最优金融空间结构与区域经济协调发展

基于2005—2019年中国30个省级行政区面板经济数据,采用空间杜宾模型从金融比率、金融活力、金融效率及金融密度4个子维度检验了金融空间结构与区域经济发展的关系。研究发现:金融结构对我国区域经济协调发展存在显著的空间效应,地区经济发展不仅受本地区金融结构的影响,还受到相邻地区金融结构的影响；从金融结构对经济发展的直接效应来看,金融效率促进了本地经济发展,金融密度则抑制本地经济及邻近地区经济发展,金融比率与金融活力显著地带动周边省份经济发展；金融空间结构在东、中、西部地区经济影响的表现不尽相同。应继续深化我国金融体制改革,优化金融空间结构与实体产业结构匹配程度；发挥“有为政府”的政策指引功能和“有效市场”金融资源配置功能；因地制宜、因地施策,根据本地产业禀赋基础实施差异化金融发展战略。     

我国海水淡化利用模式分析

海水淡化作为海水利用的重要内容,因其替代淡水效果好、工程投资规模较大、社会效益较高而备受社会各界关注。通过收集海水淡化的研究综述,整理海水淡化工程的布局,总结出可行的远距离输水海水淡化利用模式、工业企业海水淡化联产联用模式、海岛海水淡化利用模式及其经济技术特点,结合沿海各地区具体水资源条件和经济社会条件,提出在环渤海地区发展3种模式,在沿黄海地区主要发展海水淡化联产联用模式、在沿东海和沿南海地区主要发展海岛海水淡化利用模式的建议。     

Improving fire risk communication between authorities and micro-entrepreneurs: A mental models study of Ghanaian central market fires

This study conceptualizes how fire management authorities can empower nonexpert public to participate in fire risk communication processes and increase their own responsibilities for managing fire preventive, protective and recovery processes effectively. Drawing narratives from 10 disaster management experts working at government institutions and nine micro-entrepreneurs operating self-sustaining businesses in different merchandized lines in Ghana, we analyzed the data thematically and explored new insights on mental models to generate a two-way fire risk communication model. The findings suggest that fire management authorities planned fire disasters at the strategic level, collaborated with multiple stakeholders, disseminated information through many risk communication methods, and utilized their capabilities to manage fire at the various stages of fire risk communication, but the outcomes were poor. The micro-entrepreneurs sought to improve fire management outcomes through attitude change, law enforcement actions, strengthened security and better public trust building. The study has implications for policymakers, governments, and risk communication authorities of developing countries to strengthen their fire disaster policies to minimize commercial fire incidents and address the damaging effects of fire on people's livelihoods, businesses, properties, and environments. Our proposed two-way fire risk communication model is a new theoretical lens for experts and the nonexpert public to assess each other's beliefs about risk information and manage fire risk communication effectively at all stages.