基于委托代理理论的代建项目服务报酬模型研究

“代建制”是对非经营性政府投资项目的实施过程进行管理的一种制度，是政府投资项目管理的新模式。目前代建项目服务报酬偏低制约了代建制的发展，所以要解决的问题主要是公有制产权下政府投资项目的经济与效率的匹配。本文分析了现行代建报酬状况，根据代建制模式下委托一代理关系的特点，构建代建制框架下的服务报酬模型。     

关于在我国信托法中增设“社会保障基金投资信托”一章的建议——对存在于这一章中的重要规定及其内容的构想

被增设于我国信托法中的"社会保障基金投资信托"一章应当规定:社会保障基金为具有公益性质的事业单位法人且社会保障基金投资信托以这种基金为委托人与受益人,这种信托的投资对象限于股票与金融资产,有资格担任这种信托的受托人的人限于信托投资公司与基金管理公司,这种信托的有关当事人负有分散投资义务与确保投资收益不低于法定的最低收益率的义务,对这种信托的国家监督适用存在于其他法律中的关于社会保障基金投资的国家监督制度。     

社会保障促进家庭人力资本投资的经济学分析

国外的学者们运用不同的工具分析了不同筹资模式社会保障对家庭人力资本投资决策的影响，认为现收现付制可以促进人力资本投资。论文按照待遇计发办法将现收现付的社会保障划分为收入关联制与均一费率制，运用两时期的交叠世代模型分析家庭人力资本投资决策。基本结论是收入关联的社会保障制度比均一费率的社会保障制度更能激励家庭人力资本投资。     

The impact of negotiated exchange on trust and trustworthiness

Negotiated exchanges and trust problems can be regarded as two different forms of exchange, the former representing exchanges with negotiation and binding contracts, the latter representing asymmetric transactions in which one actor has the opportunity to deceive the other. Both forms of exchange have been extensively studied, but the two respective research traditions exhibit very little overlap. In this paper, we investigate the effects of negotiated exchanges in different network structures on the development of mutual trust. We derive hypotheses from various theories and test them by means of an experiment in which subjects first undertake a series of negotiated exchanges under different power conditions, and then face a trust problem with one of the actors that have been involved in the previous exchanges. The trust problem is operationalized by means of the Investment Game which allows us to look separately at trust and trustworthiness. Our results demonstrate that negotiated exchanges increase mutual trust, but not trustworthiness.     

人力资本投资风险及防范控制研究述评

本文介绍了人力资本投资效益、人力资本投资风险以及人力资本投资风险防范控制等方面的相关研究成果，对相关研究成果进行梳理和评述。该研究能为人力资本投资风险及防控的研究和实践提供基础和借鉴。     

The role of standards in the policy debate on the EU-US trade agreement

In the context of the public policy debate, we explore firm-level characteristics that influence firms’ preferences related to alternatives to harmonize standards within the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). The options are the implementation of common standards, developed internationally or bilaterally, and mutual recognition. The empirical analysis is based on data from the German Standardization Panel. We identify three dimensions that determine firms’ preferences regarding the various harmonization solutions: (1) company-specific factors, such as size, industry and motives to apply standards, (2) the competitive environment, i.e. the position vis-à-vis other market participants, and (3) the technological environment, i.e. the dynamics of the market the company operates in.     

Prediction and Decision Making in Child Welfare

Use of computer-based statistical models to support decision making may reduce the subjectivity and uncertainty in this process of more acceptable levels. Multivariate procedures capture the collective experience of many workers by integrating information from a large number of variables and cases. Once a predictive model has been developed and validated, the profile of new cases can be compared to cases already on the data base. The probability of critical case events such as admission tocare, occurence of abuse, and placement breakdown can be identified. Such capabilities could also be incorporated into the development of computerized information systems. This would faciliate case planning and a more equitable and effective match between client needs and resource utilization.     

对印投资的政治风险及其法律应对措施

印度独立后,总体上对外资持欢迎态度,1991年实行自由化改革以来尤其如此。印度的政治制度、法律制度和经济制度有助于避免大规模政治风险的发生,但国有化和征收风险、汇兑风险、政府违约风险、战争和内乱风险在一定范围内仍然存在。外国投资者对印度投资,有必要采取适当的法律应对措施,以防止和消除政治风险,进而确保投资利润和目标的实现。     

Cross cultural differences in decisions from experience: Evidence from Denmark,Israel, and Taiwan

Three studies are presented that compare decisions from experience in Denmark, Israel, and Taiwan. They focus on two change-related cultural differences suggested by previous research on dialectical vs. analytic approach to thinking. The first implies that East Asians are more likely to change their behavior over time (i.e., are less consistent), the second that they expect more changes in the environment. The results show that the “less consistency in the East” hypothesis has a high predictive value. This hypothesis accurately predicts a behavioral pattern that was documented in all three studies, as well as a non-trivial effect of limited feedback in Study 3: When feedback was limited to the obtained payoff, the participants from Taiwan exhibited less risk aversion than the Israeli. Analysis of the “expecting more changes in the East” hypothesis reveals mixed results. This hypothesis was supported in Study 2, which examined relatively complex multi-alternative multi-outcome tasks, but not in Studies 1 and 3, which examined simple two-alternative two-outcome choice tasks. A possible explanation for the different predictive value of the two examined hypotheses is discussed.     

Is Land Grabbing Always What It Is Supposed to Be? Large‐scale Land Investments in sub‐Saharan Africa

The term ‘land grabbing’ has recently attracted widespread, and sometimes agitated, attention, and its literature grows at exponential speed. At the same time, the concept remains little understood concerning both its meaning, magnitude and consequences and even who the grabbers are. Different attempts to define land grabbing appear to reflect ideological lenses and pre‐defined positions rather than a genuine ambition to find out what is actually going on. Based on a comprehensive literature review, this article aims at presenting a more nuanced understanding of this disputed topic and therefore a less biased account of what land‐grabbing and/or private investments in land represent.