Eurasian integration: elite perspectives before and after the Ukraine crisis

A European scholar explores the changing dynamics of integration processes within the Eurasian Customs/Economic Union in the new context created by the Ukraine crisis. The article examines positions adopted by member states Russia, Kazakhstan, and Belarus before and after onset of the crisis in Ukraine. Several rationales for justifying the Union are derived from international relations theory and documented in the rhetoric of actors from these three countries. The evolution of conflicting rhetorical postures mirrors a slowdown of the Eurasian integration process and growth in the bargaining leverage of Belarus and Kazakhstan vis-à-vis Moscow.     

Economic growth and military spending in South Africa

This study applies a statistical model to examine the overtime relationship between military expenditure and economic growth in South Africa. The model is based on a neoclassical production function, and is developed and estimated for the time period 1950 to 1985. The results indicate that the size effects of military expenditure on economic growth are negative, while the externality effects of military spending are positive. In addition, decreasing foreign investment and increasing domestic unrest are found to have negative impacts on GDP growth. Labor employment is positively related to growth, but non‐white labor is more strongly significant than white labor. These results are consistent with previous cross‐section studies that find some evidence for positive and negative effects of military spending on economic growth.     

对发展经济与减少排放问题的理性思考

在发展经济与减少排放问题上,目前有两种错误的倾向,一种是只顾经济增长,不顾环境保护;另一种是只强调生态环境,而忽视经济发展。在这一问题上唯一正确的观点是坚持辩证思维,全面贯彻落实科学发展观,强调发展要以人为本,一切发展都要符合人民的根本利益,同时要统筹人与自然和谐发展,正确处理好经济建设与资源利用、生态环境保护的关系,把"资源节约型和环境友好型"社会作为我国现代化建设的重要目标。     

对泉州建设海西制造业基地的思考

目前,泉州正处在重要的发展机遇期,其建设海西先进制造业基地的总体趋势较好。但是存在着制造业产业结构偏轻、产业层次偏低、融资体制市场化改革滞后、制造业技术创新能力薄弱、企业分工机制尚未形成和产业集群关联效应弱等诸多问题。需要从加强闽台两岸产业对接及区域合作、推动制造业转型升级和提高自主创新能力、不断优化制造业发展环境、构建海西先进制造业金融支持体系、促进制造业的有序整合与空间集聚等几方面入手加快推进。     

两岸ECFA下厦门经济特区对台先行先试问题探讨

两岸ECFA一方面将为厦门经济特区对台经贸交流合作拓展内容与政策空间,另一方面又必将压缩特区对台经贸交流合作先行先试的内容与政策空间,相对削弱特区对台政策优势,影响到特区对台经贸关系的拓展,进而影响到特区自身建设与发展。无论是从顺利推进两岸经贸活动自由化与经济一体化的需要角度看,还是从贯彻落实《国务院关于支持福建省加快建设海峡西岸经济区的若干意见》、继续发挥特区在两岸经济交流合作中的先行先试作用等角度看,ECFA下特区对台进一步先行先试,有其现实意义与必要性。基本思路与原则是,特定的自由化与一体化的内容在两岸整体层面尚不具备条件推进的,或需要在特定区域试验探索经验的,可以在特区先行先试。实践中,可把厦门经济特区建设成为＂厦门自由经济区＂,在推进两岸整体层面的经贸活动自由化与经济一体化的进程中,可根据当时的两岸经济条件与两岸经济关系发展需要,在两岸货物贸易自由化、两岸服务贸易自由化、两岸投资自由化与便利化等方面,先行先试某些正在商谈或将要商谈的自由化与一体化内容。     

区域联动执法的理论基础研究

区域联动执法伴随着区域经济合作的兴起而出现,联动执法的兼容性和协调性克服地区差异弊端,成为区域合作的主要保障手段之一。区域联动执法是一定区域内的广义的联合执法行动,是不同地区间针对区域内共同事务所采取的一种联合执法方式。区域联合执法过程应当秉持公平、公正、秩序、为民等理念,确保法律权威性和正当性。我国区域经济发展中的联动执法是经济与政治的双重选择,也就是说这是一种以市场为主导,以政策为后盾,以区域内不同行政机关为联动主体的横主纵辅的区域合作。     

Extending the rational choice model from the economy to society

That the extension of the rational choice model beyond the economy to all society can finally lead to integration of social theory is often claimed by the model’s advocates. The underlying assumption is that this model is valid for both the economy and society, in the form of an economic approach to, or a utilitarian paradigm of, all social behaviour. The meta-theoretical presupposition or injunction that agents are (should be) profit-seekers or utility-optimizers is therewith given the mission to integrate and ‘save’ contemporary social science. However, such extensions of the rational choice model from the economy to society neglect the fact that this presupposition has been partly mitigated and compromised within economics itself. If so, then suspicion is strong that the rational choice model would be even less appropriate for the other social sciences and thus fall short of achieving its self-designated role of integration of social theory. The conclusion of an interdisciplinary analysis drawing both from economics and sociology is that rational choice is far from being an integrative model of the economy and society.     

淮海经济区核心区经济联系测度与发展策略研究

该文运用中心职能指数和空间隶属关系对淮海核心区城市进行等级划分,运用重力模型对淮海核心区的经济联系进行测度,据此分析区域内城市经济辐射与空间结构。结果表明,目前淮海核心区形成了纵向联系为主轴的空间结构,城市等级尚不清晰。然后通过区位商的比较分析,确定了淮海核心区各城市的比较优势产业。最后提出淮海核心区促进经济发展、加快一体化建设的策略。     

北部湾经济区的建立对广西高职高专大学英语教学的启示

北部湾经济区的开发，对广西高职高专大学英语教学模式提出了新的挑战。提出“英语＋专业”，是适应北部湾经济发展需要的复合型人才培养模式。     

中国与海湾合作委员会国家经济关系探析

与海合会国家的经济关系在中国与中东国家经济关系中占有重要地位。中国经济的快速发展增加了对能源的需求,而海合会国家经济以能源为支柱产业的特点决定了其经济发展需要稳定的能源市场。能源合作成为双方经济合作的核心,并通过双边贸易、投资和工程承包得以体现。能源关系的发展推动了贸易、投资和工程承包合作的发展,使双方经济合作规模不断扩大。保持和发展中国与海合会国家双边经济关系,促进石油美元的顺利回流,在增加从海合会进口石油的同时保持国际收支的基本平衡以及保持稳定的石油进口,有利于促进中国经济的良性运行。中国与海合会国家经济关系发展前景广阔。