Do greater amounts of FDI cause higher pollution levels? Evidence from OECD countries

Using an ARDL model for a panel of 15 OECD countries, this work analyses the impact that FDI, both jointly and by sector, has on CO₂ emissions. The findings reveal that these countries are yielding to the pressure on the trade sector. Unexpectedly, gross fixed capital formation shrink pollution, excluding in the mining sector. With findings supporting the Pollution Haven Hypothesis, policymakers must pay attention to FDI inflows, ensuring that FDI place high importance on the transfer of green technologies to improve the efficiency. These goals could be achieved through an increase in the stringency of environmental laws within the host countries, especially the ones related to FDI.     

太极拳与瑜伽术的传统意蕴及其文化学阐释

中、印传统体育文化蕴含了东方文明对于处世之道和养身模式的价值追求，作为东方体育文化典型代表的太极拳与瑜伽术，既是修炼身心、运动健身的重要项目，也是人们了解东方体育文化的重要媒介。跨文化比较分析表明，太极拳和瑜伽术在注重身形技法与艺术审美的结合、吐纳导引与意念游动的耦合、修身养性与天人意境的融合等方面具有共性，也有差异，体现出中、印在传统体育文化方面的异同。太极拳和瑜伽术的传承应该做到与时俱进、创新发展，其目标既不是传统竞技搏击术，也不是简单修炼养身术，而是融道德修养与身心修炼为一体的综合性运动项目。     

信息不对称下价格随机的应急数量折扣契约研究

以市场需求和市场价格随机波动的二级供应链为研究对象，寻找其在信息不对称条件下绩效优化的路径。通过显示原理分别构建生产成本和销售成本信息不对称时应急供应链的数量折扣契约模型，得到最优订货量与最佳批发价策略。通过具体的算例加以验证，分析了信息不对称程度对供应链上成员及整个供应链绩效的影响。研究结果表明：当突发事件造成市场价格随机波动和市场需求变化时，供应链上的跟随者能从隐瞒私人信息中获利。但当市场需求增大时，整个供应链绩效受损，反之则反是。这与以往研究在市场需求随机、市场价格固定和信息不对称条件下的结论迥异。     

FDI,democracy and corruption in Sub-Saharan Africa

This paper investigates the relationship between FDI, democracy and corruption among 30 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) over the period of 1985–2014 to determine whether the ‘helping hand’ or ‘grabbing hand’ hypothesis is most applicable. The results of GMM analysis show that corruption is used by FDI investors to overcome the region’s weak democratic regulatory and institutional status and thus the ‘helping hand’ is more prevalent. However, the results further show that as democratic capital accumulates, this association may outlive its usefulness and thus corruption as a ‘helping hand’ in time becomes a ‘grabbing hand’ instead. These results imply that SSA countries should focus on integrating into the international economy so as to take advantage of existing financial enforcement legislation while reconstructing and strengthening domestic constitutional anti-corruption legislation and institutions.     

Leveraging psychological contracts as an HR strategy: The case of software developers

This article studies the management of software developers through the lens of the psychological contract and from the perspectives of employees and employers. Data were gathered through interviews with software developers and their human resources (HR) and/or direct managers in French high-tech companies. Our findings show the crucial role of HR and direct managers who shape a balanced professional psychological contract with developers as a specific HR strategy in order to respond to their job specificities and values. Specific HR practices (nature of the processes, involvement of developers in these processes, credibility of HR/direct managers and career development opportunities) and the working environment contribute to the development of trust and fairness, which form part of the content of the balanced contract.     

What influences the size of child maintenance payments? A register‐based study of maintenance payments in Finland

The aim of this study was to explore how particular economic and demographic factors contribute to the level of the child maintenance payment (CMP) paid by the non‐resident parent. For this study, we used 5‐year longitudinal panel data from years 2009 to 2013 consisting of over 80,000 non‐resident parents from the Finnish Tax Administration and The Finnish Population Register Centre. Results from regression models indicate that the single biggest factor affecting the size of CMPs is the number of dependent children. We found that the non‐resident parent's higher income is associated with higher CMPs and that non‐resident fathers pay on average larger CMPs than non‐resident mothers, even after accounting for differences in income. Unexpectedly, we found that the age of the dependent child did not predict changes in CMPs. This suggests that once formal CMP‐contracts are determined between the parents, they are seldom changed. Our results suggest that some degree of mandatory periodic review for maintenance contracts is worth considering.     

企业社会责任与企业投资水平——基于企业生命周期的视角

基于利益相关者理论、代理理论和社会网络理论，以企业社会责任增加企业的投资能力和提升管理层投资意愿两方面为切入点，通过理论分析与实证检验深入研究企业社会责任对于企业投资的动态影响效应。研究发现:企业社会责任可以显著提升企业的投资水平。在对样本企业划分生命周期后发现，成长期和成熟期的企业履行社会责任能够显著增加企业投资，然而社会责任对企业投资的促进作用在衰退期企业中并不明显。     

政府补偿下基于私人公平偏好的PPP项目投资决策分析

针对PPP （Private-Public Partnership）项目收益的不确定性，引入政府补偿契约问题。考虑私人投资者对政府补偿存在公平偏好倾向，借鉴BO模型的思想，将私人投资要求的特许收益作为其公平参考点，并通过对FS模型加以改进，构建私人公平偏好效用函数，从而给出私人在政府补偿下的投资决策模型。通过模型求最优解和概率分析，探讨私人公平偏好对其最优投资决策的影响，并借助数值分析给予检验。结果表明:当政府补偿使私人感知有利不公平时，私人将选择期望效用最大的最优投资，并随其感知程度的增加而增加；而当政府补偿使私人感知不利不公平时，私人最优投资及可能性将在有限公平偏好内随其感知程度的增加而减小。     

乡村振兴背景下乡村教师工作满意度研究 ——基于心理契约的视角

乡村教师队伍建设是乡村振兴战略的重要内容，工作满意度是乡村教师队伍稳定性的“晴雨表”。从心理契约视角出发，以工作满意度为工具研究乡村振兴背景下乡村教师队伍建设问题。基于对224名乡村教师的问卷调查数据，分析当前乡村教师工作满意度及心理契约达成水平。研究表明：当前乡村教师工作满意度居于中等水平；乡村教师心理契约总体达成水平较高，但存在结构失衡问题，其中教师责任达成水平高于学校责任达成；心理契约对乡村教师工作满意度有显著正向影响，心理契约学校责任对工作满意度的影响力大于心理契约教师责任。提出双向互动，构建良好心理契约；主动干预，强化心理契约引导；分类施策，满足教师差异需求；协同发展，均衡心理契约结构等建议。