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The diagnostic tools examined in this article are applicable to regressions estimated with panel data or cross-sectional data drawn from a population with grouped structure. The diagnostic tools considered include (a) tests for the existence of group effects under both fixed and random effects models, (b) checks for outlying groups, and (c) specification tests for comparing the fixed and random effects models. A group-specific counterpart to the studentized residual is introduced. The methods are illustrated using a hedonic housing price regression.     

“Serials at Warp Speed: Navigating Transitions,” the 2007 North Carolina Serials Conference

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Reports on four major serials conferences, the 2007 North Carolina Serials Conference, the 2007 meeting of the Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians, the Canadian Library Association’s 2007 Pre-Conference, and the 2007 North American Serials Interest Group Conference.     

Analyzing time–frequency relationship between oil price and exchange rate in Pakistan through wavelets

This study analyzed the time–frequency relationship between oil price and exchange rate for Pakistan by using measures of continuous wavelet such as wavelet power, cross-wavelet power, and cross-wavelet coherency (WTC). The results of cross-wavelet analysis indicated that covariance between oil price and exchange rate is unable to give clear-cut results, but both variables have been in phase and out phase (i.e. they are anti-cyclical and cyclical in nature) in some or other durations. However, results of squared wavelet coherence disclose that both variables are out of phase and real exchange rate was leading during the entire period studied, corresponding to the 10–15 months’ scale. These results are the unique contribution of the present study, which would have not been drawn if one would have utilized any other time series or frequency domain-based approach. This finding provides evidence of anti-cyclical relationship between oil price and real effective exchange rate; however, in most of the period studied, real exchange rate was leading and passing anti-cycle effects on oil price shocks which is the major contribution of the study.     

Strategic Framing of Adat in Land-Acquisition Politics in East Sumba

This article is about the strategic use of adat arguments in the politics of large-scale land acquisition. While customary (adat) communities are commonly depicted as small local minorities living in the forests and being guardians of the environment, in many situations such communities occupy a majority position within the district. Majority adat communities are internally differentiated into categories of actors with varying and conflicting interests. This article focuses on Sumba in eastern Indonesia, where state and adat powers are not opposed but historically aligned. We analyse how five common ways of framing adat in Sumba are currently being deployed in land-acquisition politics, in situations supporting plantation land acquisition or protesting against farmers’ land dispossession. We draw attention to what we call ‘strategic adat framing’ as a political activity. The article calls for analysing the historical and social context of local deployments of adat for understanding the impact of current government pro-adat policies.     

佛教美学观新探

佛教所追求的美,是不同于形式美的道德美、不同于感性美的心灵美、不同于虚幻美的真实美、不同于当下美的永恒美。佛教谓之佛教涅槃安乐、净土极乐、法喜禅悦。对这种本体美的美感反应不是世俗的受乐、欲乐,而是超越情欲享受、不苦不乐的法乐、寂灭乐。佛教否定世俗的美和美感,同时又以毕竟空的世界观和中观的方法论对世俗美采取了变相肯定的态度。于是,莲花、圆、十、光明、七宝、香、音乐、言像等等具备了审美价值。它们构成了佛教的世俗美形态,最终为吸引众生皈依佛教服务。     

绍兴市的城市用地结构变化

以绍兴市的越城区和柯桥镇为实验区,利用1984、1997年2个时段的TM图像和1974年的地形图,采用遥感图像监督分类和主成分分析等方法进行土地利用动态变化信息的提取,通过地理信息系统技术建立动态监测信息库,进行城市土地利用动态变化以及城市用地结构演变规律分析,初步探讨城市土地利用变化的原因。     

农村土地应实行租赁经营

上世纪70年代末80年代初,农村轰轰烈烈实行的农业生产责任制是包产到户,不是土地承包,土地是作为生产资料按人口平均分配的。土地具有稀缺性、气候性、位置性,是一种不动产,其经营方式应是租赁经营。土地承包实际上就是平均分配土地,不是经营方式,其使用价值终结,没有延续性。农村土地应实行租赁经营,农村土地承包法修改为农村土地租赁法,培养具有专业技术的新型农民和从事农业的企业家,广泛应用科学技术发展农村专业化分工。     

“两型”社会建设中的农户土地转出意愿分析——以长沙大河西光导区为例

对长沙大河西4个典型土地流转示范村进行农户土地转出意愿问卷调查,建立Logistic回归模型,分析农户土地转出意愿及影响因素。在5％水平下。对土地转出意愿具有显著的影响因素有中介组织、就业类型、家庭总收入、土地流转合同和家庭总人口,而年龄、受教育程度和家庭参保人数等对农户土地转出意愿没有显著性影响。     

房地产价格区域间联动与泡沫的空间扩散 ——基于2000－2005年中国35个大中城市面板数据的实证检验

 利用中国35个大中城市2000－2005年间的面板数据，本文首先对房地产价格中的泡沫成分进行测度；然后构建泡沫自回归模型，并对其残差进行CSD检验，结果显示不同城市间房地产泡沫的演化过程相互影响。与前人研究不同，以房地产泡沫为研究对象，不仅可以确认中国不同城市间房地产价格存在联动性，而且可以证明消费者的适应性预期是其中重要的传导机制之一。     

住宅非市场化供给、房价波动与经济波动——基于省级面板数据的实证研究

采用面板协整技术,利用1999—2009年中国省级面板数据分析了住宅非市场化供给、住房价格波动与经济波动之间的关系。实证研究表明：住宅非市场化供给和住房价格波动之间存在较强的负相关关系,住宅非市场化供给的增加,能够平抑商品房价格的上涨幅度;住房价格波动与经济波动之间存在显著的正相关关系,住宅非市场化供给的变化能够通过住宅价格的变化,最终会作用于经济增长,进而影响经济波动;地区经济发展水平与房地产市场发育程度的差异,对住宅非市场化供给、住房价格波动与经济波动三者之间的区域关系造成显著影响。