Innovation across cities

This paper examines the distribution of patenting activity across cities in the OECD, using a sample of 218 cities from 2000 to 2008. We obtain three main results. First, patenting activity is more concentrated than population and GDP. Second, patenting activity is less persistent than population and GDP, especially in the middle of the distribution. Third, in a parametric model, patenting does not exhibit mean‐reversion, and is positively associated with GDP and population density. Our results suggest that policymakers can influence the amount of innovative activity through the use of appropriate policies.     

Coconut Crisis in Kerala? Mainstream Narrative and Alternative Perspectives

India's oilseeds sector, which includes its coconut economy, experienced drastic changes in the wake of agricultural liberalization in the mid‐1990s. A persistent coconut crisis ‘narrative’ emerged after sharp price declines between 2000 and 2002 in which small farmers in the state of Kerala, India's main coconut producer, were identified as victims of the liberalized importation of cheap palm oil. This article describes this crisis narrative based on a literature review of academic and official reports, and challenges its problem analysis by juxtaposing it with information from ethnographic research with local farmers and traders. The research indicates that local labour shortages and increased regional competition also had a strong impact on Kerala's coconut market, production and processing, which varied from region to region. Furthermore, small farmers, with their diversified livelihoods, did not recognize a ‘crisis’ as such. Drawing upon the ‘advocacy coalition framework’, the article also indicates reasons for the emergence and persistence of the coconut crisis narrative and points to complex processes of restructuring social space in the age of globalization.     

《法苑珠林》与君臣观

隋唐时代,随着中国封建社会进入了鼎盛时期,佛教的发展,也在中国佛教史上达到了顶峰.如果说唐代佛教繁荣的标志是其思想内涵的丰富,那么其外在的表现形式之一就是类书在佛教典籍中的使用.类书体例自魏晋南北朝出现后,在佛教典籍中也逐渐兴起,许多高僧大德的著述使用了类书体例.     

想念红妹

仲春二月,天气乍阴乍晴,寒意没有马上要减退的样子,校园里还是一片灰黄,望得久了,有一种眼酸的感觉。柳枝藏芽,生怕冻坏了嫩生生的身体,山雀也更愿躲在窝里享清福,不想出来活动,     

Measuring Spatial Autocorrelation of Vectors

This article introduces measures to quantify spatial autocorrelation for vectors. In contrast to scalar variables, spatial autocorrelation for vectors involves an assessment of both direction and magnitude in space. Extending conventional approaches, measures of global and local spatial associations for vectors are proposed, and the associated statistical properties and significance testing are discussed. The new measures are applied to study the spatial association of taxi movements in the city of Shanghai. Complications due to the edge effect are also examined.     

西夏语“头项”词义考

以往学界认为有关西夏汉文文献中的"头项"意为"头领、首领",也是西夏的一种军事组织,这一认识并不准确。传世汉文西夏文献中的"头项"乃是"头绪、种类"等义,而西夏文文献中的"头项"则是"事宜、事项"的意思,可以用作"同位语"。同一常用词在夏汉文本中词义的不对等,说明西夏语在词义衍生的思维模式层面与汉语是不一致的。     

中古时期肥水与巢湖流域连通问题考辨

本文重点讨论在中古时期是否存在沟通肥水、巢湖两流域河道(包括自然与人工)的问题。《水经注》认为存在,而且不止一条。后人踵其说而不加考察,最终积非成是。本文在仔细梳理历代正史、地理书、古地图和方志的基础上,结合前人研究成果、实地考察资料,主要从历史文献记载和实际地理状况两方面进行考证分析,对自《水经注》以来的这种说法加以否定。本文认为在中古时期,肥水、巢湖两流域始终是没能连通的。     

The origins of the modern emotions: Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia and the embodied mind

In the history of European ideas, Princess Elisabeth is conventionally viewed as little more than a curiosity, a clever but ultimately unimportant exiled princess who became the confidant, critic, and muse of a far more famous man, René Descartes. Contrary to this view, however, this article argues that Elisabeth made a significant contribution to the development of western philosophy in her own right. Drawing on her letters to Descartes, as well the diaries and correspondence of her associates and a range of secondary sources, it demonstrates that an early understanding of the modern emotions akin to that which later found form in the work of the moral sentiment theorists can be found in Elisabeth’s thought. In particular, drawing on her understanding of the embodied mind, Elisabeth of Bohemia began to develop a hybrid understanding of the passions, identified a role for the emotions in the pursuit of virtue, and began to reconceive the relationship between reason and the emotions that had until then dominated seventeenth-century thought.     

为改革开放树碑立传的佳志——《天津经济技术开发区志》读后

入伏初日,收到了自渤海湾畔寄来的《天津经济技术开发区志》（以下简称《泰达志》）,顿时眼前一亮,尽管暑热难耐,然疲乏之气顿消。细细品读,不禁有感而发。     

10年来华侨支援祖国抗战研究述评

学术界对华侨支援祖国抗战的研究已经相当深入,截至1995年抗战胜利50周年时,已经出版全面论述华侨支援祖国抗战的研究著作5部①,专题研究著作2部,文章有二三百篇,详细情况请见笔者撰写出版的有关研究综述②.下面将1995年至2005年,即从抗战胜利50周年到60周年这10年间,华侨支援祖国抗战研究的新进展作一介绍.