Shared Parenting After Parental Separation: The Views of 12 Experts

ABSTRACT

This article summarizes panel discussions that took place at an international conference on shared parenting (SP) held in May 2017. The panelists were internationally recognized experts on the legal and psychological implications of custody arrangements and parenting plans. Seven broad themes dominated the discussions: whether or not there was persuasive evidence that SP provides real benefits to children whose parents separate; what specific factors make SP beneficial; what symbolic value SP might have; whether there should be a legal presumption in favor of SP, and if so, what factors should make for exceptions; whether high parental conflict, parents’ failure to agree on the parenting plan, or dynamics of parental alienation should preclude SP; and what should happen when a parent wants to relocate away from the other parent.     

Estimation and inference of the joint conditional distribution for multivariate longitudinal data using nonparametric copulas

In this paper we study estimating the joint conditional distributions of multivariate longitudinal outcomes using regression models and copulas. For the estimation of marginal models, we consider a class of time-varying transformation models and combine the two marginal models using nonparametric empirical copulas. Our models and estimation method can be applied in many situations where the conditional mean-based models are not good enough. Empirical copulas combined with time-varying transformation models may allow quite flexible modelling for the joint conditional distributions for multivariate longitudinal data. We derive the asymptotic properties for the copula-based estimators of the joint conditional distribution functions. For illustration we apply our estimation method to an epidemiological study of childhood growth and blood pressure.     

Palm Distributions for Log Gaussian Cox Processes

This paper establishes a remarkable result regarding Palm distributions for a log Gaussian Cox process: the reduced Palm distribution for a log Gaussian Cox process is itself a log Gaussian Cox process that only differs from the original log Gaussian Cox process in the intensity function. This new result is used to study functional summaries for log Gaussian Cox processes.     

Breaking the taboo: a history of monetary financing in Canada, 1930–1975

Monetary financing – the funding of state expenditure via the creation of new money rather than through taxation or borrowing – has become a taboo policy instrument in advanced economies. It is generally associated with dangerously high inflation and/or war. Relatedly, a key institutional feature of modern independent central banks is that they are not obligated to support government expenditure via money creation. Since the financial crisis of 2007–2008, however, unorthodox monetary policies, in particular quantitative easing, coupled with stagnant growth and high levels of public and private debt have led to questions over the monetary financing taboo. Debates on the topic have so far been mainly theoretical with little attention to the social and political dynamics of historical instances of monetary financing. This paper analyses one of the most significant twentieth‐century cases: Canada from the period after the Great Depression up until the monetarist revolution of the 1970s. The period was a successful one for the Canadian economy, with high growth and employment and manageable inflation. It offers some interesting insights into the relationship between states and central banks and present‐day discussions around the governance of money creation.     

The effect of joint control training on the acquisition and durability of a sequencing task

Gutierrez (2006) experimentally demonstrated the effects of joint control and particularly the role of response mediation in the sequencing behavior of adults using an unfamiliar language. The purpose of the current study was to replicate and extend the procedures used by Gutierrez by comparing the effects of joint control training with the effects of a prompt-and-fade procedure on the acquisition of a sequencing task. The effects of each procedure on delayed sequencing behavior were also tested. Ten undergraduate students participated in 2 experiments. The results indicated that all participants acquired the sequencing response in fewer trials and maintained accurate delayed responding when the component responses necessary for joint control were directly taught. Finally, when the self-echoic mediation component was blocked, accurate responding deteriorated in 8 of 10 participants.     

高校“大学生机会型创业”教育体系研究——以浙江省为例

本文在分析机会型创业推进模型和创业外部环境因素的基础上,提出了构建高校大学生机会型创业教育矩阵模型,并对完善我国高校大学生机会型创业教育教学提出建议和对策。     

风险投资支撑环境的作用机理分析

风险投资支撑环境主要包括经济、文化、科技、金融、人才、社会中介服务、法律法规和政策等八个支撑要素。由于各要素演进发展的规律不同,风险投资支撑环境分为"诱致性"和"强制性"两类。诱致性支撑环境是强制性支撑环境存在和发展的基础和前提;强制性支撑环境完善了诱致性支撑环境,为诱致性支撑环境的发展提供了保证。各诱致性支撑环境中的经济、文化、科技、金融和人才要素与强制性支撑环境中的社会中介服务、法律法规和政策要素之间存在着相互作用和制约关系。通过对风险投资支撑环境作用机理的分析,使我们在认识和培育我国风险投资的支撑环境方面得到了一些启示。     

新时期北京发展中小科技企业创业风险投资分析

创业风险资本是联接高新技术成果和生产力之间的桥梁,发展创业风险投资是促进高新技术产业发展的关键。针对北京创业风险投资业发展现状,根据发达国家的创业风险投资业的经验及创业风险投资理论,本文提出建立以国有资本为主导与民间资本为主体的融投资模式,构建多层复合资本市场体系,疏通退出瓶颈,改善投资主体内部治理结构,增强创业风险投资机构活力,加强北京创业风险投资运营管理。     

加入WTO与中国烟草企业的股份制改革

烟草业在中国的国民经济中具有重要的地位 ,其发展对中国经济的影响不言而喻。从总体上看 ,中国烟草业现阶段已形成相对庞大的产业规模和较为完整的产业体系 ,产品也有一定的市场竞争力。但业内人士认为 ,在繁荣的背后 ,中国烟草业在迎接国内市场国际化的竞争中显得十分脆弱 ,国际竞争力令人担忧。本文针对入世带来的新问题、新形势 ,从经济和法律的角度对烟草企业的股份制改革的必要性进行分析 ,结合国内外股份企业发展的实践论证烟草企业进行股份制改革的可行性 ,并建议以红塔为试点对国内烟草大企业的进行股份制改制 ,通过设立烟草股份公司发行股票上市 ,吸纳资金 ,壮大企业规模 ,以构造我国烟草业的航空母舰 ,抵御外来竞争的压力。     

试论清末十年金融市场之嬗变

清末十年间,由于清政府每年对外偿付巨额借赔款,内地银两源源不断地被运往上海地区,且最终多进入外商银行手中。巨额银两的财政性流动,一方面导致国内金融市场银两流通量日趋匮乏,金融基础愈发脆弱,对外依赖程度不断加深：另一方面更加增强外商银行操控金融市场的实力。由于外商银行蓄意操纵或临阵收缩,加上其他种种复杂的因素,清末金融市场发生了数次风潮,且一次比一次间隔时间短,影响范围广,破坏程度强;同时也正是因为外商银行拥资自重,厚此薄彼及牟利操纵等原因,又造成了上海金融市场具有一些异常复杂的变化特点。巨额银两流入外商银行与清末金融市场变迁之问形成了一种复杂的恶性关系。这种关系进一步发展、演变,导致清末民初时期金融市场始终动荡不安,进而对社会变局的走向产生了严重的影响。