provide evidence that this trade-off is consistent with income tax considerations, as well as with two-tier pricing by underwriters. We find no evidence of underpricing.     

宝钢武钢“整体上市”异同探究

宝钢集团于2004年8月12日推出增发方案后股价大跌,与2003年11月18日武钢增发方案推出时的市场表现大相径庭。两者整体上市模式基本相同,为何反差如此之大?本文试图从其“增发方案是否存在让利”,“融资量是否为市场所容纳”,“拟收购资产是否高质量”三个方面找出其原因所在,也为当前欣欣然的“整体上市”热潮敲一下警钟。     

浅议我国股票发行制度改革及对券商的影响

本文论述了我国股票发行制度从额度审批制到核准制,又到保荐人制的演变过程及其影响。同时阐述了券商投行在新的保荐制度下的应对策略。     

中间选民理论在农民工市民化政策制定中的运用——基武汉市436位农民工的实证研究

The Median Voter Theory is an important theory in the neo-political economics. It can be applied to solve the collective choice paradox and analyze the policy making for the citizenization of peasant workers. Adopting the method of factor analysis, this paper makes an empirical study on peasant workers’ preference for citizenization. We find that there is a paradox of future residence preference and self-identification in peasant workers. On this basis, peasant workers are divided into 5 subgroups, and it is found that the median undecided peasant workers are the median voters. Based on the analysis of the median undecided peasant worker’s complaints and appeals, it is proposed that the country should strengthen the vocational training system, establish a social security system, expand the agricultural reform and promote educational reform to facilitate the citizenization of peasant workers. __________ Translated from Guanli Shijie 맜理世界 (Management World), 2007, (4): 40–67     

大连普兰店北部乡镇与日本同纬度地区资源开发的比较分析

文章基于文献研究以及大连市普兰店北部乡镇的农业发展现状，依照科学发展观的原理，分析了同纬度地区日本的农业资源开发模式，就我国目前的自然条件、农业生产状况、开发经营模式、开发利用效益、农业发展组织模式、化肥施用水平等方面与日本进行比较，为北部乡镇的资源开发和经济发展提供有益的启示。     

论新形势下农民合作社的作用和发展

农民合作社提高了农民的组织化程度，改变了单家独户进入市场的弱势地位，解决了农民进入市场的难题。农民合作社的作用主要表现为：促进农村经济的发展和农民收入的提高；有利于农民素质的提高，促进农村精神文明建设；促进农村的民主法制建设。在社会主义新农村建设的过程中，必须重视合作社的积极作用，减少合作社发展过程中的不利因素，扶持并规范合作社健康发展。     

陕西农村金融发展与农民收入增长实证分析

农村金融发展是推动农村经济增长、提高农民收入的重要因素。数据表明：陕西农村金融发展。没有支持现行农村金融发展促进农民收入增长的假设，现行经济发展战略和金融制度导致的陕西金融发展在结构和功能上与我省农村经济发展和农民收入增长实际需求问不协调。优化农村金融制度安排，促进农村正规金融的适应性改革，引导农村民问金融的规范成长。健全农村金融组织体系。重塑农村金融市场主体。方可实现农村金融和农村经济的协调发展。     

农民专业合作经济组织：认识、问题及对策

阐述了对农民专业合作经济组织认识上的偏差 ,剖析了其发展实践中存在的问题 ,提出了几点对策建议。