Institutional Conditions of Economic Globalization: Effects of Antitrust and Merger Laws on the Global Integration of the Acquisition Market1

A central insight from institutional theory about markets is that they cannot operate without governing rules to guide interactions among actors. Because most of these rules are made and enforced within national borders, international economic transactions are said to suffer from an “institutional abyss,” the lack of institutional arrangements for economic exchanges. Scholars have found that the abyss can be filled by two factors: network connectedness, such as inter-governmental organizations, and intercountry economic agreements, such as the World Trade Organization or free trade. This article proposes a third factor: the global diffusion of governmental regulations. When countries adopt highly standardized regulations on a particular transaction, it provides legal familiarity for foreigners and reduces procedural uncertainty surrounding how the transaction should be executed. Using fixed-effects models on longitudinal data, I show that the adoption of antitrust and merger laws increases the volume of cross-border mergers—the transaction the laws are meant to regulate. This result stands in direct opposition to financial scholars’ predictions that antitrust and merger laws will reduce cross-border mergers because the laws are meant to restrain, not liberate, the transaction. This article theorizes how the diffusion of regulations, not the elimination of regulations, can facilitate global market integration.     

用统筹理念推进城乡一体化发展

从城乡分离到城乡融合,再到城乡一体是必然趋势.用统筹理念推进城乡一体化发展就是把工业和农业、城市和农村作为一个整体统一谋划,统筹城乡空间布局,推进城乡规划一体化;统筹资源配置,推进城乡产业发展一体化;统筹城镇化发展,推进城乡建设一体化;统筹公共服务,推进城乡文明一体化.在发展实践中,必须发展壮大县域经济、以改革创新为动力、坚持正确的工作导向.     

浅谈歌唱中的声情并重

本文指出歌唱艺术就是声与情结合的产物,两者缺一不可。     

整合体育考试方法构建“教考分合”新模式——河北科技师范学院体育课考试模式初探

以河北科技师范学院为调查对象,探讨了“教考分合”考试模式结构。认为“教考分合”考试模式分两步进行：第一步“教考分离”,第二步“教考合一”。实施“教考分合”考试模式的效果有以下几方面：整合考试方法,互相取长补短;整合考试内容,强调学习过程;．规范考试制度,促进教风建设;发挥考试作用,促进身心发展。     

城市社区公共空间的建构

城市社区公共空间是一种场域与规则的统一体,也是实现公共空间这一功能的最小单位。除具有公共空间的一般特性外,还兼具结构松散与潜规则并行、市民和新市民社会整合的初级单位、文化内涵的符号统一等特点。我国城市社区公共空间的功能从单一走向多元,但其建设过程中存在有效供给不足,居民公共意识不够、空间建设特色不明显等诸多问题。需要把城市社区公共空间建设成为人性化场所,把它当成一种可回收的资源．一种实现社会整合的有效途径。     

城乡客运一体化建设的问题与对策

由于经济的发展,道路旅客运输在人们社会生活中越来越重要.为满足广大人们群众的出行需要,我国正在加大交通设施的建设,构建四通八达的交通网络,推进道路旅客运输的城乡一体化建设.邯郸作为河北省和中原地区较大城市,道路设施和客运网络日益完善,城乡客运一体化逐步推进.文章就邯郸城乡客运一体化建设的现状进行分析,并对城乡客运一体化建设发展进行了研究.     

Changes in immigrants’ social integration during the stay in the host country: The case of non-western immigrants in the Netherlands

Previous studies on social integration of immigrants were predominantly of static nature. This article provides a dynamic account by distinguishing differences in social integration that develop shortly after immigrants’ arrival in the host country from changes with length of stay. We examine contacts in leisure time between natives and non-western immigrants in the Netherlands. Theories from research on ethnic intermarriage are applied to these more common forms of contact. We use pooled cross-sectional survey data from 1988–2002. The results show that on average social integration increases with length of stay. Ethnicity, migration motive and home country education account for differences in integration that develop shortly after arrival and are maintained or even increased with length of stay, while the size of the immigrant group matters mainly at entry and then loses its influence over time. Age at migration exclusively explains differences in social integration that develop with length of stay.     

基于市场环境的科技期刊整合力研究

整合力是市场环境下科技期刊亟待培育的核心竞争力。探讨了刊社整合力的内涵、构成、培育模式与实现路径。     

珠中江经济一体化的思路与对策

文章在介绍区域经济一体化概念内涵与特点的基础上,分析了珠中江经济一体化的主要影响因素,提出了加快珠中江经济一体化的思路与对策措施。     

发展小城镇与实现城乡一体化

城乡一体化是推进我国城市化和实现农业现代化的客观要求。小城镇处于农村之首、城市之尾 ,在城乡一体化发展中有着非常重要的作用。通过建设小城镇 ,可以逐步实现城乡工业一体化、城乡市场一体化、农村人口城市化 ,进而达到城乡经济、科技、社会协调发展的目标