Trust in the leadership of governors and participatory governance in Tokyo Metropolitan Government

This article examines the relationship between the trust in leadership of political leaders and citizen participation by analysing data on Tokyo residents. Among the four variables we used to designate types of, or attitudes towards, public participation, only actual participation has a positive influence on trust. The normative recognition of participation is associated with a critical attitude towards the government. As the unclear needs of citizens have the greatest impact on trust, citizens’ trust is built through relationships between citizens and not between citizens and their government. The importance of positive actions from the local government such as public officials and political leaders that stimulate citizen awareness to the point where citizens take interest in public administration, practice participation, and enlarge participation opportunities, is increasing. We also need to consider the limitations of citizen ability to understand public issues and reflection of their needs, and the limitations of participatory governance on the decision-making process.     

The effects of fiscal decentralisation on the strength of political budget cycles in local expenditure

In this article we analyse the effects of political business cycles and fiscal decentralisation on the expenditure categories of Polish municipalities. We find convincing evidence demonstrating the impact of strong political business cycles in almost all expenditure categories, particularly for the categories of expenditure relevant to electoral success, such as infrastructure and social programmes. We find evidence that transfers to municipalities increase the strength of the electoral cycle.     

人均财政卫生支出比较分析

通过对历年人均财政卫生支出、不同地区人均财政卫生支出、城乡人均财政卫生支出直接和间接的比较分析,发现：全国人均财政卫生支出快速、不稳定增长,地区间人均财政卫生支出差距大与地区内部不均衡并存,城乡医疗卫生资源配置失衡.因此,在继续加大人均财政卫生投入比例的同时,要注重缓解地区间、地区内部、城乡间人均财政卫生支出的非均衡、不公平现象,最终实现财政卫生支出的总量适度,结构合理.     

Main operational issues of medium term budget plan： The case of Albanian Ministry of Defence

This article is mainly concerned with some technical issues of preparing the medium term budget plan （MTBP） in Republic of Albania. This is a period of three years into the future. A period of three years is the right period for some realistic planning. Planning for one year only is not realistic planning, because decisions taken in one year will have consequences for later years. In Albania, there are a number of policy development processes, for example those related to the government programme, the sector and national strategy process and European integration process. The medium term budget programme seeks to complement other policy processes by drawing on their results and linking the associated policy objectives explicitly to expenditure programmes in a formal management process. Albanian Government is adopting an international sample of composing a good MTBP, so we found a very interesting research on this topic. The article is composed of three lines： The first part, named as ＂introduction＂, treats the work done by Albanian Government in preparing MTBP document; second part deals with main components of MTBP document prepared by an Albanian Ministry （14 in total）; while the third part refers to an MTBP for a programme taken as an example at the Albanian Ministry of Defence.     

'Sharing the Proceeds of Growth': Conservative Economic Policy under David Cameron

Upon becoming Conservative leader, David Cameron, and his Shadow Chancellor, George Osborne, initially sought to compete with Labour by pledging increased expenditure on education and the NHS, and thereby insisting that tax cuts would have to wait. Rather than cutting taxation overall, the emphasis was on restructuring and simplifying Britain's tax system, and shifting the burden towards the better off, mainly thorough promoting environmental taxes. However, the economic collapse at the end of 2008 has prompted the Conservatives to modify this new economic stance, by insisting that they will no longer match Labour's planned increases in public expenditure, but, instead, will increase it at a lower rate. This is intended to reduce the need to increase government borrowing during the recession, and thereby ensure that when the economy recovers, the proceeds of economic growth can be shared between higher public expenditure and lower taxation, rather than being spent on repaying government debt for many years ahead.     

私营企业农民工问题与企业社会工作

农民工问题最主要集中于私营企业中,从企业的层面介入农民工问题是破解农民工问题的重要方法。在私营企业里应大力开展企业社会工作以满足农民工的各种需求,达到解决农民工问题的目的。     

公共安全支出对陆疆国防支出影响的实证研究——基于陆疆9省(区)的面板数据

以陆疆9省(区) 2007-2016年国防支出与公共安全支出的面板数据作为样本数据,采用最大似然估计方法对短面板数据进行了随机效应回归分析,结果发现,公共安全支出对陆疆9省(区)国防支出具有显著性作用,陆疆经济发展水平制约着陆疆国防支出。公共安全支出与陆疆国防支出呈现负相关关系。陆疆安全稳定在一定程度上受到了城乡差距的影响。地方财政支出与国防支出的关系为正,财政支出的增加能为国防支出提供更多支持,但并不显著,说明地方财政支出对国防支出影响因子较小,国防支出在陆疆安全上有一个比较稳定的投入,也印证了陆疆国防支出与地方经济发展的关系。陆疆国防支出的增加对犯罪率的下降有促进作用,社会犯罪行为是陆疆另一个社会稳定影响的因素,一些国际犯罪、宗教类犯罪行为会影响陆疆国防安全。     

房价上涨的途径——财政、人口与预期的再验证

在国家“六稳”、“六保”的政策目标下，稳定房价具有较大现实意义。基于中国267个地级市2006-2018年的面板数据，通过联立方程模型实证研究地方财政支出、人口迁移以及预期对房价的影响。结果显示，市场对房价上涨的预期是推升房价上涨的主要因素，此外，全国层面的房价受到地方财政支出资本化的正向作用，东、中部地区房价受到人口迁移数量的显著影响，西部地区房价受到第三产业占比的支撑。因此，稳定房价的关键途径是维持购房者的市场信心，确保人口流入有助稳定东、中部地区房价?确保第三产业发展则是 稳定西部房价的重要途径。     

积极老龄化离我们有多远——基于老年人精神需求的思考与探索

随着经济社会的发展,我国养老的核心问题已从解决贫困和物质匮乏转变为如何满足老年人的精神需求。积极老龄化的精髓和核心即是社会参与,主动积极的社会参与有助于老年人获得尊敬和尊严,感受生命的价值和意义。然而,负面的老化刻板印象、消极特征取向的涉老研究,阻碍了积极老龄化的推进,不利于老年人精神需求的满足。基于对老龄化困境、老化刻板印象、精神需求内涵等方面的分析,可以得出,在新时代脱贫攻坚目标任务如期完成的社会背景下,建构城市养老与乡村振兴的“双赢”机制,利用美丽乡村的环境优势和闲置住房,助力城市养老,同时发挥城市老人的智力优势和知识技能,添翼乡村振兴,不但有助于解决乡村振兴的人才瓶颈,更重要的是满足老年人自我实现等高层次的精神需求。     

促进共同富裕的财政政策选择

推动共同富裕对于经济增长具有重要意义,并会产生深远的社会影响。促进共同富裕进程中财 政政策作用的发挥及政策选择值得关注。研究认为,共同富裕既要实现总体富裕,也要高度重视合理的收入分 配。推进共同富裕要在保持宏观经济稳定、可持续增长的基础上实现收入分配公平,群体之间收入分配要做到“抬 低、扩中、限高”,实现东北、东部、中部、西部区域均衡发展,实现农村共同富裕,实现精神和物质共同富裕。 研究建议,应积极拓展完善税收、支出和社会保障三大财政政策,推动实现共同富裕。