18世纪英国的社会时尚与工业革命的发生

18世纪英国社会时尚特别是服装时尚的变化,造就了棉纺织品日益广大的消费市场;当时英国棉纺织业技术落后、无法满足消费需求且导致对外贸易被动失利。两者之间的反差使棉织技术革新势在必行。经济利益的吸引和英国棉纺织业易于革新的先天优势,促进了工业革命最早发端于棉纺织业。     

浙江绍兴县轻纺产业集群的成因、问题及对策

浙江绍兴县轻纺产业集群是以市场为导向的马歇尔式的内源型产业集群。存在的问题主要包括知识外溢下的知识产权问题、集群发展下的环境污染问题、路径依赖下的技术创新问题和出口导向下的价格竞争问题。为此,必须采取以下政策措施:加强知识产权保护力度,提高企业研发积极性;培育企业的自主创新能力,打造纺织品牌;实行法律管制、经济激励和公众参与相结合的环境治理模式;引导企业走出价格竞争误区,实行行业和企业自律。     

海南纺织史若干问题的探讨

海南纺织业历史悠久、遐迩闻名,黎族传统纺染织绣技艺为中国棉纺织业和世界手工技艺遗产的传承和发展做出了重要贡献.但由于黎族没有文字,历史文献记述又过于简约,留下许多疑难问题,如:“穿胸民”、“广幅布”、“吉贝”、“琼布”,等等.论题通过对海南纺织史若干问题的考证分析,提出一些独到的见解.     

South African quotas on textile imports from China: A policy error?

In August 2006 the South African government announced quotas on the imports of clothing and textile products from China. Three questions arise. What are these expected benefits? What will be the most likely impact of the import quotas on the South African economy? And what are the policy implications? In this paper we answer these questions by using a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model. We find that, contrary to the motivations apparently underlying the quota implementation, the macro-economic, sector and household effects are negative and result in greater inequality between poorer and richer households. We refer to modeling results elsewhere in the literature which report results consistent to ours. The policy implications are that the imposition of these quotas could come to be seen as a policy mistake, and that South Africa may benefit more from considering a free trade agreement with China.