Automobile prices and protection: The U.S.-Japan trade restraint

We examine the effects of the U.S.-Japan trade restraint on automobile prices and quality upgrading, for both Japanese imports and American small cars. From April 1981 to April 1984 the suggested retail price of all Japanese models increased by 15.8 percent, or 5.3 percent per year. We find that nearly the entire amount of this rise can be explained by the upgrading of individual models. This upgrading may benefit consumers who would purchase a luxury import in any case, but harms those who desire the basic imports. In addition to upgrading, we conclude that a second cost of the trade restraint has been to prevent the yen depreciation from being passed onto American consumers, in terms of lower imported auto prices. For U.S. small cars we find a 9.1 percent rise in the suggested retail price, or 3 percent per year, with a fraction of this amount due to model upgrading. If the yen depreciation had led to lower import prices without the trade restraint, then we expect that U.S. auto prices would have been lower, too.     

从经济学视角谈科学育才之路

在现阶段高校毕业生面临着社会对他们的有效需求不足的问题,从而必须面对社会对高素质人才的需求同高校毕业生供给相对过剩这一结构性供需矛盾。本文从经济学角度分析产生这种矛盾的原因,进而提出只要高校学生工作措施得当,政策有针对性,就有可能缓解上述供需矛盾。     

西方经济伦理思想述略

面对现代经济学淡化伦理和中国经济伦理失范的现状 ,对古典经济学、凯恩斯主义、新自由主义学派、新制度经济学派 ,以及诺贝尔经济学奖获得者对经济的伦理关怀进行评述。     

如何定义“大国”？

 摘　　要:本文通过对各种关于“大国”定义的总结和分析，根据经济学原理给出了关于经济学意义的“大国”的定义。并分析了这种定义的优势，以及在该定义下进一步研究“大国”问题的方向     

《光纤通信》实验教学改革探讨

针对以前光纤通信实验教学中存在的问题 ,本文对当前光纤通信实验教学内容及其课程安排的改革进行了探讨 ,并对今后光纤通信实验教学提出了几点建议     

历届诺贝尔经济学奖得主评介

举世瞩目的诺贝尔经济学奖得主及其学术成就 ,对我国“入世”后市场经济的发展及其与世界经济的接轨 ,都具有十分重要的指导作用     

后现代主义小说的文本策略及其转向

后现代主义小说在诗学形态上具有显而易见的复杂性,可划分为后现代主义实验小说和通俗小说两大类.后现代主义小说对于抄袭等互文法的想象性使用,对于体裁界限的混合和模糊,对于多重文本和结尾的设计,对于异色和暴力的美化和风格化等,在读者面前形成文学上不可理解的斯芬克斯之谜.但随着后现代主义小说创造力的日趋衰竭,其被普遍采用和模仿的形式和技巧,已经或即将变成新的规范和僵化模式,文学期待着后现代主义颠覆之后的转向与重建.     

Business reform outcomes: Why so different?

Post-crisis policy making increasingly focuses on doing business reforms. We argue that the effects of those reforms will be different across countries. To understand the reasons for the reform outcome divergence, we advance a novel firm-size distribution (FSDs) argument. At the center of the argument is the fact that FSDs are different across countries and stable over time. Then, if a given doing business reform induces firms of different size to grow differently, this will produce a variety of reform outcomes across countries. To advance the argument, we set up a tractable general equilibrium (GE) model and study how firms of different size grow after a doing business reform. The model predicts that larger firms will grow faster than smaller firms after the reform. The model predictions are tested on the Enterprise Surveys (ES) data, merged with the Doing Business indicators. We confirm that firms of different size grow differently after a Doing Business reform. Thus, based on the notable differences of firm size distributions across countries, identical reforms to start, operate and close a business will produce a variety of reform outcomes across countries.     

Twenty Years of Economics Curriculum: Trends,Issues, and Transformations?

This is a comprehensive review of literature related to K-12 economics curriculum spanning 20 years, from 1998-2018. The search for literature revealed 18 articles and book chapters in peer-reviewed journals and volumes related to social studies and economics education. The study revealed several trends and issues related to K-12 economics textbooks, including publishing trends, the extent to which economics curriculum is relevant and enactive, and the influence of neoclassical economic theory in serving as the “official knowledge” undergirding the curriculum. The review presents debates in the field related to these issues. The study also reveals the possible influence of the 2008 financial crisis, revealing that economics curriculum seems to have changed little, although the number of scholars critiquing the curriculum has risen dramatically.