The Role of Media Exposure on Coordination in the Humanitarian Setting

Despite high demand and resource limitations, humanitarian organizations (HOs) typically do not share resources and/or coordinate in the field. While coordination enhances operational performance and saves costs, the general perception is that it dilutes the media attention that individual organizations might receive, and negatively influences their future donation income. In this study, we empirically unveil the impact of media exposure and operational performance on the donations obtained by HOs. Then, based on the empirical results, we develop a stylized model to characterize the structure of preferred coordination policies with respect to an organization's funding source and main mandate. Our findings shed light on the incentives and dynamics that drive behaviors in humanitarian operations and provide insights for policy makers on designing and implementing mechanisms that encourage humanitarian coordination.     

Improved upper bound for the degenerate and star chromatic numbers of graphs

Let \(G=G(V,E)\) be a graph. A proper coloring of G is a function \(f:V\rightarrow N\) such that \(f(x)\ne f(y)\) for every edge \(xy\in E\). A proper coloring of a graph G such that for every \(k\ge 1\), the union of any k color classes induces a \((k-1)\)-degenerate subgraph is called a degenerate coloring; a proper coloring of a graph with no two-colored \(P_{4}\) is called a star coloring. If a coloring is both degenerate and star, then we call it a degenerate star coloring of graph. The corresponding chromatic number is denoted as \(\chi _{sd}(G)\). In this paper, we employ entropy compression method to obtain a new upper bound \(\chi _{sd}(G)\le \lceil \frac{19}{6}\Delta ^{\frac{3}{2}}+5\Delta \rceil \) for general graph G.     

An optimal online algorithm for the parallel-batch scheduling with job processing time compatibilities

We consider the online (over time) scheduling on a single unbounded parallel-batch machine with job processing time compatibilities to minimize makespan. In the problem, a constant \(\alpha >0\) is given in advance. Each job \(J_{j}\) has a normal processing time \(p_j\). Two jobs \(J_i\) and \(J_j\) are compatible if \(\max \{p_i, p_j\} \le (1+\alpha )\cdot \min \{p_i, p_j\}\). In the problem, mutually compatible jobs can form a batch being processed on the machine. The processing time of a batch is equal to the maximum normal processing time of the jobs in this batch. For this problem, we provide an optimal online algorithm with a competitive ratio of \(1+\beta _\alpha \), where \(\beta _\alpha \) is the positive root of the equation \((1+\alpha )x^{2}+\alpha x=1+\alpha \).     

交通基础设施对区域经济增长的空间溢出效应研究

文章利用探索性空间数据分析方法,发现2000-2014年我国区域经济发展存在显著的空间集群趋势以及正向空间自相关.利用2000年、2007年和2014年31个省份的数据,实证检验交通基础设施对区域经济增长的空间溢出效应.研究表明:资本、劳动力仍是区域经济增长的首要驱动要素,人力资本、政府支出、贸易开放度和交通基础设施发挥积极的协同作用.交通基础设施对区域经济增长的直接效应在总效应中仍占绝对优势,而传统研究未考虑空间溢出效应则将高估交通基础设施对经济增长的直接效应.     

基于DPN模型的我国出口拉动增加值时滞模型

由于我国加工出口占比较高,学者们提出了区分贸易方式的非竞争型投入产出模型.该模型可以更加准确地测算我国出口对增加值的拉动,但是该模型忽略了出口对增加值拉动的时滞性,这容易产生所有效应都在当年发生的误解.文章基于区分贸易方式的非竞争型投入产出模型构建了各部门出口对增加值拉动的时滞模型.实证结果表明:非加工出口部门的时滞长于加工出口部门的时滞.     

基于格兰杰因果关系检验的ISM改进与应用

文章提出了一种基于格兰杰因果关系检验的解释结构模型(ISM)改进方法,该方法能依据客观统计数据识别影响因素的两两关系,进而改善了原有模型中采用专家评价法确定邻接矩阵的主观性困境.通过对物流与经济协同发展水平的影响因素分析,实证检验了解释结构模型改进方法的可行性.     

静态金融可计算一般均衡扩展模型构建及货币政策模拟

文章将要素价格完全内生化,并通过引入“货币乘数”和“消费价格指数”,构建了扩展的静态金融可计算一般均衡模型,模拟了货币发行规模变化和存款准备金水平的改变对我国宏观经济、各产业部门和价格水平的影响.结论表明:从货币角度看,价格水平变化并不单一地依赖于货币总量的改变,准备金对货币市场调控效果远强于货币发行,而无论何种宽松的货币政策,央行释放的货币与银行信贷资金增加余额不成比例,银行惜贷现象仍较为严重;从产业角度看,增加货币供给会提高劳动要素报酬而降低资本要素支付,无论采取宽松或是紧缩的货币政策,农业相较于其他产业,对货币的弹性较大.     

基于全球商品流量表的中国大陆贸易影响力测算

文章利用国际货币基金组织(IMF)公布的各国(地区)进出口数据,编制了2015年全球商品流量表(G-CFM),描绘了国家(地区)间商品贸易网络关系,采用网络分析的方法对全球商品贸易格局进行了分析,发现了在全球商品贸易中以美、中、德为中心,世界各国紧密交织的网络特征,最后用投入产出方法分析了中国大陆的贸易影响力,测算了中国大陆进出口贸易对不同国家(地区)以及对全球的影响.     

基于Theil不等系数的C-IGOWLA算子的区间组合预测模型

传统的组合预测方法通常是针对非区间数据在最优准则下来建立最优预测模型的,但实际,中在不确定环境下样本数据和预测值序列均以区间数形式给出,因此有必要研究区间组合预测模型.文章引进连续区间诱导广义有序加权对数平均算子(C-IGOWLA)的概念,以Theil不等系数作为最优准则,提出了一种新的基于Theil不等系数的C-IGOWLA算子的区间组合预测模型,并结合实例验证了模型的有效性.     

基于非平稳面板计量的中国经济动态效率分析

戴蒙德的代际交叠模型从理论上阐述了处于长期均衡增长路径的经济体运行可能是动态无效的.文章基于前人对AMSZ准则的扩展,根据中国1997-2015年的省际面板数据,利用新发展的非平稳面板计量方法进行了实证分析.克服了以往研究指标选取上的争议和小样本带来的估计偏误.结果发现:中国经济运行是动态无效率的,资本存量已经超过了黄金律水平.