Influence and the Referee Process

This study examines the influence the referee process has on the development of economic thought. It examines the practices, principles, theories, and methodology involved in the referee process and the development of economic thought. It finds that the complaints against it are difficult, if not impossible, to measure. It identifies a central problem with the referee process, the use of citations to measure both influence and quality. It concludes with a proposal for a different and broader citation index and a call to change the dependence of many decisions on the use of citations.Version 1 of paper given at the Erfurt Conference on Academic Publishing, December 12, 2003     

“污染者负担原则”的法理分析

环境危机直接催生了环境保护与环境法,针对环境污染者的责任追求问题,随着对环境问题的认识不断深化最终演进为"污染者负担原则".这一原则的确立是与环境侵权的特点紧密联系的.如果试着对环境侵权的"污染者负担原则"作出法经济学分析有利于我们更好地理解其实质和重要性,而一些具体的制度安排则有力保障了"污染者负担原则"的落实和发挥实效.     

经济领域性别平等与妇女发展指标研究与应用

平等分享经济资源和经济发展的成果是妇女生存发展的重要条件。本文以对中国社会经济就业领域性别平等发展目标和优先问题的讨论为依据,借鉴国内外常用的经济性别平等监测评估指标研究成果,研究构建了评估经济领域性别平等与妇女发展指标框架和重点指标,并利用1995-2004年数据对全国和各地区经济性别平等状况进行了初步评估。     

西方经济分析法学在中国

经济分析法学坚持效率应当被看作是法律的基本价值 ,法律的效益价值理论和经济分析方法是法学研究理论领域和方法论上的重大突破 ,经济分析法学对我国市场经济条件下的法治建设具有重要意义。     

经济学的"忧郁"和可持续发展

经济学的“忧郁”是指以李加图、马尔萨斯、马寅初等为代表的一批经济学家对经济可持续发展的一种早期的“忧患”意识。虽然他们的理论在不同时期都不同程度地遭受过人们的误解甚至是批判 ,但他们的理论却揭示出人类社会可持续发展过程中将会遇到的最根本的问题即人口、资源和环境等问题。因此 ,对经济的可持续发展具有奠基的作用和震撼的意义。     

马克思主义经济学的人文关怀与人的全面发展

人自身素质的提高和全面是社会发展目标和发展价值的一个重要组成部分。资本主义生产方式在促进人的普遍流动和发展人的能力的同时，又使人成为市场体系的附属物。马克思正是出于对人和人类劳动的深切关怀，在阐述经济社会发展时一再强调：这一历史过程就是要实现“人的解放”，实现人的个性的全面发展。     

The Informational Role of the Arbitration Clause

We analyse the role of an arbitration clause as a quality signal. We model a contractual relationship between one buyer and two sellers, one of which offers a high-quality product, the other a low-quality product. With a certain probability, the product is defective. The sellers have the choice of either taking the case to court if the product is defective, or including an arbitration clause in which case an arbitrator determines the indemnity payment. Under some conditions, only the high-quality seller offers an arbitration clause, which then serves as a quality signal.     

论犯罪经济学的研究对象及其与相邻学科的关系

犯罪经济学的研究对象一般由两大内容构成 :一是犯罪人犯罪的原因 ,二是犯罪的社会预防和控防对策。犯罪经济学的基本学术观点包括 :犯罪人与普通人没有本质差别 ;刑罚威慑犯罪 ;保留死刑 ;提倡多用罚金刑 ;广泛采用辩诉交易。犯罪经济学的相邻学科很多 ,主要涉及的有经济学、犯罪社会学和犯罪文化学等几种。     

The Evolution of a Fiscal Constitution When Individuals are Theoretically Uncertain

In contrast to the contractarian approach to constitutional economics, we follow Voigt (1999) in assuming that constitutional rules are closely connected to informal institutions and that their evolution is a matter of interest group activity and implicit re-interpretation. We add to this the assumption of theoretical uncertainty of individuals regarding the working properties of constitutional rules. Collective learning processes are considered as the third driving force of constitutional evolution, and at the same time as the source of path-dependencies which allow suboptimal constitutions to persist. Finally, it is argued that direct legislation offers more protection than a written fiscal constitution.