中国入世后对中泰贸易的影响

本文首先回顾中泰两国当前的贸易概况,然后分析了中国入世后对中泰两国之间贸易以及中泰两国与第三国之间贸易的影响,认为中国入世后泰国出口产品对中国出口会显著增加,中国与泰国的贸易逆差可能进一步扩大,泰国在短期内将从中获得较大利益。从长远来说,对中泰两国都有利,两国的经贸合作将得到进一步加强。     

寻找加快乌鲁木齐制造业、加工业发展的突破口

振兴乌鲁木齐制造业要从舆论造势；打造服务制造业和加工业的新平台；为制 造业和加工业从业者提供免费培训；加大科技三项费和项目前期费的投入；整合现有存量资 源，促进资源共享；切实减轻企业负担；建设发展制造业，加工业的项目库；建立特殊制造业、加 工业产品的补助基金等方面入手。     

State government purchases in a federalist economy

This paper empirically examines the impact of state government purchasing preference laws on expenditures and revenue of individual states. Purchasing preferences allow firms located within a state to win state contracts without being the low bidder. We find that states with purchasing preference laws spend 3% more in real terms per capita than other states. Evidence is found indicating that the preferences require revenue increases to fund them (the tax base does not rise sufficiently), and that there is some apparent taxpayer resistance to these preferences. This evidence is consistent with a coalition model of state government behavior because it indicates there is significant redistribution of income between groups within the state.We thank the Center for Public Policy at the University of Houston for financial support. This paper benefitted by comments received from Gordon Tullock and an anonymous referee.     

Thucydides on Ripeness and Conflict Resolution

Ripeness is the moment when parties to a conflict become willing to accept a settlement. It necessarily has a large subjective or psychological component. Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War may be viewed as a case study in ripeness, or its lack. Thucydides claims the conflict was foreordained to be a "great" war, meaning it could not be resolved before its cataclysmic end. His account of its origins reveals why this was so, and his presentation of select moments during the war constitute explorations of the obstacles to resolution. What Thucydides adds to the current literature on ripeness is a distinctive account of the psychology behind it.