A meta-analysis of the pique technique of compliance

A random-effects meta-analysis was undertaken to examine the effectiveness of the pique technique of compliance-gaining. Results indicated an overall significant effect of the pique technique on increased compliance rate across 17 comparisons (r = .27). Moderator analyses showed the technique worked significantly better than controls in gaining compliance when a smaller amount was requested, when the reason for the request was included, and when the technique was used in France. In addition, the pique technique was more successful than control requests in terms of the total amount of money or time given by participants and the percentage of participants inquiring about the requests. Theoretical and practical implications for the success of pique technique are discussed for future research.     

Getting There: The Unfolding Potential of Psychoanalysis, A Personal View

Even though psychoanalysis has the potential to free the mind it can also (however unwittingly) be used to bind it. This paradoxical tendency is especially noticeable in some psychoanalytic trainings, when students can be under pressures to comply with accepted theory and practice and, in some cases, to toe the line in their training analysis and/or in their supervised cases. We therefore have to be increasingly mindful of the ways in which our training of psychoanalytic students can foster a false extension of psychoanalysis, by which the practitioner can become bound to a theory rather than be freed by it.     

论产品责任法中的符合强制性标准抗辩

强制性标准是生产者生产产品必须遵循的标准.符合强制性标准抗辩是指产品符合强制性标准导致伤害时,生产者可减轻或免除赔偿责任.强制性标准与侵权诉讼标准各有千秋,而中国法院对强制性标准的盲目崇拜,使其赋予符合强制性标准抗辩较高的证据效力.法院对强制性标准的尊重实质上是对立法和司法权力的尊重,但这会导致产品符合强制性标准又致害时,受害人无法获得救济.中国法院应适当降低符合强制性标准抗辩的地位,使其既能维护受害人的权益又能鼓励生产者研发新产品.     

"实质一致"能否作为信用证审单原则——金融类重点教材《国际结算》部分观点质疑

信用证业务的关键环节是单据审核,审单原则如何把握关乎信用证项下的外贸交易能否顺利、能否成功.金融类重点教材<国际结算>把"实质一致"也列为一项审单准则.本文从信用证结算方式的原理、国际惯例以及我国的国际贸易实践等几个方面,对这种观点提出质疑,指出教材所引用的案例不但不足为据,反而恰恰证明了"实质一致"的提法在认识上的片面性和非理性."严格一致"才是审单的唯一原则.     

企业会计准则强制实施制度效率的二元分析

将会计准则强制实施制度与会计准则执行行为直接联结,以期望效用理论和前景理论为指导,从会计准则强制实施制度对企业会计准则执行效用和遵从心理影响两个角度,分析强制实施制度威慑风险下企业会计准则的执行决策,剖析强制实施制度的作用机理和局限性;采用比较分析和调查研究方法分析了我国强制实施制度低效率的原因。最后,提出完善我国企业会计准则强制实施机制的建议。     

Child Support Obligations and Low‐Income Fathers

Using the 1994–1998 waves of the Current Population Survey—Child Support Supplement (N =5,387), the aims of this study are to document child support obligation rates of nonresident fathers, to examine the effect of the obligation rate on child support compliance, and to calculate the trade‐off between fathers’ financial responsibility and children's well‐being, paying particular attention to low‐income fathers. The results indicate that low‐income fathers have high child support obligation rates, which significantly reduce their child support compliance. Although lowering the obligation rate for these fathers may improve their compliance, it does not fully offset the lowered obligation amounts and leads to a 30% net payment loss for welfare mothers and a 43% loss for nonwelfare mothers. Policy implications are discussed.     

Causal inference for recurrent events data with all-or-none compliance

ABSTRACT

In this article, causal inference in randomized studies with recurrent events data and all-or-none compliance is considered. We use the counting process to analyze the recurrent events data and propose a causal proportional intensity model. The maximum likelihood approach is adopted to estimate the parameters of the proposed causal model. To overcome the computational difficulties created by the mixture structure of the problem, we develop an expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm. The resulting estimators are shown to be consistent and asymptotically normal. We further estimate the complier average causal effect (CACE), which is defined as the difference of the average numbers of recurrence between treatment and control groups within the complier class. The corresponding inferential procedures are established. Some simulation studies are conducted to assess the finite sample performance of the proposed approach.     

Are labour inspections effective when labour regulations vary according to the size of the firm? Evidence from Peru

This article analyses the impact of enforcement of four labour standards (pension system enrolment, minimum wage, maximum weekly working hours and written employment contract) on compliance in Peru, where labour regulations and penalties vary according to firm size. The author uses household survey data to analyse a factor not previously studied – adjustment by firms through downsizing to benefit from lower fines and less stringent regulations. The empirical findings indicate that enforcement efforts have little effect on either the degree of compliance or the size of firms.