Xinhai remembered: from Han racial revolution to great revival of the Chinese nation

This article turns three different analytical mirrors onto the Xinhai Revolution – 1911, 1961, 2011 – in order to interrogate its evolving significance in the minds of China's Han ethnic and ruling elite. In particular, it seeks to demonstrates the discursive appropriation of the Qing nomadic frontier in the ways in which the 1911 Revolution is remembered and commemorated, exploring both the temporal and spatial dimensions of this appropriation, and how the revolution shifted from a bloody Han racial insurrection against Manchu power and privilege to a heroic celebration of the revival of a multiethnic Chinese nation-state in the face of foreign imperialism and oppression.     

A New Multicriteria Risk Mapping Approach Based on a Multiattribute Frontier Concept

Invasive species risk maps provide broad guidance on where to allocate resources for pest monitoring and regulation, but they often present individual risk components (such as climatic suitability, host abundance, or introduction potential) as independent entities. These independent risk components are integrated using various multicriteria analysis techniques that typically require prior knowledge of the risk components’ importance. Such information is often nonexistent for many invasive pests. This study proposes a new approach for building integrated risk maps using the principle of a multiattribute efficient frontier and analyzing the partial order of elements of a risk map as distributed in multidimensional criteria space. The integrated risks are estimated as subsequent multiattribute frontiers in dimensions of individual risk criteria. We demonstrate the approach with the example of Agrilus biguttatus Fabricius, a high‐risk pest that may threaten North American oak forests in the near future. Drawing on U.S. and Canadian data, we compare the performance of the multiattribute ranking against a multicriteria linear weighted averaging technique in the presence of uncertainties, using the concept of robustness from info‐gap decision theory. The results show major geographic hotspots where the consideration of tradeoffs between multiple risk components changes integrated risk rankings. Both methods delineate similar geographical regions of high and low risks. Overall, aggregation based on a delineation of multiattribute efficient frontiers can be a useful tool to prioritize risks for anticipated invasive pests, which usually have an extremely poor prior knowledge base.     

明代边疆史籍刊刻探研

明代边疆史籍的刊刻上受不断深化的边疆危机的刺激,下承宽松的出版政策之泽,获得了突飞猛进的发展.明代边疆史籍的刊刻分为官刻与私刻两大类.官刻得到朝野的充分重视,特点鲜明.私刻中的坊刻内容丰富,多以丛书的形式在社会上流传;家刻的目的不尽相同,但最终也往往推向市场.明代边疆史籍的刊刻特色鲜明,其经世致用意识强烈、作品种类繁多、体裁体例丰富,对后世产生了深远影响.     

Efficiency determinants in retail stores: a Bayesian framework

This paper analyzes the impact of vertical integration, age, geographic expansion, and low price strategy on the cost efficiency of retail stores. We test our hypotheses using the innovative Bayesian frontier methodology. The data involve a sample of Spanish retail stores that operate in a highly competitive and dynamic environment. From the results, it is clear that cost efficiency is higher for stores that have: longer years in business, stronger geographical presence, and lower price offerings. Vertical integration, on the other hand, is negatively related to efficiency. Further discussions of these findings and related managerial implications are provided in the paper.     

Rank test statistics for umbrella alternatives

This paper proposes an optimal rank test procedure for testing an umbrella alternative when the peak of the umbrella is known. It is referred to as maximin efficient linear rank test. Also when the peak of the umbrella is unknown, a test procedure is proposed and its performance is discussed.     

在有效前沿上集中投资回报的分配

基于均值-方差模型对在有效前沿上集中投资回报提出一个既能增加单个投资者的期望回报,又能减少风险的分配方式,而且此种分配使得投资经理可获得正的期望回报。     

投资组合均值-方差模型和极小极大模型的实证比较

本文针对传统的Markowitz均值-方差(MV)模型和Young(1998)提出的极小极大(Minimax)模型进行了实证比较研究。我们将2001年上证30指数的实际数据分成两部分,一部分作为样本数据进行优化组合分析,另一部分作为非样本数据进行模拟投资,检验绩效。结果发现:在同样的样本数据下,由两种模型的解描绘的风险-收益率有效前沿图非常相似;将两组模型的最优解分别进行模拟投资,Minimax模型的结果明显优于MV模型。本文的实证结果检验了Minimax模型的理论结论,表明其在实际投资中具有良好的可操作性和实用价值。     

威拉·凯瑟笔下的女性形象

威拉·凯瑟作为美国小说史上一位主要的作家,经受了历史的考验。威拉·凯瑟的小说是伴随着她笔下成熟女性形象及边正发展题材的故事而逐渐走向完善的。威拉·凯瑟的小说反映了她对于美国女性文化的一种渴求与探索。     

代理证券相对有效性

分析了具有特定的期望收益率向量R与风险因子向量β截面关系的代理证券组合边界,进而研究了代理证券组合边界与有效证券组合边界的差异以及代理证券相对有效度。     

DEA评价模型应用的几点探讨

为更好地应用ＤＥＡ评价模型，本文讨论了ＤＥＡ模型中定性指标的模糊处理及权重分布的随机处理，运用主成分分析法对ＤＥＡ模型指标体系进行处理，并对ＤＥＡ评价结果进行了排队分析．