Another Issue Comes Out: Gay Rights Policy Voting in Recent U.S. Presidential Elections

Drawing from the theory of policy voting, this study examines the impact of opinions about gay rights on voting for presidential candidates. Qualitative analysis of the major party platforms and candidate campaign rhetoric from the six presidential elections held between 1988 and 2008 indicates that Democratic and Republican presidential candidates began openly expressing opposing positions on gay rights issues in 1992. Quantitative analysis of public opinion shows that, starting in 1992 and continuing through 2008, gay rights issues became more salient to the public, and opinions about gay rights began to exert a significant effect on vote choice. The study concludes with a discussion of the partisan forces that shaped the electoral significance of gay rights issues during the period from 1988 to 2008 and speculation about the role of gay rights issues in shaping future partisan electoral strategy.     

In Vino Pecunia? The Association Between Beverage-Specific Drinking Behavior and Wages

The positive association between moderate alcohol consumption and wages is well documented in the economic literature. Positive health effects as well as networking mechanisms serve as explanations for the “alcohol–income puzzle.” Using individual-based microdata from the SOEP for 2006, we confirm that this relationship exists for Germany as well. More importantly, we shed light on the alcohol–income puzzle by analyzing, for the first time, the association between beverage-specific drinking behavior and wages. In our analysis, we disentangle the general wage effect of drinking into diverse effects for different types of drinkers. Mincerian estimates reveal significant and positive relationships between wine drinkers and wages as well as between multiple beverage drinkers and wages. When splitting the sample into age groups, the “drinking gain” disappears for employees under the age of 35 and increases in size and significance for higher age groups. We also find a “beer gain” for the oldest age group and male residents of rural areas as well as a “cocktail gain” for residents of urban areas. Several explanations for our empirical results are discussed in view of the likelihood that the alcohol–income puzzle is a multicausal phenomenon.

城市公共艺术与文化软实力的对接关系研究——以广州为例

文化软实力是一个国家除军事经济之外让别人主动接近的吸引力,城市公共艺术也是一种与大众有亲缘关系的艺术形态。某种程度上说,城市公共艺术是文化软实力在艺术领域的一种显象。广州城市公共艺术在器物层、行为层、制度层诠释了文化软实力的静态和动态的维度。     

C2C市场上消费者从众决策研究——基于面板数据模型

电子商务市场蓬勃发展的同时,也存在严重的信息不对称现象,给消费者带来极大的购物风险。文章基于信息不对称理论,利用淘宝网交易数据对 C2C 市场上消费者的从众决策行为进行研究。研究发现 C2C 市场上店铺的日销量在店铺间存在二八分布的特征,说明网络消费者在购买商品时有从众行为。基于面板模型对店铺市场份额的研究表明,店铺历史销量信息对消费者选择店铺的决策有显著正向影响,而店铺信用对消费者决策的影响并不显著。因此,建议 C2C 交易平台增加退货量指标、动态销量图以及销量和价格的相互对应信息等,以促进消费者理性购物。     

Increasing Vocal Variability in Children with Autism Using a Lag Schedule of Reinforcement

Variability has been demonstrated to be an operant dimension of behavior (Neuringer, 2002; Page & Neuringer, 1985). Recently, lag schedules have been used to demonstrate operant variability of verbal behavior in persons with a diagnosis of autism (e.g., Lee, McComas, & Jawor, 2002). The current study evaluated the effects of a Lag 1 schedule on the vocal variability of 2 nonverbal children with a diagnosis of autism. Results showed systematic increases in variability during the Lag 1 schedule. Implications of lag schedules for speech and language training are discussed.     

跨国公司政治行为的经济学分析

跨国公司是经济行为与政治行为相互交融的经济组织,是一个具有多维行为的主体,它与国内企业的根本区别在于,它不仅要内部化经济市场和政治市场的不完全,而且这种市场的不完全是跨国界的。在国际经济关系中,跨国公司行为的政治因素强烈地影响着跨国公司和政府之间的关系以及它们各自的行为方式。     

少数民族贫困地区生态文明建设与农户经济行为关系探析——以云南洱源为例

随着生态文明建设的发展,农户经济行为发生了一定的变化。本文以云南少数民族贫困地区洱源农户为研究对象,运用结构方程模型进行定量分析,探讨该少数民族贫困地区生态文明建设与农户经济行为之间的关系。     

金融监管体制有效性分析及其发展趋势

通过对经营者行为模式、金融监管体制和国际金融监管的比较,指出有效防范危机与激励公平竞争的金融监管体制是实现金融发展与金融监管的"匹配"。并在透视中国现实的基础上,论证了中国当前"分业监管"的必要性,明确提出通过确立中国金融监管目标安全与效率并重的定位,奠定基础逐步实现中国一体化金融监管体制,实现对金融监管信息的共享平台,在金融全球化中加强金融监管国际合作来保证中国金融监管调整的前瞻性,监管功能有效性和向统一监管过渡的方向性。     

企业薪酬管理公平性对员工工作绩效的影响

作者对广东省7家饭店的员工与他们的主管进行了两次问卷调查,通过纵断数据分析,探讨员工感知的企业薪酬管理公平性对员工的薪酬满意感、情感性归属感、工作积极性和工作绩效的影响。数据分析结果表明,企业薪酬管理公平性与企业守法程度是影响员工薪酬满意感的重要因素;企业薪酬管理公平性通过员工的薪酬满意感和归属感,间接影响他们的工作积极性和工作绩效。     

中国农户借贷行为研究

传统农业向现代农业转型时期,农户分层随之出现新的变化,不同特征的农户,其借贷需求呈现出不同特点。文章基于这一背景,从分析农户借贷需求行为出发,研究如何建立农村多层次信贷需求与农村金融供给体系协调发展的机制,区别对待农户的不同借贷特征,尝试较准确地反映农村金融市场供求状况。