Agricultural policies and development: A socioeconomic investigation applied to Sri Lanka

This paper explores the interrelationship between agricultural policies and development by means of a dynamically recursive, computable general equilibrium model applied to Sri Lanka. The agricultural policies investigated include elimination of the food subsidy, land reform, and technical change in agriculture. The goals considered are the levels and growth rates of GNP and employment, the distribution of income, and the real income level of the lowest income group. The study provides a quantitative assessment of the association between policies and goals and identifies the key economic mechanisms in this association.     

Interest rate policies and inflation in interdependent economies: Recent policy dilemmas

This paper examines Federal Reserve Board policies that are premised on a negative short-run association of interest rate movements and the rate of inflation. In particular, econometric evidence is provided, supporting the view that tighter monetary policy appears to raise inflation rates in the short run. Conversely, it is demonstrated that easier monetary policy does not necessarily raise inflation rates in the short run. In the case of uncoordinated monetary restrictiveness, interest rate competition among major countries can produce higher inflation and lower growth than was originally intended.     

Distributional implications of changes in U.S. petroleum taxation

This article develops a methodology based on input-output relations for the evaluation of excise tax incidence. Since many excise taxes are levied on products that are used not only in final consumption but also as intermediate inputs in the production of other commodities, estimation of the tax burden by the conventional methodology of using direct final consumption may yield inadequate and perhaps misleading results. The input-output methodology developed in this article is applied to the case of the U.S. taxation of petroleum products and the empirical results are compared with similar ones obtained by the U.S. Congressional Budget Office.     

Prospects for trade in manufactured goods between industrial and developing countries, 1978–1990

This paper examines prospective changes in trade in manufactured goods between the industrial and the developing countries. Assuming the continuation of the policies followed by the industrial countries, it is projected that the manufactured imports of these countries from the developing countries would rise at an average annual rate of 12.5% between 1978 and 1980 while their manufactured exports would increase 9 7% a year. Nonetheless, the export surplus of the industrial countries in trade in manufactured goods would rise, contributing to the growth of industrial output. The expansion of their exports of manufactured goods would also contribute to economic growth in the developing countries, and both groups of countries would benefit from specialization according to comparative advantage.     

人民政协参与基层协商民主的法治化路径

人民政协参与基层协商民主可激活宪政体制内的协商民主资源。在现行宪制框架内进行法治整合,将政治协商制度与相关政治制度有机衔接,是人民政协参与基层协商民主法治化的必然之路。但是政协参与基层协商民主存在着法律地位不明与制度衔接不畅、基层组织不健全和纵向系统不完善、代表性偏低与实效性不足、协商内容不确定与协商程序不规范等法治障碍。应当明确政协参与基层协商民主的法律地位,加强多种制度之间的衔接,并且健全基层政协组织机构,优化政协委员的代表机制以及规范政协参与的程序性机制,以期在人民政协的体制框架内推进基层协商民主的制度化、规范化和程序化。     

The representation of North Korean national image in national newspapers in the United States

This study examines how two major U.S. newspapers (The New York Times and The Washington Post) represented North Korea's national image during the two-year period (from 2001 to 2002). According to the findings, The New York Times and Washington Post showed a similar trend in their portrayal of North Korea. An anti-North Korea frame dominated the news coverage of North Korea in both newspapers. Furthermore, this study reveals that most news articles related to North Korea were classified into negative images instead of positive images.     

四大至五大时期中共中央出版组织机构考察

中共四大至五大时期,党的出版组织机构几经变化,这些机构有些是作为独立机构存在的,有些是作为宣传部或组织部下属机构形式存在的,同时,出版组织机构的职能也有稍许的不同;但是,这种机构的变化相比四大以前的出版组织机构,是一个比较大的进步,这突出表现在其作为出版机构功能的强化上。     

人民政协主体性的法治探究

依法治国方略的确立,彰显了主体性的现实需求。人民政协主体性的法治探究,旨在从"你是谁"的外在勾勒过渡到"我是谁"的内在构建。功能论和作用论的渲染,迷失了人民政协主体性的探索;国家权力、社会权力和公民权利的解析,澄清了人民政协主体性的法治描述;政治协商制度的法制化,保障了人民政协主体性的实现。     

亚非作家会议的民族主义审视

长达十余年的"亚非作家会议",是世界殖民体系瓦解后区域联盟形式的民族主义文学运动,也是东方现代民族主义文学思潮高潮的标志。亚非区域联盟的兴起并不意味着东方世界在向世界共同体迈进,其实质是亚非国家对西方帝国主义国家称霸世界企图的一种防御性反应。当时复杂的国际政治局势对亚非作家会议产生了深刻的影响,意识形态两大阵营的对垒与亚非作家的民族主义意识之间有着非常复杂的关系。亚非作家会议的主旋律是反帝反殖、要求民族独立与发展,亚非民族、作家之间的团结与合作,建设民族新的文学与文化三大中心命题,主要是政治问题。会议整体上表现为文学性的缺失。