Accuracy and bias in self-perception of performance: Narcissism matters in Korea as well

Debates regarding the nature of self-enhancement versus accurate self-assessment have been active among psychologists for decades. More recently, researchers have become interested in the panculturality of self-enhancement. Some researchers argue that self-enhancement is universal and present within all cultures. Others declare self-enhancement to be a Western tendency, with self-diminishment being the norm among East Asians. Importantly, the majority of such studies have not compared self-perceptions against objective external criteria, especially those with East Asians. Furthermore, the link between narcissism and self-enhancement has been largely overlooked within Korean samples. To address such gaps, we utilized scores on an objective test as a criterion to investigate the accuracy of Koreans’ self-assessments of performance, as well as how individual differences in narcissism are related to such assessments. A sample of Korean students (N = 146; 71 women) completed self-report measures of narcissism and self-esteem, and took a listening comprehension quiz. Estimated and actual scores were collected and used to compute self-enhancement scores. Results demonstrated that Koreans’ self-perceptions of performance on the quiz were quite accurate. As has been found in Western cultures, narcissism was related to self-enhancement.     

The impact of health insurance cost-sharing method on healthcare utilisation in China

In current Chinese health insurance programmes, there are two types of cost-sharing methods: the time-of-service copayment policy and the reimbursement policy. In contrast to the copayment participants, reimbursement participants need to pay for all medical expenses in advance. We study the effect of the reimbursement policy on the utilisation of healthcare services in China. The theoretical analysis indicates that the medical consumption of low income households will be less than the optimal consumption level when enrolled in a reimbursement programme instead of a copayment programme. Empirically, using data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), we find that the total inpatient expenditure of the reimbursement participants is 12.7% lower than that of copayment enrolees, and the reimbursement arrangement negatively impacts low-income and rural populations. Therefore, reimbursement participants, those who are financially constrained, are more likely to suffer the up-front payment burden and finally reduce their healthcare needs.     

亚当·沙夫对马克思主义的人道主义阐释

沙夫通过对人的问题和人类个体问题的深入研究,厘清了青年马克思与成年马克思之间的理论联系,形成了对马克思思想的整体理解,揭示了马克思主义的人道主义本质.在20世纪背景下,沙夫建构了社会主义人道主义理论体系,丰富了马克思主义的理论内涵,发展了马克思主义人道主义的当代形态.马克思主义的人道主义主要有三种理论形态,反映了不同历史时期和特定社会背景下马克思主义的理论发展特征.沙夫的社会主义人道主义思想在理论上具有创新性,在社会批判和实践策略上有一定的局限性.研究沙夫的人道主义思想能够为中国特色社会主义理论与实践提供有益的参考.     

日本企业对外直接投资与跨国经营模式

随着二战后日本经济的迅速复兴,日本企业对外直接投资与跨国经营活动也日趋成熟。跨国公司与东道国企业合作的理论模式对日本的跨国公司海外投资而言具有普遍性,但是,日本跨国公司的海外投资也具有特殊性。这些特殊性表现在贸易与生产相关联的丰田模式、从财务角度来考察的野村综研（野村综合研究所）模式以及与日本企业特征紧密相关的贸易一投资一技术转移一体化模式中。     

知识产权证券化的制度缺失与完善

知识产权证券化是以知识产权进行融资的活动,在实践中需要相关的制度支持和保障.知识产权证券化具有促进知识产权市场化与产业化的功能,也具有促进知识产权研究开发和融资的功能.我国目前缺乏有关知识产权证券化的基本法律制度,也缺乏具体的实施细则.我国现有的制度对知识产权证券化形成制约,妨碍知识产权证券化的实践.在知识产权证券化的发行主体的设立方面,受到我国公司制度的制约.在知识产权证券化的证券发行与转让上,受到我国证券法律制度的制约.对于金融创新成果的知识产权证券化,可以在不改变现有的有关基本制度的前提下,制定单行规则,时机成熟时再完善有关的基本制度.知识产权证券化同时也具有风险性,也要有防范风险的制度保障.     

信息技术革命背景下的后现代社会消费文化

科学技术作为一种重要的生产力要素,在社会文化以及消费文化的发展中扮演者重要的、基础性的角色.当代信息技术革命,不仅给后现代社会的政治、经济、社会、文化、生活等产生了深刻的影响,并且或直接或间接地影响着后现代社会的消费文化,使其出现了一些前所未有的趋势与特点.本文在其他学者研究的基础上,首先对当代信息技术革命前的后现代社会及其消费文化进行了较系统的概括和论述,然后着重阐述了信息技术革命对后现代社会产生的新影响以及后现代社会消费文化的新发展.     

黑龙江省村镇银行发展中存在的问题及完善对策

村镇银行的发展和完善不仅关系到农民的生产、生活,而且关系到农村与农业的进步与发展。文章深入剖析黑龙江省村镇银行的发展现状,针对其在发展中存在的主要问题,提出具体的对策建议,旨在寻找一条适合黑龙江省村镇银行发展与完善之路,以促进黑龙江省农村经济发展。     

The effects of income transfers on poverty reduction in people with disabilities in South Korea

Using a nationally representative sample dataset from the 2016 Korean Welfare Panel Study, we examined the anti‐poverty effects of income transfers in people with disabilities. Our findings indicate that in households with a person with a disability, income transfers decreased by 55.9% and 84.8% of the pre‐transfer poverty rate and poverty gap, respectively. Before income transfers, households with a person with a disability were 1.94 times more likely to be poor compared to those without a person with a disability. When income transfers were offered, the chance of being poor in the disability group was only 1.11 times higher than that in the non‐disability group. Findings from the aggregated data suggest that means‐tested income transfers were more effective in reducing poverty levels than social insurance or private income transfers. At the individual level, the provision of means‐tested programs was also more likely to decrease the likelihood of experiencing poverty than social insurance and private income transfers.     

Copula-based reliability analysis for a parallel system with a cold standby

The traditional reliability models cannot well reflect the effect of performance dependence of subsystems on the reliability of system, and neglect the problems of initial reliability and standby redundancy. In this paper, the reliability of a parallel system with active multicomponents and a single cold-standby unit has been investigated. The simultaneously working components are dependent and the dependence is expressed by a copula function. Based on the theories of conditional probability, the explicit expressions for the reliability and the MTTF of the system, in terms of the copula function and marginal lifetime distributions, are obtained. Let the copula function be the FGM copula and the marginal lifetime distribution be exponential distribution, a system with two parallel dependent units and a single cold-standby unit is taken as an example. The effect of different degrees of dependence among components on system reliability is analyzed, and the system reliability can be expressed as the linear combination of exponential reliability functions with different failure rates. For investigating how the degree of dependence affects the mean lifetime, furthermore, the parallel system with a single cold standby, comprising different number of active components, is also presented. The effectiveness of the modeling method is verified, and the method presented provides a theoretical basis for reliability design of engineering systems and physics of failure.     

我国地区R&D资本存量测算：1978-2015年

2008年国民账户体系（System of National Accounts, SNA）拓展了固定资产的边界,研发（Research and Development, R&D）被视为一类新的固定资产,列入了知识产权产品。目前,官方统计并未给出中国各地区的R&D资本存量数据,现有文献也鲜有讨论2008年SNA框架下的相关测算。因此,本文依据2008年SNA和现有的统计资料,在合理估计1978年以来各地区的当期R&D投资的基础上,采用永续盘存法科学测算了1978-2015年各地区的R&D资本存量数据。结果显示：1978年以来,中国各地区R&D资本存量总体上呈快速上升趋势;各地区R&D资本存量年均增速与各地区GDP年均增速,具有正相关关系;中国的R&D资本存量主要由东部地区贡献,东部地区是中国研发创新的主要区域。