中国-新西兰自由贸易区的经济效应展望

未来的中国-新西兰自由贸易区是建立在双方良好的经贸关系及较强的互补性产业结构基础上的;借助于自由贸易区经济效应理论的基本分析框架及相关的经济学模型可以发现,这一双边自由贸易协定将会对两国产生显著的静态(主要包括贸易创造、福利增加和减少走私等)和动态(主要包括产出增长、生产力促进和投资创造等)经济效应。这种由南北国家共同组成的国际区域经济一体化模式必将有利于中新两国更充分地发挥各自植根于资源优势基础上的比较优势与竞争优势,最终达到共同繁荣之目的。     

农村基层社会治理创新路径探析 ——以崇州农业功能区"居站分离"为例

"居站分离"是我国社区管理体制改革的重要尝试。崇州市农村"居站分离"体制改革在改革背景、机构设置、试点区域、服务内容、服务群体、服务半径等层面呈现出不同于其他地区的六大特点,助推农村社区治理实现行政简化、有效自治、服务升级三大转变。深化"居站分离"改革必须在充分遵循三大原则的基础上,进一步汇聚思想共识、聚焦需求导向、突出能力建设、引导职能归位、注重宣传推广。     

世界三大湾区的跨域治理机构:模式分类与比较分析

跨域治理机构是因应和解决区域公共问题,协助政府开展跨域事务治理的不可或缺力量。世界三大湾区在长期的演进发展过程中,逐步建构生成了类型多样、功能各异的跨域治理机构。依据"类同度"和"依存度"两个分类维度,可以对世界三大湾区的跨域治理机构做不同的划分,识别出官方型、半官方型、专区型、协会型、商会型跨域治理机构。通过对五种模式的代表性机构的比较分析,总结其优缺点、共性与差异及适用性,进而找寻出对粤港澳大湾区跨域治理机构建设的几点启示:一是借鉴东京湾区经验,建立健全类同度和依存度都较高的官方型或半官方型跨域治理机构;二是吸收旧金山湾区和纽约湾区启示,创设类同度较低、依存度较高的协会型跨域治理机构;三是探索建设商界驱动的商会型跨域治理机构,从而形成以政府为核心、多元主体参与的大湾区跨域协作治理体系。     

Home mortgage lending by applicant race: Do HMDA figures provide a distorted picture?

Abstract

The Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 (HMDA) was designed to further fair access to mortgage credit and requires lenders to report such information as location, loan amount, income, and race and sex for each application. However, race is missing in a significant proportion of applications taken by mail or phone. Given the widespread use of HMDA data by lenders, community groups, researchers, and regulators and the importance of mortgage lending as a public policy issue, the strengths and shortcomings of these data must be clearly understood.

The main findings are that reported approval rates by race are significantly overstated for refinance and home improvement loans, while home purchase loans are little affected. A review of trends in how race is reported and in the technology of mortgage lending indicates that missing data on race will become a bigger and bigger problem in the near future.     

Housing discrimination is still worth worrying about

Abstract

Several scholars claim that racial and ethnic discrimination in housing is now relatively infrequent and has little impact on the lives of black and Hispanic households. They conclude that money spent on fair housing enforcement will do little or nothing to help people in these groups. This article examines these claims.

The article concludes that these claims are not consistent with the evidence, which shows that discrimination in housing is still a common experience for blacks and Hispanics and that the cost of discrimination is still high. Moreover, discrimination constrains the opportunities of people in these groups to go to good schools, to find jobs, and to accumulate home equity. Thus, improved enforcement of fair housing legislation not only promotes principles that are at the heart of our democracy but also attacks one pillar of the system that perpetuates large intergroup disparities in earnings and wealth.     

Accountability issues of the resolution trust corporation

Abstract

No other governmental organization ever created can rival the complex patterns of accountability created to manage the bailout of the savings and loan industry. This complexity has, in turn, led to criticism that the bailout structure is too unwieldy to be managerially effective or politically accountable. While the structure does indeed immensely complicate these problems, it is an inevitable product of the political realities that shaped the bailout strategy. The real issues in maintaining accountability to the public for the bailout are: reporting clearly on how the money is being used; improving Congress's ability to track the complex management of the bailout; and using government officials, not contractors, to supervise the government's goals. Indeed, the biggest potential problem of accountability in the savings and loan rescue is not the convoluted political structure at the top but the heavy reliance on private contractors at the bottom.     

《海域使用管理法》的修订与海域使用权制度的完善

我国《海域法》实施九年多来成绩斐然,但该法与其他法律之间仍然存在冲突,尤其是《物权法》颁布实施之后,《海域法》与现代物权法理论的矛盾更加突显,因此,有必要在《物权法》的架构下,全面梳理与完善《海域法》中对海域使用权制度的规定,修订内容主要涉及海域使用权的取得方式、登记制度、流转制度、海域使用权的终止与收回,以及与海域使用有关的其他权利类型等。     

论影响西部少数民族地区政治稳定的民族认同机制

民族认同机制由民族认同主体、民族认同客体和民族认同内容三要素组成;它在维护西部少数民族地区政治稳定方面发挥着十分重要的功能;要充分发挥民族认同机制在西部少数民族地区的政治稳定功能,就必须做好三个方面的工作：一是优化民族国家认同,奠定民族认同的血缘基础;二是优化民族关系认同,建立健全民族平等机制,搭建民族认同桥梁;三是优化民族自身认同,提升各少数民族自身综合素质。强化民族竞争力。     

贵州少数民族传统体育的流变与传承发展的理性思考

价值认同迷失,政府导向盲从、整理改造功利,主体参与人群流失,现代体育的冲击等是导致流变的主要因素。进行科学传承和有序规范,同时应立足于本土,放眼全球,走与"现代"互补的贵州特色之路,通过政府介入并依托节日和服务社会寻求自身发展是有效出路。     

论"从人到案"侦查模式

“从案到人”和“从人到案”是刑事侦查工作最基本的模式,但当前这两者发展不平衡,对推行“从人到案”侦查模式存在认识上的误区。强化“从人到案”侦查模式具有必然性,必须加强和规范刑事情报信息工作;组建和壮大情报信息专业分析工作队伍,建立和完善有效线索工作机制和专案侦查机制。