Efficiency in the generation of social welfare in Mexico: A proposal in the presence of bad outputs

One of the main goals of any country is to secure the general welfare of society, entailing positive levels of education, health and income, coupled with low levels of social inequality. The following paper studies the efficient use of economic and social resources to generate social welfare in the presence of bad outputs in the states of Mexico during 2010. A two-level data envelopment analysis model was used to determine how efficient the 32 states of the Mexican Republic were, considering as model variables the socioeconomic indicators of the three dimensions of human development (education, health and income), and the data on poverty or inequity in the country. The analysis of the results reveals that only 5 of the 32 units studied were efficient in generating welfare and in reducing poverty, while the rest need to increase their welfare levels and especially reduce inequity in education and income using the economic and social resources they possess.     

“债转股”政策效果研究

“债转股”对盘活银行不良资产 ,降低国有企业债务负担起到了积极作用 ,但也容易产生一些负面效应。要使“债转股”趋利避害 ,取得最佳政策效果 ,关键在于将“债转股”与国有经济的“战略性退出”结合起来 ,对“债转股”之后的企业实施民营化     

A slacks-based inefficiency measure for a two-stage system with bad outputs

We model the performance of DMUs (decision-making units) using a two-stage network model. In the first stage of production DMUs use inputs to produce an intermediate output that becomes an input to a second stage where final outputs are produced. Previous black box DEA models allowed for non-radial scaling of outputs and inputs and accounted for slacks in the constraints that define the technology. We extend these models and build a performance measure that accounts for a network structure of production. We use our method to estimate the performance of Japanese banks, which use labor, physical capital, and financial equity capital in a first stage to produce an intermediate output of deposits. In the second stage, those deposits become an input in the production of loans and securities investments. The network estimates reveal greater bank inefficiency than do the estimates that treat the bank production process as a black box with all production taking place in a single stage.     

说"美刺"--兼谈鲁、齐、韩、毛四家诗之异同

古代儒家成系统的诗论 ,出自对《诗经》的解读 ,较早的有鲁、齐、韩、毛四家。四家说诗互有异同 ,但无论是讲诗言志 ,或是以比兴言诗 ,还是谈风雅正变 ,都以“美刺”为一贯之宗旨。这成为汉代诗学思想体系最显著的特征 ,奠定了中国传统诗歌理论批评的政教纲领     

词尾标记-e的消失与英语结构对称性破缺

英语词尾-e的逐渐消亡是语言自身通过放大系统中不对称差异,迫使其低维子系统对称破缺,实际上是依靠概念隐喻以牺牲其结构上的对称美来换取话语的经济效率,用经济的话语表达最充分的信息。而语法化是造成语言内部语法标记和结构渐变的重要原因之一。     

论中国哲学的“世界主义”视野及其价值

中国哲学中，潜藏着一股“世界主义”思潮，既有打破“国家中心论”的较低层次的世界主义，有打破“区域中心论”的较高层次的世界主义，也有打破“人类中心论”的最高层次的世界主义。世界主义的各种形态，齐备于中国哲学家的头脑中，这在世界哲学史上是不多见的，值得认真发掘。从原有的哲学格局看，西方哲学的视野主体上还是“地球中心论”与“人类中心论”的，基本上还是以解决人与人的关系问题为主。但中国哲学的“世界主义”视野提供给人类一种伟大的智慧：要解决人类的问题，就不能以人类为中心，就必须置身人类之外；要解决人与人的关系问题，就不能以人与人的关系为中心，就必须置身人与人的关系之外；要解决地球的问题，就必须突破“地球中心论”，必须置身地球之外。换言之，不突破“地球中心论”，不突破“人类中心论”，恐怕还是不可能从根本上解决人类所面临的问题；不解决人与物的关系问题，不解决物与物的关系问题，恐怕也不可能从根本上解决人与人的关系问题。中国哲学中的“世界主义”视野，是打破各种“中心论”的一把利剑；它使中国哲学不可能产生西方式的“痛苦中心论”、“生命中心论”，更不可能产生西方式的“人类中心论”。     

Econometric Applications of the Forward Search in Regression: Robustness,Diagnostics, and Graphics

The article illustrates the use of the forward search to provide robust analyses of econometric data. The emphasis is on informative plots that reveal the inferential importance of each observation. The division of observations into “good” and “bad” leverage points is shown to be potentially misleading.     

Organizational Silence and Whistle‐Blowing on IT Projects: An Integrated Model*

An individual's reluctance to report bad news about a troubled information technology (IT) project has been suggested as an important contributor to project failure and has been linked to IT project escalation as well. To date, information systems researchers have drawn from the mum effect and whistle‐blowing literature to gain a better understanding of the factors that influence bad news reporting. More recent theoretical work in the area of organizational silence offers a promising new conceptual lens, but remains empirically untested. In this research note, we integrate key elements of Morrison and Milliken's (2000) model of organizational silence, which has never been empirically tested, with the basic whistle‐blowing model adapted from Dozier and Miceli (1985) . Using a role‐playing experiment, we investigate how organizational structures/policies, managerial practices, and degree of demographic dissimilarity between employees and top managers create a climate of silence and how this climate, in turn, affects an individual's willingness to report. Our results show that all three types of factors contribute to a climate of silence, exerting both direct and indirect influence on willingness to report, as hypothesized. The implications of these findings and directions for future research are discussed.     

谈谈人力资本中的不良资产问题

人力资本中的不良资产是影响人力资本投资效益的一个重要问题。本文对人力资本中不良资产的概念、探讨这种不良资产的现实意义、确立人力资本投资效益核算观念,以及如何从宏观与微观两个层面探讨治理的问题进行了论述。     

城市化孕育出的恶之花——论王新军小说中的城市经验

牧民出身的青年作家王新军,不仅在其小说创作中描绘着牧歌式的田园生活,而且不断地尝试着对城市空间的书写。以中篇小说《坏爸爸》和《摸吧》为代表,王新军着力表现了在现代化、工业化和城市化进程中的农民为求生存,而以一种极端或堕落的方式进入城市空间。对此,简单地同情或谴责都是不够的。究其原因,资本的无限扩张、城市生活对乡村生活的挤压以及空间政治的统治都凸显出当今现代化、工业化和城市化进程中的深层问题。