循环经济:从超前性理念到体系和制度创新

由于对循环经济缺乏足够认识 ,现行经济运行体系中缺少按物质流向构造的循环链 ,制度基础中又少有促进循环经济发展的激励、约束机制 ,造成我国循环经济建设还更多地停留在超前性理念层次上。在统一认识的基础上 ,实现体系和制度创新 ,是全面推动循环经济建设 ,使其成为国民经济发展常态的关键     

再论战后日本经济体制的特征、问题及改革--对战后日本经济体制的历史学分析

学术界普遍认为,日本当代经济体制是为适应日本战后的经济环境、经战后改革而形成的,这种观点值得商榷.本文指出近些年来,强调日本战时经济体制是战后经济体制的原型,认为二者的关系是未经战后改革而割断的"持续"关系,已成为一股强劲的学术潮流,传统观点已遭到动摇.本文还提出了日本经济体制的几项特征,对这些特征逐项进行了扼要的历史考察,并论述了日本战时经济体制的历史作用,以及当今日本的改革所面临的根本问题.     

国际经济关系中的特殊行为体--跨国公司

跨国公司是除国家以外重要的行为主体之一;在母国和东道国这两个宏观主体之间起着“粘合剂”的作用;国家间经济关系实际是跨国公司的内部交易。跨国公司不仅促进了各国之间的经济往来,也加剧了同东道国之间的矛盾;使国家间的经济关系呈现不平衡状态;跨国公司使行为主体间的经济关系和利益关系复杂化了。跨国公司在追求全球经济利益的过程中正在不断地调整和变化自己的政策和策略。     

多维视角下的中国国际地位分析

本文从GDP相关指标(传统GDP、绿色GDP和人文GDP)的排名、综合国力排名、国际竞争力排名、经济强国指数排名、《财富》全球500强企业数量排名等多个视角对中国国际地位进行了比较全面的分析。其中,经济强国指数研究是我们在国际比较领域的新尝试,该研究借鉴了综合国力评估、国际竞争力评价和人类发展指数等相关研究的理论和方法,通过深入分析国际权威数据库,设计了一套比较完整的经济强国指标体系,并计算得出各级各层经济强国指数。     

开放性厦-金自由经济区：两岸经济一体化的一个现实选择

两岸经济制度性一体化是当前两岸经济发展形势的呼唤,但受到当前两岸政治关 系的严重约束。两岸应在遵守WTO规则基础上积极探索能够突破政治僵局约束的一体化路径。 借鉴近年来国际上次区域经济合作的成功经验,在“小三通”等现实基础条件上,两岸先行共 建开放性厦-金自由经济区,既可顺应经济全球化与一体化深化发展的趋势与要求,更是当前 两岸经济制度性一体化的一个现实选择。     

经济转轨后的波兰经济

20世纪,波兰进行了政治和经济上的一系列变革,包括私有化、劳动力市场、对外贸易、外国直接投资等四方面,这种转轨总体方向是市场化,民主化,融入世界经济,加入欧盟。波兰的经济转轨过程相对于其他东欧国家是比较成功的,但失业率过高和对外贸易赤字过大等问题仍是波兰经济发展的主要矛盾。     

维多利亚时期英国城市的娼妓问题

维多利亚时期的一个典型特征就在于它严厉的性道德观,对性采取一种压抑的态度。然而,在贞洁被人们所顶礼膜拜的时候,娼妓的队伍却是十分庞大的。这种相悖的社会现象的产生有着其特殊的社会背景,同时也给社会造成了一定程度的影响。     

调整税收政策，加快西部地区经济发展

实施西部大开发战略,需要税收的支持。我国现行的税收政策存在着制约西部地区经济发展的因素,西部大开发税收优惠政策也没有发挥出它应有的作用。因此,要使西部地区经济得到更快的发展,就必须调整现行部分税收政策、完善税收优惠政策、进行税收制度创新,如制定限制性税收政策和试行生态税收制度,形成完整的区域性税收政策。     

Is there a relationship between election outcomes and perceptions of personal economic well-being? A test using post-election economic expectations

Do individuals believe that an election victory by their favored candidate will improve their personal economic well-being? Previous work has either adopted an approach that is not well suited to determining this relationship, or ignored this question to focus on perceptions of macroeconomic conditions. In this paper we adopt a new approach that allows us to determine the relationship individuals perceive between elections and personal economic welfare, examining the relationship between vote choice, the election outcome, and post-election expectations for personal economic well-being. We find that economic individualism plays an important role in shaping the relationship individuals perceive between election outcomes and their personal economic well-being. Individuals who reject economic individualism do perceive a relationship, with those viewing an election outcome as favorable more optimistic in their expectations for personal economic well-being than those who view the election outcome as unfavorable. Conversely, election outcomes do not influence the expectations of economic individualists.     

Caribbean electricity restructuring: an assessment

This article assesses the privatisation of the electricity sector in two Caribbean countries, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, to determine if they have been successful and whether they have contributed benefits to the respective societies. Two general methods are applied in assessing the success of the divestments; attainment of governments' stated objectives and commonly used utility performance metrics together with social and customer focus indicators. The results indicate that the stated objectives were broadly achieved, and the privatisation and its attempts brought benefits to the consumers and the society in general. The short to medium term benefits were accrued through lower labour costs per unit of electricity, higher performance of plant and operations and business led decision‐making. Long‐term benefits are accrued through the reduction or elimination of electricity supply deficits. However, although the basic privatisations were successful, the absence of an adequate regulatory framework in one case may have reduced the quantum of benefits through failure to enforce continuous improvement in the privatised generation company, and reductions in worker rents in the public distribution company. Further, benefits were reduced by long divestment processes, accompanying strategic drift, opportunity costs from delayed sale proceeds and efficiency enhancement, and the costs to sustain interim operations. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.