MEASURING THE EFFECT OF COST VARIATION ON INDUSTRIAL OUTPUTS*

ABSTRACT. This paper introduces the household interactive variable input-output (HIVIO) model to measure the effect of cost variation on industrial outputs. The model produces a variety of cost elasticities that separate out impacts on industrial prices, imports, and outputs, with “own” and “cross” elasticity components. Like the conventional input-output multipliers, these cost elasticities can be useful parameters to evaluate the substituting behavior of firms and consumers. By using the 1980 Korean input-output transactions table, we find the wage and import price effects on industrial prices, outputs, and import demands.     

MEASURING THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT OF A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM: A SIMPLIFIED APPROACH*

The Multiregional Variable Input-Output (MRVIO) model is introduced to measure the development impact of a transportation system. The MRVIO model is a theoretically flexible, computationally simple, and cost-responsive model. Under the MRVIO model, regional input-output coefficients, trade coefficients, and trade flows become cost responsive and easy to compute. The MRVIO model is employed to measure the development impact of the Arkansas waterway during the period of 1974 to 1978. In the study, the U.S. economy is disaggregated into 3 regions and 35 industrial sectors. The MRVIO model estimates the economic conditions of these 3 regions with and without the waterway in terms of industrial output, income, employment, and trade flows.     

融西会东 奇丽壮美——布拉格国立美术馆藏20世纪中国绘画述论

享有“波希米亚宝石”之誉的布拉格城建于九世纪中叶,位于伏尔塔瓦河西岸的赫瑞迪坎尼山丘上。之后经过多次扩建,至十四世纪形成今天的规模。1918年,布拉格成为独立的捷克斯洛伐克共和国的首都。1948年,布拉格国立美术馆（National Gallery in Prague）正式成立。     

复旦大学所藏黄佐《诗经通解》发微

有明一代,关于《诗经》的研究专著多达六百余种,但长期以来,学者对此多持否定态度,鲜有深入研究分析者.这一现象直至近年以来方逐步得到改观,尤其是2001年商务印书馆出版了刘毓庆先生的大作《从经学到文学--明代《诗经》学史论》,在充分吸取前人研究成果的基础上,全面系统地梳理了明代《诗经》学发展的脉络,发幽起潜,厥功至伟.但由于资料条件所限,其中一些论述尚有补充或商榷的余地.     

Tobler’s Law in a Multivariate World

Tobler’s first law of geography is widely recognized as reflecting broad empirical realities in geography. Its key concepts of “near” and “related” are intuitive in a univariate setting. However, when moving to the joint consideration of spatial patterns among multiple variables, the combination of attribute similarity and geographical similarity that underlies the concept of spatial autocorrelation is much harder to deal with. This article uses the notion of distance in multiattribute space to explore and visualize the connection between “near” and “related” in a multivariate context. We approach this from a global, local, and regional perspective. We outline a number of ways to combine different visualization techniques and introduce a new local neighbor match test for multivariate local clusters. We illustrate the methods by means of Guerry’s classic data set on moral statistics in 1833 France.     

京口救生会与镇江义渡局

清至民国年间,镇江、瓜洲的绅士在镇江西津渡街设有救生、济渡两个慈善机构,为常年救助渡江遇难者。这两个机构虽都以红船为标识在水上施行救助,但机构的性质、章程、救助对象等却有着明显的不同。     

西方现代劳动力地理学研究进展及对中国研究的意义

劳动力地理学研究有助于理解全球化背景下劳动力作为当前国际国内经济转型和产业区位的一个重要因素及其发生作用的内在机制,对指导劳动力市场调节、促进地方劳动力市场发展具有重要意义。本文总结了国外劳动力地理学理论研究的起源,认为其理论演变经历了由新古典经济地理学区位理论,到马克思主义新经济地理理论,到近年来\"文化、制度转向\"的劳动力市场地理发展历程。介绍了近年来地方化劳动力市场地理理论和实证研究领域,及其对产业空间组织的影响等方面所取得的最新进展。在对当前的研究进行评述的基础上,指出不足和未来方向。与西方学术界相比,我国相关理论研究较为欠缺,尤其是文化、制度等因素对我国劳动力市场影响的研究有待进一步加强。     

明代武职纳级述论

明代军民、武官通过捐纳升除武职,称为纳级,始行于正统四年.明中期以后,朝廷为弥补财政匮乏而频繁开纳,又出现T加纳世袭、纳赀免比试、幕兵升级等形式,所需财物数量则随武官地位的下降而减少.嘉靖中叶以前,纳级主要得虚衔,对武官铨选影响较小.明后期,纳级已是武官四大来源之一,朝廷陆续出台了一系列任用纳级武官规范,对铨选产生较大影响.纳级对打破资格,招徕无缘世职或难中武举的牵杰之士有积极作用,但整个官僚系统的腐败使纳级所能发挥的积极作用非常有限,实际上加剧了军队的腐败和铨选制度的败坏.