信息产业发展对于甘肃省总体经济发展贡献水平分析

本文通过对国内外信息产业发展的分析比较,着重讨论了甘肃省信息产业发展的情况,并分析了与甘肃省国民经济发展的适应性,讨论了信息产业对于经济发展的贡献水平,提出了甘肃省信息产业发展中应该重视的问题。     

司法公正与诉讼效率之关系刍议

司法公正和诉讼效率是审判工作的永恒主题。实现司法公正和诉讼效率是一个系统工程 ,需要在观念上摆正两者的关系 ,处理好审判监督程序、审判业务管理、司法监督与司法公正和诉讼效率的关系。     

Segmentation of Homebuyers by Location Choice Preferences

Edmonton, Alberta, has been experiencing rapid population growth and its associated housing pressures for the past decade. Municipalities like Edmonton are attempting to promote compact, transit-oriented, and infill housing development with policy while accommodating large increases in a population that may demand traditional suburban housing options. This article examined homebuyers’ opinions and preferences regarding their home location choice and found three distinct segments of homebuyers. These segments were established using a Q methodology to group homebuyers by their shared opinions as opposed to traditional sociodemographic or socioeconomic variables. These groups illustrate different perspectives regarding the everyday transportation choices, home attributes, and neighborhood predilections that comprise a home location choice. The identification of these groups of homebuyers provides insights for municipalities attempting to attract and retain citizens in redeveloped housing areas and assists to dissuade greenfield sprawling development.     

Determinants and Evaluation of Local Energy‐Efficiency Initiatives from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

This article examines variation in local‐level energy‐efficiency grants and corresponding initiatives from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) in the United States. The analysis is based upon a hurdle model of counts of energy‐efficiency grants received by 348 local governments that received these grants from 2009 to 2013, as well as 348 matched local governments that did not receive such funds. City‐level characteristics including amount of federal financial support, per capita income, signaling of preferences for sustainability policies, manufacturing, and political influences are shown to be empirically important determinants of variation in local energy‐efficiency initiatives. The evidence suggests that all else held equal, the $21.8 billion in ARRA funds expended with the intent of increasing local energy‐efficiency programs and policies successfully led to this end.     

The relationship between competition and efficiency of waste-collection services in the Czech Republic

This paper examines the role of the competition on the waste-collection market. Based on the case study of the Czech Republic, we evaluate the influence of competition intensity on supply side of the market on efficiency of waste-collection services. The rate of competition was approximated by the number of submitted bids to public tenders and efficiency was measured by per capita expenditures for municipal waste-collection services. We developed two regression models – the first model verified a competitive effect on the public procurement market for the provision of waste-collection services; the second model identified factors that affected municipal expenditures for waste-collection services per capita. We concluded that the competition in the waste-collection market increases by organising open tenders for suppliers at regular intervals, by adapting the duration of contracts to economic life of fixed assets, by sustaining pressure on service providers through a change in suppliers or the distribution of contracts among jurisdictions.     

Inter-municipal cooperation,economies of scale and cost efficiency: an application of stochastic frontier analysis to Dutch municipal tax departments

Inter-municipal cooperation is increasingly popular in European countries. Saving cost is a key motivation. This paper analyses the relation between inter-municipal cooperation and cost efficiency among Dutch municipal tax departments between 2005 and 2012. Motivated by the notion that cost savings are ascribed to scale economies, the relation between cooperation and cost is modelled explicitly through scale. The size of the cooperation is incorporated as a determinant of cost efficiency. The results indicate that inter-municipal cooperation can contribute to reducing cost and that the relation can be explained by scale. Municipalities or cooperations sized around 10,000 inhabitants are estimated up to 30% inefficient. At 60,000 inhabitants, the benefits of scaling are largely exhausted. Other than through scale, municipalities that cooperate are not estimated to operate significantly more or less efficient.     

中国公务员绩效薪酬改革前瞻

为提高公务员和行政组织的效率,中国有必要实施公务员绩效薪酬改革。实施绩效薪酬符合功绩制的要求,可以有效破除官僚主义、提高行政效率以及革除"官本位"思想观念,但在实施过程中,也面临着绩效考核指标难以准确界定,绩效考核过程和结果难以做到客观公正,不利于团队协作精神的发扬以及损害公务员的内在工作动机和行政机构的公共使命等一系列困难和问题。可以通过准确确定绩效薪酬改革的方向,合理限定绩效薪酬实施的范围,恰当规定绩效薪酬实施的比例与方式等措施,妥善处理和有效克服上述困难和问题。     

治理现代化视野下机关事务管理创新:从制度优势到治理效能

作为保障机关有序运行的重要制度设定,机关事务管理面多事杂任重,创新机关事务管理是实现从“制度优势”转向“治理实效”的重要一环。实现机关事务管理现代化,其本质是从“广度”到“深度”的深刻转变:新时代下的机关事务不再仅仅强调业务广度方面上的面面俱到,更期望其能在强化政府自身建设、优化政府职能等更深层面扮演积极角色。改革开放以来,我国不断推进机关事务领域改革,不仅仅是对其职能的不断调整,其本质在于对宏观行政体制变革的主动回应与渐进调试,是国家治理体系建构中的重要一环,并在此过程中逐渐形成职能现代化、体制法治化、行为职业化、能力智慧化等制度优势。基于行政管理要素构成的分析视角,职能体系、职权范围、管理体制、人力资源都将是创新机关事务管理的必要路径。     

重构我国监事会制度

从公司治理的法律价值目标角度分析 ,保障公司长远利益最大化的两个重要因素是效率和安全。公司结构在实务操作中的严重扭曲及监事会立法规范本身的缺陷是我国监事会弱化的原因。重构我国监事会制度的三点建议。     

再议我国刑事普通程序简化审

刑事普通程序简化审程序是具有中国特色的有罪答辩程序 ,该程序迎合了当今国际刑事诉讼立法的发展趋势 ,在我国无论从理论上还是从实践上都具备构建的必要性和合理性 ,同时 ,还必须建立相应的配套机制 ,真正实现公正和效率两大诉讼目标。