Privatization of refuse removal and labor costs

We examine the labor-cost savings associated with privatization by comparing earnings and employment trends of public and private sector refuse workers. Findings suggest that high union earnings for workers in the public sector are a source of labor-cost savings in the refuse industry. Evidence on job changers does not indicate that earnings for this group of workers are a compensating differential. Metropolitan area employment findings suggest that municipalities are less likely to use union refuse workers in the public sector when a relatively small percentage of area residents belong to a union. The authors thank Jacqueline Agesa, Keith Bender, Maria Crawford, and Richard Perlman for valuable suggestions. Research assistance from Eric Blackburn is greatly appreciated.     

中小企业增长与发展的创新驱动

中小企业的增长与发展是两个既有联系又有区别的概念。增长需要创新,转化为发展时更需要创新作为张力。本文分析了中小企业创新系统并探讨了创新内容以及创新活动中应该注意的问题。     

基层党支部要成为实践“三个代表”的典范

用与时俱进精神抓好基层支部书记队伍建设 ,用生产力标准推动和检验基层支部工作 ,用创新手段改进基层支部工作方式 ,把基层党支部建成实践“三个代表”的典范 ,就能保证全党胜利实现全面建设小康社会的奋斗目标。     

WTO与行政复议

行政复议是WTO法律框架中有关法律救济机制的重要组成部分。从总体上看 ,我国的行政复议制度与WTO规则是相适应的 ,但在具体制度设计上它与WTO的要求尚存在一定的差距。为确保WTO规则在国内统一、公正、合理的实施 ,我们应该进一步增强行政复议机关的独立性 ,树立行政复议的公正形象 ,同时修改《行政复议法》 ,赋予相对人对行政终局裁决的司法审查请求权。     

中东棋盘上的伊拉克战略地位浅析

地缘政治是一种战略地理学，属国际关系理论中现实主义学派的一个理论支派。布什上台后，美国对外政策表现出明显的现实主义和实用主义色彩。美国避开联合国、北约甚至欧洲盟友对伊动武有经济、政治、丈化、价值观等许多深层原因，但用地缘政治理论更能清楚地了解布什中东政策的本质。通过考察伊拉克的战略地位及其在中东棋盘中的作用，有助于研究美伊战争后中东格局的演变方向。     

Deposit Insurance,Institutions, and Bank Interest Rates

Many recent institutional reforms of the financial system have relied on the introduction of an explicit scheme of deposit insurance. This instrument aims at two main targets, contributing to systemic stability and protecting depositors. However, it may also affect the interest rate spread in the banking system, which can be viewed as an indicator of either inefficiency or market power in this financial segment. This paper provides an empirical investigation of the effect of deposit insurance and other institutional and economic variables on bank interest rates across countries. We find that deposit insurance increases the lending–deposit spread in banking. The main effect seems to arise not from the deposit side though, but from an increase in the lending rate. We interpret this result as evidence of the presence of moral hazard problems related to this instrument. We also find that higher quality of institutions is associated with lower spreads, thus contributing to eroding sources of market power in the banking sector.     

用于1553总线控制器的存储管理单元设计

从消息队列的数据存储结构定义、存储空间规划和控制过程设计三方面讨论了MIL-STD-1553/1773总线控制器的设计实现。在总线控制器的模块化设计方案中,这三个方面构成了总线控制器的核心模块棗存储管理单元,应用该方案可实现具有多消息自动处理功能的总线控制器。     

Assessment of influence in non-linear measurement error models

We consider the assessment of outliers and influential observation in non-linear measurement error models. Residuals, leverage measures and case-deletiondiagonostics are examined. The method of local influence is also applied to the models. In particular, the perturbation of measurement error variances has been found useful in assessing the adequancy of the model assumptions. A numerical example is given to illustrate the application of the diagonostics.     

古籍整理与方言的关系

本文分两个部分：第一部分讨论了古籍中因方言的存在而造成了异文和疑难词语的问题；第二部分讨论了古籍训诂应该重视方言的研究成果的问题。总之，本文旨在论述古籍整理与方言（包括古代和现代）研究的重要关系，不重视０方言研究的成果，就难以很好地做好古籍的校勘和训诂工作。