国际贸易中计价货币选择决定因素的实证分析

基于20个国家的非平衡面板数据实证分析表明,经济实力、产品差异化程度、贸易市场份额、贸易地理方向、币值稳定性、国内金融市场深化程度等是决定一国货币能否在国际贸易中充当计价货币的主要因素。这些因素是一国经济实力、贸易实力和货币实力的集中体现,其中经济实力是基础,贸易实力是关键,货币实力是支撑。此外货币联盟也会提高区域统一货币在国际贸易中的计价地位。     

Government inspectors and ‘ethical’ buyers: regulating labour in Moradabad's metalware industry

This paper is based on fieldwork for a doctoral thesis on the metalware cluster of Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh. I present two different ways by which labour standards are regulated in the city: first by the state labour administration and second, by the market of global buyers implementing codes of conduct. In the context of debate over state versus market-based and voluntary regulation, I discuss the text of each regulatory regime and how this is interpreted, used, subverted and applied in the city's export firms. I show how enforcement of laws and corporate ‘ethical’ codes is undermined not only by limited capacity to survey units deep inside the city, but also by the incentives of enforcement agents. The regulatory regime of the state is revealed to be morally ambivalent, where justice for workers depends on patronage inside the labour department, and on an opaque and complex legal code which keeps employers vulnerable to inspector harassment. By contrast, the regulatory regime of the market is shown to be morally incoherent, where code compliance officers are sidelined by their commercial colleagues and efforts to establish ‘ethical’ purchasing practices are routinely undermined by the imperative to fast-feed goods onto the shelves of retail giants.     

“Families” in International Context: Comparing Institutional Effects Across Western Societies

We review comparative evidence of institutional effects on families in Western societies. We focus on 2 key aspects of family life: gendered divisions of labor and people's transitions into, within, and out of relationships. Many individual‐level models assume the effects are robust across countries. The international evidence over the past decade suggests instead that the socioeconomic and policy contexts strongly influence the significance and even direction of individual effects. A growing body of evidence also highlights important differences across social groups and family forms within countries. The pattern of relative gender, class, and other group equality varies across countries, as do related family experiences and outcomes. We conclude with suggestions for future comparative family research.     

Is Asia adopting flexicurity?

In the face of global competition, many countries are adopting a flexicurity approach to labour regulation, providing employers with greater flexibility to hire and retrench workers while helping workers transition to new jobs. This review of six Asian countries finds that China and the Republic of Korea have enacted such reforms; Singapore and Malaysia provide some ingredients of flexicurity, though no unemployment insurance; India and Sri Lanka have introduced few reforms and continue to rely on an older model of employer-based security. To support informal workers, the Governments of China, India and Sri Lanka use public works, self-employment programmes and skills training.     

上海加快推进国际贸易中心建设的战略思考

上海所确定的“四个中心”的发展战略目标是一个有机的整体,而其中国际贸易中心的形成和发展则起着核心与先导的作用,具有非常迫切的战略意义。上海国际贸易中心的内涵应是以货物贸易为主,具有国际化水准,并对国内外市场具有强大的集聚力和辐射力的核心交易市场。本文在分析当前上海国际贸易中心建设网络核心优势尚不明显、贸易主体尚未确立、核心交易平台尚未形成的情况下,提出了一些战略思路与推进措施。     

后危机时代国际投行的发展动向、发展趋势及其启示

自2008年发生全球性金融危机以来,国际投行发生了哪些重大变化,呈现怎样的发展趋势,由此给我国证券行业带来了哪些有益的借鉴和启示,这些都值得我们思考。本文试图对这些问题进行探讨,以期加强并进一步深化我国证券业的金融创新,加快建立证券业的自主创新体系,同时加强金融衍生品的全面审慎监管与风险控制,有效防范和化解金融风险,从而促进证券业的持续、稳定、健康发展。     

上海市宝山区“十二五”经济社会发展思路的若干思考

“十一五”以来,上海市宝山区自觉实践科学发展观,围绕“经济实力更强、城乡环境更美、人民生活更好、社会更加和谐”的目标任务,调结构、稳增长、保民生、促和谐,协调推进经济社会发展,“十一五”规划确定的各项目标任务执行情况总体良好,“一带、两轴、三分区”的现代化滨江新城区框架已初步形成。在综合分析“十二五”期间所面临的各方面因素的基础上,提出上海宝山区“十二五”发展的基本思路和主要任务,加快“国际大都市现代城区”发展,并全面阐述相应的对策措施。     

城市群竞争力评价理论研究评述

竞争力的概念,在经济社会发展过程中最早来源于企业管理研究,后被引入国家（国际）、区域和城市领域研究中,出现了国家（国际）竞争力、区域竞争力和城市竞争力概念。学术界目前对城市群竞争力理论基础的探讨,涉及的相关理论较多,覆盖面也较广,但对某些理论的支持性和解释性争议也较大。构建科学的城市群竞争力评价体系,既不能将城市群竞争力与其他竞争力割裂开来,也不能将城市群竞争力等同于其他竞争力。     

构建广州国际商贸中心研究——基于现代服务业的视角

现代服务业是商贸业生产的主要中间投入来源,也是现代商贸业发展的保障。无论是从广州目前的服务业发展现状,还是从未来广州构建国际商贸中心的走势来看,大力发展现代服务业都是广州构建国际商贸中心的必要前提。未来广州国际商贸中心从本质上来讲应是一个发达的现代服务业体系。     

莫斯科国际金融中心建设前景透析

2008年5月,俄罗斯正式提出到2025年把莫斯科建成国际金融中心的目标.围绕着莫斯科能否如期建成国际金融中心的争论也随之而起.平心而论,无论从政府的决心和作用,还是良好的经济增长基础和潜力看,俄罗斯的确在某些方面具有建设国际金融中心的有利条件.但是国际金融中心的建成是"合力" 的结果.而从目前看,俄罗斯还存在许多不利于 "合力"成长的因素.莫斯科能否如期建成国际金融中心,关键要看俄罗斯能否利用"后金融危机"环境,改变传统的 "赶超战略"思维和"重增长轻结构"的惯性发展模式,通过改革垄断行业,逐步医治"经济结构病",全方位地深化金融市场基础设施的"软件"和"硬件"建设,不断培育国际金融中心发展的底蕴.