Potential economic impacts of zero thresholds for unapproved GMOs: The EU case

As the pipeline of new biotech crops has continued to expand, regulatory approvals of such crops across different countries have become less synchronized. As a result, some biotech crops can be cultivated in one or more countries but may not be approved for use in others. Under such circumstances, small amounts of unapproved biotech crops can be found in the food/feed supplies of some countries and under zero threshold policies they must be withdrawn and can lead to market disruptions. In this paper we examine the potential economic implications of regulatory asynchronicity and zero threshold policies for unapproved GMOs using the EU as a case study. To measure the potential economic impacts from possible trade disruptions between the EU and its major suppliers of soybeans, we develop a spatial equilibrium model and examine alternative scenarios where bilateral trade flows are set to zero. From our analysis we find that when asynchronous approvals become a systemic problem leading to trade disruptions with multiple trading partners the impacts can be severe. For instance, we find that if the EU were to stop imports from its three main suppliers the US, Brazil and Argentina, it would pay roughly 220% more for soybeans, 211% more for soybean meal and 202% more for soy oil.     

基于单片机的数据复用器研究

本文探讨的是一个两路的数据复用器，该数据复用器采用异步串行通信方式，主要用89C51单片机来实现，我们从硬件和软件两方面完成了数据复用器的设计与开发及调试，通过实际的安装，基本达到了该复用器的设计性能指标，它具有结构简单、体积小、传输数据可靠等特点。     

混沌扩谱CDMA的系统模型及其性能分析

混沌序列在具有很好随机性的同时,一些序列还具有KroneckerDelta自相关和近似正交的互相关特点,因此被认为是实现直序扩谱CDMA系统较理想的扩谱序列之一,成为近年来研究的热点。文中从异步DS-CDMA系统的模型入手,分析影响CDMA系统性能的关键问题,说明混沌扩谱CDMA系统的性能优点。为了实现混沌扩谱CDMA系统的数值仿真与性能验证,以切比雪夫映射产生的混沌序列为例进行混沌扩谱CDMA系统的性能分析,并与基于Gold和Kasami两种序列的传统DS-CDMA系统进行比较。     

突发信源模型存在的问题及其改进

在ＡＴＭ网络的流量控制问题的研究中，突发信源模型是一种被广泛采用的信源分析模型，然而，目前常用的突发信源模型并不完善，以致常常实际的队列分析。为此，本文提出了一种改进的突发信源模型，这种改进的模型不仅在理论上更加完善，而且更与情况相吻合。     

ATM交换中影响信元丢失性能内在因素的研究

本文首先建立ＡＴＭ交换中呼叫阻塞与信元丢失间的相关数学模型，然后通过数值计算和仿真结果，定量地给出了呼叫阻塞及其占有起伏对信元丢失性能产生的影响。     

On the asynchronous approvals of GM crops: Potential market impacts of a trade disruption of EU soy imports

Due to their high protein content, soybeans are important feedstuffs in the European Union (EU). However, the cultivation of soybeans using genetically modified (GM) varieties in non-EU countries is increasing and the EU authorization of GM products takes longer than in other countries, leading to an asynchronous approval between the EU and non-EU countries that might induce soybean trade disruptions. This paper uses an integrated modelling system to simulate Argentina, Brazil and the United States ending soybean exports to the EU. The impact on world trade and on the EU import prices of soy products is analysed with a computable general equilibrium model. EU soy imports are shown to decline, and the import price of soybeans in the EU increases. The effects on EU agricultural markets are analysed based on a partial equilibrium model. Feed costs in the EU are found to increase with poultry and pork the most affected: production and exports decline and imports increase. However, the effects of a trade ban are found to be less profound than in many other studies due to compensating substitution effects at various market levels: increasing imports from third countries, increasing domestic oilseed production and the use of other protein feeds.     

Markov Perfect equilibria in repeated asynchronous choice games

This paper examines the issue of multiplicity of Markov Perfect equilibria in alternating move repeated games. Such games are canonical models of environments with repeated, asynchronous choices due to inertia or replacement. Our main result is that the number of Markov Perfect equilibria is generically finite with respect to stage game payoffs. This holds despite the fact that the stochastic game representation of the alternating move repeated game is “non-generic” in the larger space of state dependent payoffs. We further obtain that the set of completely mixed Markov Perfect equilibria is generically empty with respect to stage game payoffs.     

异步码分多址系统的最优混沌二进制扩谱序列

2005年1月1日,纺织品配额在全球范围内的取消引来世界纺织品与服装行业进入"后配额时代"。中国虽然是纺织品服装的主要出口国,但面对扑面而来的包括SA8000和生态标准在内的各种绿色贸易壁垒,以及国内出口退税率的下调,中国的纺织企业不能盲目乐观,必须要在改进技术、增强社会责任、降低成本以及拓宽贸易方式等方面作出艰苦的努力。     

Asynchronous video interviews in the hospitality industry: Considerations for virtual employee selection

Hospitality organizations utilize a variety of selection tools to hire the best candidates. Traditionally, hospitality recruiters have relied on face-to-face interviews for choosing the most qualified candidates to represent the firm. While real-time Internet-based interviewing platforms are increasingly utilized among hospitality organizations, a cutting edge technology-based interviewing phenomenon has emerged: the use of asynchronous video interviews (AVIs). In order to conduct this modality of interviews, employers send text-based questions electronically and the candidate records his or her responses using a webcam via various proprietary software platforms. Following the promise of reduced costs and increased efficiencies, many organizations have adopted this modality of interviews; however, little research has been conducted regarding their effectiveness among both providers and users. Additionally, the appropriateness and alignment of AVI in the hospitality industry for the use of selecting service representatives should be investigated. In light of this, the present research examines the literature on interviewing modalities, predictive validity of selection tools, and electronic Human Resources and presents several propositions as well as an agenda for future research. Furthermore, the present research presents a conceptual model for AVI using the literature on electronic Human Resources as a backdrop.