Candidates' Ideological Locations,Abstention, and Turnout in U.S. Midterm Senate Elections

Many spatial models of voting suggest that citizens are more likely to abstain when they feel indifferent toward the candidates or alienated from them. In presidential elections, previous research offers evidence that alienation and indifference affect individuals' probabilities of voting. We find evidence that indifference and alienation also affect the decision to vote in midterm Senate elections, a context not previously explored. These individual-level effects imply that candidates' ideological locations should influence aggregate turnout by affecting the proportions of citizens who feel indifferent toward or alienated from the candidates. Our aggregate-level analysis supports this (at least in contests featuring two previous and/or future members of Congress). Our findings underscore the importance of the electoral context for understanding citizen behavior and suggest that elections featuring at least one centrist candidate may be normatively appealing since they stimulate participation.     

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。     

Mexicans react to electoral fraud and political corruption: an assessment of public opinion and voting behavior

Despite various electoral reforms enacted in Mexico between 1988 and 1994, large numbers of Mexicans doubted the honesty of elections and the general integrity of their country's policy making process. Such doubts did not automatically lead, however, to support for opposition parties that called for greater democratization. Rather, voter preferences were largely dependent on judgments about the opposition's viability and competence. Widespread suspicions about fraud and corruption in Mexico did affect electoral outcomes by making it less likely that potential opposition supporters turned out to vote. Data are drawn from seven national public opinion surveys conducted in Mexico in 1986, 1988, 1991, 1994 (3 polls), and 1995.     

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。     

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。     

Dog Whistles and Democratic Mandates

Manipulative mixed messages from candidates to voters affect what governments are entitled to do in office. A party that wins an election gains a 'mandate to rule'. But there is a second type of mandate: a 'policy mandate' to enact specific policy proposals central to the winning party's campaign. Mixed-message politics in general can undermine policy mandates, and the use of 'dog whistle politics' - telling one group of voters one thing, while allowing or encouraging another group to believe another - makes the inferring of policy mandates especially problematic. Referendums provide only a partial remedy to dog whistle politics. Winning a clear policy mandate means forgoing dog whistle politics, despite the short term electoral advantage they may deliver.     

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.     

论法律全球化的实现

法律全球化在学术界是一个颇有争议的问题。然而,作为经济全球化在法律方面的必然反映,法律全球化的发展已是势不可挡。文章分析了法律全球化的内涵、实现条件及对我国社会发展所带来的影响,认为我们应顺应历史潮流,化解不利因素,为推动法律全球化良好运行作出自己的贡献。