An iconic New York Times columnist, Thomas Friedman, has just been squired around the Middle East by the commander of Central Command, the U.S. military headquarters for operations in the Middle East, Persian Gulf and North Africa. Now, don't get me wrong, the military and American journalists have cultivated symbiotic relations since the Civil War. It's in the nature of things. The press needs access, and the military needs public and congressional support. Quality time shared by the top U.S.military officer for this volatile region and the top foreign affairs columnist for the nation's top broadsheet makes sense.Among their whistlestops were U.S. installations in Syria. About 900 American troops are there, distributed in penny packets among seven bases. Some of these protect oil fields that supply U.S.-backed Kurdish authorities; others are in the far northeast, where they assist Kurdish units, help secure and supply the cluster of camps that house ISIS prisoners and their families and continue to hunt ISIS fighters; and still others in the southeast, at a road junction where the Iraqi, Syrian and Jordanian borders meet. This base was set up to interdict Iranian-backed forces attempting to entrench themselves in Syria and transport supplies to Lebanon.In Friedman's recap of this visit, he explained that the importance of these U.S. deployments lay in the need to fight the terrorists over there so we would not have to fight them over here. Let's say, for the moment, that there are several other rationales for maintaining troops in Syria. Iran, for example, does seek to use Syria as a land corridor to Lebanon and the Israeli-Syrian border, from which it can carry the fight to its enemy. Iran is 1,200 kilometers from Israel, so if it wants to reach out and touch someone without using ballistic missiles, it needs to be on Israel's borders. Rendering this a bit more difficult than it might otherwise be makes a regional blow-up marginally less likely. Maintaining a garrison at the oil fields is meant to secure them from capture by either ISIS or the Assad regime, against which the U.S. maintains heavy sanctions. Reserving the oil for use by Kurds, both for sale and consumption, reflects a longstanding policy that favors Kurdish autonomy in Syria. This policy preference, which owes in part to a romanticized image of Kurds as daring fighters fending off terrorist hordes to spare the U.S. an onerous burden, also dictates the use of U.S. forces in northeast Syria as a tripwire deterrent against Turkish attempts to suppress Syrian Kurds. For many members of Congress, they seem to be something like T.E. Lawrence's Bedouin insurgents in World War I, or U.S.-backed Montagnard guerillas in the Vietnam War. For them, abandoning the Kurds to the tender mercies of Turkey, or compelling them to seek protection from the Assad government, would be immoral and shred America's reputation as a reliable ally. (See under: Munich.) Trump, marching to the beat of a different drum, pointed out that the Kurds "didn't help us in the second world war, they didn't help us with Normandy as an example… ." The U.S. role in helping local forces and NGOs manage the ISIS detention centers and refugee camps as well as the slow process of the repatriation of Iraqi detainees, is meant to contribute to Iraqi stability, in which the U.S. has a stake. The fact that these bases are magnets for attack by Iran-backed militias is arguably a factor that outweighs any of these other considerations.One can have this or that view on the validity of these rationales or the salience of these objectives for core U.S. strategic interests. If the Turks and their radical Arab militias rip into the Kurds to get at the PKK, as they have done twice already, U.S. strategic interest is unlikely to suffer very much. If ISIS fighters escape the camps in Syria, Iraqi forces with U.S. help could probably limit the threat to Iraqi stability. The U.S. installation at al-Tanf in the southeast can be bypassed by Iran-backed militias via an Assad-controlled base at al bu-Kamal, a bit northeast of al-Tanf, so the U.S. base there might have outlived its usefulness. Of course, on any given day there are about 30,000 U.S. military personnel in the region, as there have been for decades, so 900 isn't a particularly impressive number. It's a good example of limited interests served by a commensurately limited commitment. Whether to stay or go comes down to a narrow judgment call.But of all the factors to consider there is one that does not merit concern: the idea of fighting them over there so we don't have to fight them over here. It's a vacuous meme trotted out to defend the controversial commitment and use of forward deployed forces and creation of distant security perimeters. If you were a Briton in September 1939 facing the German juggernaut, Friedman's old chestnut would have been pretty compelling. But since World War II, its specific gravity has dissipated. During the Vietnam War, Lyndon Johnson defended the U.S. commitment by asserting that the countries of southeast Asia were like a row of dominos; if south Vietnam were to fall, it would tip over all its neighbors until all of Asia was communist. The problem, he explained, was that "Everything that happens in this world affects us because pretty soon it gets on our doorstep." Anyone who was politically sentient at the time was bombarded by Friedman's repurposed, shopworn epigram. Yet, the dominos never fell following the U.S. pullout and the collapse of South Vietnam; in the fullness of time, we never had to fight them over here and the only stuff on our doorstep are Amazon boxes. President George W. Bush, in a major speech at the 89th Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in 2007, declared "Our strategy is this: we will fight them over there so we do not have to face them in the United States of America." But the insurgency in Iraq was created by the 2003 U.S. invasion, which decapitated the regime and destroyed the capacity of the state to manage the country's affairs, while unleashing Shi'a power and Iranian influence. This ignited a brutal Sunni insurgency carried out, in part, by tens of thousands of soldiers the U.S. threw out of their barracks and left to fend for themselves in an anarchic and violent environment. The ideology and strategy of both Shi'a and Sunni insurgents had nothing to do with al-Qaida, let alone engaging SWAT teams in Dallas, or stealing our lawn furniture, as one of my former counterterrorism colleagues put it. Their concerns were local. Al-Qaida sought to attack the great power, the "far enemy," that underpinned the "near enemy," namely the conservative monarchy ruling Arabia. Al-Qaida in Iraq, ISIS, the Mahdi Army and Iran-backed militias fought a battle for power on their turf and against an occupying army, not an expeditionary war against the U.S. homeland. The mayhem, moreover, had nothing to do with 9/11. The fact that there was never another al-Qaida attack was not because the U.S. invaded Iraq; it was because of al-Qaida's inability to follow up on its spectacular success. And that was a function of the loss of its support network in the U.S., the decimation of its top tier, and the swift tightening of security at U.S. borders. Now we are told once again that U.S. troops have to be somewhere else to prevent fighters operating in that space from coming to the United States and waging war here. The designated enemy in this case is the Islamic State, an organization that has inspired or arranged successful attacks in Europe but not in the U.S. It would be foolish to assume that no one in the organization dreams of murdering Americans in their beds. But they lack the capacity to do so and, more importantly, have urgent local goals that soak up resources, planning and organizational capacity, and face serious local constraints. There is a legitimate debate about the presence of U.S. forces in Syria. But it should be premised on the value of the real things at stake and the cost of protecting those stakes. It should not be distorted by old canards intended to inflate threats to the American homeland.
Doutoramento em Economia ; A política orçamental, através da gestão das receitas e despesas públicas, é usualmente utilizada pelos decisores políticos para influenciar a atividade económica, nomeadamente através do controlo do rendimento disponível, de uma reafectação eficiente dos recursos existentes, do fornecimento de bens e serviços, bem como da correção de falhas de mercado. De acordo com o disposto na teoria Keynesiana, elaborada durante a Grande Recessão (década de 1930), os efeitos da política orçamental deverão variar de acordo com a fase do ciclo económico e dos instrumentos utilizados, sendo estes mais necessários e eficazes durante recessões. Contudo, em alguns episódios históricos, a evidência empírica parece contrariar as previsões teóricas efetuadas à luz da teoria Keynesiana, originando os comumente chamados efeitos não-Keynesianos da política orçamental. Por sua vez, a última Grande Recessão trouxe, uma vez mais, o debate relativo à eficácia da política orçamental para a literatura económica. Os elevados montantes de dívida pública acumulados na generalidade das economias europeias ocidentais comprometeram a sua sustentabilidade e restringiram decisões políticas, o que gerou repercussões tanto nos custos de financiamento soberano como no bem-estar social. Assim, diversos Estados Membros da Zona Euro foram forçados a implementar medidas mais restritivas de forma a conseguirem reduzir os seus desequilíbrios orçamentais, num cenário em que a política cambial se encontrava inacessível, e em que a taxa de inflação se apresentou especialmente baixa. Neste contexto, a presente tese debruça-se sobre o impacto macroeconómico da política orçamental nos Estados Membros da UEM, averiguando como este poderá variar de acordo com os instrumentos utilizados e com fatores intrínsecos de cada país, tendo em atenção tópicos relevantes que ainda não estão suficientemente explorados na literatura. É ainda analisado se, e como, a política orçamental poderá ser manipulada de acordo com motivações eleitoralistas, nomeadamente se as evidências empíricas dão suporte às previsões do modelo de "despesa visível" de Rogoff, ou ao modelo de despesa pública direcionada. Por outras palavras, se um hipotético aumento de despesa estará associado a mais despesas correntes, ou se existirão investimentos direcionados para satisfazer as pretensões de grupos ou regiões específicas. Num primeiro momento, foram calculados os valores dos multiplicadores orçamentais desde a criação da União Monetária. De acordo com os resultados obtidos, a despesa pública nos Estados Membros tem um impacto positivo sobre a atividade económica (multiplicador de 0,44), sendo o impacto maior perante menores níveis de endividamento soberano, recessões económicas e fases negativas do ciclo económico (hiato do produto negativo). Por sua vez, a receita fiscal apresenta valores negativos, compreendidos entre -0,11 e -0,55, podendo, no entanto, revelar um impacto expansionista em países com menores níveis de dívida pública. Porém, nem sempre as políticas resultam nos resultados expectáveis. Foram estimadas elasticidades do consumo privado, face aos instrumentos orçamentais, durante o período de 1960-2017, de forma a aferir como as elasticidades variam perante episódios orçamentais (claras ações políticas, como expansões ou consolidações orçamentais). As evidências indicam que as transferências sociais poderão estar na origem dos efeitos não-Keynesianos da política orçamental, uma vez o consumo privado apresenta elasticidades negativas face às suas variações, durante períodos de consolidação. Ainda, os episódios não-Keynesianos tornaram-se menos prováveis de serem observados após os países integrarem a Zona Euro, dado que os gastos em investimentos e as outras despesas deixaram de apresentar uma relação negativa com o consumo privado. Foi também observado que as transferências sociais aparentam ter um impacto mais recessivo durante consolidações, que aquele observado perante expansões ou na ausência de episódios orçamentais. Utilizando uma abordagem alternativa para identificar consolidações orçamentais (abordagem narrativa), foi constatado que o consumo privado continua a exibir uma resposta não-Keynesiana a choques fiscais. Por último, a política orçamental aparenta ainda ser sensível a fatores políticos. Durante anos eleitorais, os decisores políticos tendem a aumentar as despesas correntes e a diminuir o peso dos impostos diretos. Porém, a estratégia orçamental tem sofrido algumas alterações ao longo dos anos. Desde a Grande Recessão, os Estados Membros aparentam ter perdido a sua capacidade para manipular a despesa pública com objetivos eleitoralistas, e começaram a diminuir os impostos indiretos. Também, após os Estados Membros aderirem à UEM, os decisores políticos começaram a aumentar a carga fiscal dos seus países face a choques na taxa de juro, uma vez que perderam a capacidade de recorrer à política monetária. ; The fiscal policy, through the management of public revenue and expenditure, is usually used by policy makers to influence economic activity, namely through the control of available income, the reallocation of resources, the supply of goods and services or the correction of market failures. Following the Keynesian perspective, designed during the Great Depression (1930's), the effects of fiscal policy should vary over the stages of the business cycle and over fiscal instruments used, being more needed and effective during recessions. However, in some historical cases, the empirical evidence seems to contradict the theoretical predictions in the spirit of the Keynesian theory, giving rise to the so-called non-Keynesian effects of fiscal policy. Therefore, the last Great Recession brought the effectiveness of fiscal policy back into debate in the economic literature. The high amounts of sovereign debt accumulated in the majority of the western European economies have been jeopardizing the sustainability of public debts, restricting political decisions, with repercussions on sovereign financing costs and on people's welfare. Thus, several Eurozone's Member States were forced to implement more restrictive policies in order to reduce their budgetary imbalances, in a scenario where the exchange rate policies are unavailable, and the inflation rate has been especially low. In this context, this thesis focuses on the macroeconomic impact of fiscal policy on the Member States, assessing how it may vary according to the fiscal instruments used, and to country specific characteristics, taking into account some relevant topics not very explored yet in the literature. It is also analysed whether, and how, the fiscal policy can be manipulated according to electoral motivations, namely if evidence supports the predictions of the Rogoff's "visibility expenditure" model or the Public expenditure targeting model, i.e., if the hypothetical expenditure increase will be associated with current expenditure, or if the capital expenditure will be used as a target to specific groups and locations. Firstly, it was computed the value of fiscal multipliers since the creation of the currency union. According to the results, public expenditure in Member States has a positive impact on economic growth (multiplier of 0.44), with a bigger impact on the less indebted countries, facing economic recessions and negative output gaps. In turn, tax revenue has negative values, between -0.11 and -0.55, but it can reveal an expansionary impact in countries with lower levels of public debt. However, policies do not always result in the expected results. Elasticities of private consumption to fiscal instruments were estimated during the period 1960-2017, to access how fiscal elasticities vary during fiscal episodes (clear policy actions, such as fiscal expansions or consolidations). 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However, the fiscal strategy has changed over the years. Since the Great Recession, Member States have lost their ability to manipulate the Government spending for electoral purposes and began to decrease the indirect tax burden. Furthermore, after countries joined the EMU, policy makers began to increase tax burden facing interest rate shocks, since they have lost the ability to use monetary policy. ; info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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V magistrskem delu obravnavamo različne politike internacionalizacije visokega šolstva v Sloveniji in na Nizozemskem. Glavni temelj naloge predstavlja analiza in primerjava strateških dokumentov internacionalizacije visokega šolstva obeh izbranih držav. V teoretičnem delu izpostavimo internacionalizacijo v zgodovinski perspektivi. Na kratko opišemo družbenoekonomski kontekst razvoja nizozemskih univerz ter obravnavamo nastanek in razvoj slovenskih in nizozemskih univerz. Osredotočimo se na njihovo poslanstvo ter z njim povezanim položajem jezika v raziskovalni in pedagoški dejavnosti. Opredelimo tudi termin internacionalizacije in navedemo različne definicije. Nato predstavimo oblike internacionalizacije: internacionalizacijo doma, internacionalizacijo kurikuluma ter internacionalizacijo v tujini. V okviru razvoja bolonjskega procesa predstavimo nastanek evropske gospodarske skupnosti, začetke samega procesa ter kritiko njegove neoliberalne zasnove. Raziščemo tudi zelo relevantno temo – transfer izobraževalnih politik. Zaključimo s predstavitvijo jezikovne problematike, to je vedno večja vloga angleščine v pedagoškem in raziskovalnem visokošolskem prostoru ter položaj nacionalnih jezikov. V okviru empiričnega dela najprej ugotavljamo podobnosti in razlike med nacionalnimi politikami internacionalizacije visokega šolstva v Sloveniji in na Nizozemskem ter med politikami na institucionalni ravni – opravimo torej primerjavo Univerze v Ljubljani in Univerze v Amsterdamu. Analiza nacionalnih strateških dokumentov dokazuje, da tako slovensko kot nizozemsko visoko šolstvo sledi podobnim ciljem internacionalizacije. Kot prvo bistveno razliko pa lahko izpostavimo težnjo Nizozemske po povezovanju visokošolskih institucij z gospodarstvom in posledično prevlado gospodarskih motivov za internacionalizacijo. Nasprotno pa internacionalizacijo slovenskega visokega šolstva usmerjajo predvsem politični motivi, saj želi država utrditi prepoznavno podobo nacionalnega visokega šolstva. S tem pa je povezana tudi druga pomembna razlika. V nizozemskih strateških dokumentih je poudarjena namera po konkurenčnosti in prepoznavnosti države na globalni ravni, medtem ko je v slovenskih strateških dokumentih v ospredju potreba po vzpostavitvi regionalne identitete. Nizozemska se torej usmerja v bolj globalno internacionalizacijo, Slovenija pa v regionalno. Državi sta si podobni v tem, da vidita internacionalizacijo kot poglavitni dejavnik pri razvoju svojega visokega šolstva, ki rezultira v izboljšanje njegove kakovosti. Analiza politike internacionalizacije dveh osrednjih univerz v obeh država pokaže, da je zaradi statusa mednarodne in dvojezične univerze Univerze v Amsterdamu internacionalizacija njena ključna značilnost, medtem ko je ljubljanska univerza pri svoji internacionalizaciji dokaj omejena. Zaradi svoje izrazite mednarodne usmerjenosti Univerza v Amsterdamu izvaja pouk v t. i. mednarodni predavalnici. Nizozemska in njene univerze so že – gledano z zgodovinske perspektive – veliko bolj mednarodno odprte. Slednje pa je prispevalo k temu, da Nizozemska spada med najbogatejše države na svetu. Prednost bogatih držav pa niso le zadostna finančna sredstva za implementacijo optimalne internacionalizacije, ampak tudi »privilegij« postavljanja trendov na področju internacionalizacije. Preučujemo tudi medsebojno skladnost strateških dokumentov v posamezni državi ter način odražaja ciljev bolonjskega procesa v ciljih strateških dokumentov. Ugotovimo, da je v nizozemskih strateških dokumentih v primerjavi s slovenskimi prisotno bistveno večje ujemanje v ključnih oziroma prioritetnih ciljih, kar je mogoče pripisati aktivni vključenosti nizozemskih univerz pri oblikovaju politik. Bolonjski cilji so izraženi v obeh državnih in obeh institucionalnih strategijah internacionalizacije. Izpostavili bi cilj pospeševanja mobilnosti, ki se pojavi v vseh štirih strategijah. Na koncu raziskujemo, kako državi urejata oziroma rešujeta vprašanje jezika visokega šolstva. Ugotovili smo, da v obeh državah zakona, ki urejata področje visokega šolstva, izpostavljata skrb za materinščino. Ta naloga spada v okvir visokošolskih zavodov. Univerza v Amsterdamu ima – za razliko od Univerze v Ljubljani – oblikovano svojo jezikovno strategijo, v kateri je pojasnjeno, na kakšen način se izbere oziroma določi jezik poučevanja, s čimer je odločitev o jeziku poučevanja olajšana. Kot je pokazala primerjava različnih dokumentov s področja visokega šolstva in strategij, je današnja internacionalizacija v različnih državah pod vplivom tako sodobnih procesov, konkretneje bolonjskega procesa, kot tudi različnih zgodovinskih dejavnikov oziroma okoliščin. Enake politike internacionalizacije se torej v različnih okoljih implementirajo različno. S tem tudi potrjujemo ugotovitev de Wita in F. Hunter (2015, str. 2), da ni modela internacionalizacije, ki bi ustrezal vsem. ; Internationalisation of Higher Education in Slovenia and the Netherlands After the Implementation of the Bologna Process In this thesis, we discuss the different internationalisation policies of higher education in Slovenia and the Netherlands. Analysing and comparing the strategic documents about the internationalisation of higher education in the chosen countries is the basis of the following thesis. In the theoretical part, we put internationalisation in a historical perspective. We concisely describe the socioeconomic context of the development of Dutch universities and analyse the origins and development of Slovene and Dutch universities. Furthermore, we focus on the mission of universities and their related position of language in research and teaching. We also define internationalisation and present its different definitions. Additionally, we introduce the forms of internationalisation: internationalisation at home, internationalisation of the curriculum, and internationalisation abroad. In the context of the development of the Bologna Process, we present the emergence of the European Economic Community, the beginnings of the process itself, and a critique of its neo-liberal concept. Moreover, we also explore the transfer of educational policies. We conclude by presenting the language issues, i.e., the growing role of English in teaching and research in higher education, and the position of national languages. In the empirical part, we first identify similarities and differences between national policies on the internationalisation of higher education in Slovenia and the Netherlands. Then we examine the policies at the institutional level by comparing the University of Ljubljana and the University of Amsterdam. Analysis of national strategy documents shows that both Slovenian and Dutch higher education pursue similar internationalisation objectives. However, the first significant difference is the Dutch tendency to connect higher education institutions with the economy. Consequently, economic motives for internationalisation prevail. In contrast, the internationalisation of Slovenian higher education is driven primarily by political motives, as the country wants to consolidate a recognisable national higher education. Nonetheless, there is another important difference. The Dutch strategy documents emphasise the intention to make the country competitive and visible on a global level, while the Slovenian strategy documents focus on the need to establish a regional identity. The Netherlands is therefore moving towards a more global internationalisation, whereas Slovenia moves towards a regional one. At the same time, they both perceive internationalisation as the crucial factor in developing higher education. Particularly, in the context of increasing its quality. The two countries are similar in the way they see internationalisation – as the major factor in the development of their higher education and as means to enhance its quality. An analysis of the internationalisation policies of the two central universities in both countries shows that, due to its status as an international and bilingual university, internationalisation is a leading feature of the University of Amsterdam. On the contrary, the University of Ljubljana is somewhat limited in its internationalisation. Due to its strong international orientation, the University of Amsterdam holds its classes in a so-called "international classroom." Historically viewed, The Netherlands and its universities have been much more internationally opened. This has contributed to the Netherlands being one of the wealthiest countries in the world. The advantage of rich countries is not only having sufficient financial resources to implement optimal internationalisation, but also the "privilege" of setting trends in the area of internationalisation. We also look at the coherence between the strategic documents in each country and how the objectives of the Bologna Process are reflected in the objectives of the strategic documents. We have found out that there is a significantly higher congruence in the key objectives in the Dutch strategic document compared to the Slovenian ones. The reason for that could be the active involvement of Dutch universities in policymaking. The Bologna objectives are reflected in both national and both institutional internationalisation strategies. We aim to highlight the objective of promoting mobility, which appears in all four strategies. Lastly, we explore the way of how countries are addressing the issue of the language of higher education. We have discovered that the laws governing higher education emphasise care for the mother tongue in both countries. The University of Amsterdam has constructed a language strategy that explains how the instruction language is chosen and determined. By doing so, the decision for the instruction language is less complicated. At the moment, the University of Ljubljana still does not have the same approach. By comparing different higher education documents and strategies, we have shown that contemporary changes (specifically the Bologna Process) and various historical factors have influenced internationalisation today. The same internationalisation policies are therefore implemented differently in various contexts. This also confirms the observation made by de Wit and F. Hunter (2015, p. 2) that there is "no one model that fits all".
Modern agriculture is the basis of human existence, a blessing, but also a curse. It provides nourishment and well-being to the ever-growing human population, yet destroys biodiversity-mediated processes that underpin productivity: ecosystem services such as water filtration, pollination and biological pest control. Ecological intensification is a promising alternative to conventional farming, and aims to sustain yield and ecosystem health by actively managing biodiversity and essential ecosystem services. Here, I investigate opportunities and obstacles for ecological intensification. My research focuses on 1) the relative importance of soil, management and landscape variables for biodiversity and wheat yield (Chapter II); 2) the influence of multi-scale landscape-level crop diversity on biological pest control in wheat (Chapter III) and 3) on overall and functional bird diversity (Chapter IV). I conclude 4) by introducing a guide that helps scientists to increase research impact by acknowledging the role of stakeholder engagement for the successful implementation of ecological intensification (Chapter V). Ecological intensification relies on the identification of natural pathways that are able to sustain current yields. Here, we crossed an observational field study of arthropod pests and natural enemies in 28 real-life wheat systems with an orthogonal on-field insecticide-fertilizer experiment. Using path analysis, we quantified the effect of 34 factors (soil characteristics, recent and historic crop management, landscape heterogeneity) that directly or indirectly (via predator-prey interactions) contribute to winter wheat yield. Reduced soil preparation and high crop rotation diversity enhanced crop productivity independent of external agrochemical inputs. Concurrently, biological control by arthropod natural enemies could be restored by decreasing average field sizes on the landscape scale, extending crop rotations and reducing soil disturbance. Furthermore, reductions in agrochemical inputs decreased pest abundances, thereby facilitating yield quality. Landscape-level crop diversity is a promising tool for ecological intensification. However, biodiversity enhancement via diversification measures does not always translate into agricultural benefits due to antagonistic species interactions (intraguild predation). Additionally, positive effects of crop diversity on biological control may be masked by inappropriate study scales or correlations with other landscape variables (e.g. seminatural habitat). Therefore, the multiscale and context-dependent impact of crop diversity on biodiversity and ecosystem services is ambiguous. In 18 winter wheat fields along a crop diversity gradient, insect- and bird-mediated pest control was assessed using a natural enemy exclusion experiment with cereal grain aphids. Although birds did not influence the strength of insect-mediated pest control, crop diversity (rather than seminatural habitat cover) enhanced aphid regulation by up to 33%, particularly on small spatial scales. Crop diversification, an important Greening measure in the European Common Agricultural Policy, can improve biological control, and could lower dependence on insecticides, if the functional identity of crops is taken into account. Simple measures such as 'effective number of crop types' help in science communication. Although avian pest control did not respond to landscape-level crop diversity, birds may still benefit from increased crop resources in the landscape, depending on their functional grouping (feeding guild, conservation status, habitat preference, nesting behaviour). Observational studies of bird functional diversity on 14 wheat study fields showed that non-crop landscape heterogeneity rather than crop diversity played a key role in determining the richness of all birds. Insect-feeding, non-farmland and non-threatened birds increased across multiple spatial scales (up to 3000 m). Only crop-nesting farmland birds declined in heterogeneous landscapes. Thus, crop diversification may be less suitable for conserving avian diversity, but abundant species benefit from overall habitat heterogeneity. Specialist farmland birds may require more targeted management approaches. Identifying ecological pathways that favour biodiversity and ecosystem services provides opportunities for ecological intensification that increase the likelihood of balancing conservation and productivity goals. However, change towards a more sustainable agriculture will be slow to come if research findings are not implemented on a global scale. During dissemination activities within the EU project Liberation, I gathered information on the advantages and shortcomings of ecological intensification and its implementation. Here, I introduce a guide ('TREE') aimed at scientists that want to increase the impact of their research. TREE emphasizes the need to engage with stakeholders throughout the planning and research process, and actively seek and promote science dissemination and knowledge implementation. This idea requires scientists to leave their comfort zone and consider socioeconomic, practical and legal aspects often ignored in classical research. Ecological intensification is a valuable instrument for sustainable agriculture. Here, I identified new pathways that facilitate ecological intensification. Soil quality, disturbance levels and spatial or temporal crop diversification showed strong positive correlations with natural enemies, biological pest control and yield, thereby lowering the dependence on agrochemical inputs. Differences between functional groups caused opposing, scale-specific responses to landscape variables. Opposed to our predictions, birds did not disturb insect-mediated pest control in our study system, nor did avian richness relate to landscape-level crop diversity. However, dominant functional bird groups increased with non-crop landscape heterogeneity. These findings highlight the value of combining different on-field and landscape approaches to ecological intensification. Concurrently, the success of ecological intensification can be increased by involving stakeholders throughout the research process. This increases the quality of science and reduces the chance of experiencing unscalable obstacles to implementation. ; Die moderne Landwirtschaft ist die Grundlage menschlichen Lebens, ein Segen, aber auch ein Fluch. Sie stellt Nahrung und Wohlstand für die immerfort wachsende menschliche Bevölkerung bereit, und zerstört gleichzeitig Biodiversitäts-geförderte Prozesse, welche die Produktivität unterstützen: Ökosystemdienstleistungen wie Wasseraufbereitung, Bestäubung und biologische Schädlingsbekämpfung. Ökologische Intensivierung ist eine vielversprechende Alternative zur konventionellen Landwirtschaft, und zielt darauf aus, Erträge und die Gesundheit von Ökosystemen zu erhalten indem Biodiversität und essentielle Ökosystemdienstleistungen aktiv gemanagt werden. In meiner Doktorarbeit untersuche ich die Chancen und Hürden Ökologischer Intensivierung. Das Hauptinteresse meiner Forschung liegt bei 1) der relativen Bedeutung von Boden, Bewirtschaftung und Landschaftsaspekten für Biodiversität und Weizenerträge (Kapitel II); 2) dem Einfluss regionaler Anbauvielfalt auf verschiedenen räumlichen Skalen auf die biologische Schädlingsbekämpfung in Weizen (Kapitel III) und 3) auf die gesamte und funktionelle Artenvielfalt von Vögeln (Kapitel IV). Zum Schluss 4) stelle ich einen Leitfaden vor, der Wissenschaftlern hilft die Wirkung ihrer Forschung zu erhöhen, indem die fundamentale Rolle von Stakeholdern für die Umsetzung Ökologischer Intensivierung besser genutzt wird (Kapitel V). Ökologische Intensivierung bedarf der Identifizierung von natürlichen Prozessen, die zum Erhalt landwirtschaftlicher Erträge beitragen. Zu diesem Zweck verknüpften wir eine Beobachtungsstudie, in der Schädlinge und natürliche Gegenspieler in 28 realen Weizen Anbausystem aufgenommen wurden, mit einem orthogonalen Feldexperiment (Insektizid und mineralische Düngung). Anhand einer Pfadanalyse quantifizierten wir den Einfluss von 34 Faktoren (Bodencharakteristiken, gegenwärtige und vergangene Bewirtschaftung, Landschaftsheterogenität), die direkt oder indirekt (über Räuber-Beute-Interaktionen) Einfluss auf den Winterweizenertrag ausüben. Reduzierte Bodenbearbeitung und vielfältige Fruchtfolgen erhöhten die Erträge unabhängig von der Ausbringung von Agrochemikalien. Gleichzeitig könnte die biologische Schädlingsbekämpfung durch räuberische Insekten wiederhergestellt werden, indem durchschnittliche Schlaggrößen auf der Landschaftsebene verringert, Fruchtfolgen erweitert und die Bodenbearbeitung reduziert wird. Des Weiteren senkte der Verzicht auf Agrochemikalien das Schädlingsaufkommen einiger Arten, und trug zu einer höheren Ertragsqualität bei. Regionale Anbauvielfalt ist ein vielversprechendes Mittel zur Ökologischen Intensivierung. Doch die Erhöhung der Artenvielfalt durch Diversifizierungsmaßnahmen führt nicht immer zu Vorteilen in der Landwirtschaft, vor allem auf Grund antagonistischer Wechselwirkungen zwischen verschiedenen Arten (intraguild predation). Weiterhin können positive Effekte der Anbauvielfalt durch die Wahl der falschen räumlichen Skala oder durch Korrelationen mit anderen Landschaftsvariablen (z.B. halbnatürliche Habitate) überdeckt werden. Aus diesem Grund bestehen Unklarheiten über die Wirkung von Anbauvielfalt auf Biodiversität und Ökosystemdienstleistungen in unterschiedlichen räumlichen Skalen und Kontexten. Durch Ausschlussexperimente mit Getreideblattläusen untersuchten wir die biologische Schädlingsbekämpfung durch räuberische Insekten und Vögel in 18 Winterweizenfeldern innerhalb eines Landschaftsgradienten der Anbauvielfalt. Vögel hatten keinen Einfluss auf die biologische Schädlingsbekämpfung durch Insekten. Anbauvielfalt (nicht das Vorkommen halbnatürlicher Habitate) erhöhte die Schädlingsbekämpfung um bis zu 33%, vor allem auf kleinen räumlichen Skalen. Somit kann die Steigerung der Anbauvielfalt, eine wichtige Säule der Europäischen Gemeinsamen Agrarpolitik, die biologische Schädlingsbekämpfung verbessern und den Einsatz von Agrochemikalien verringern, solange die funktionelle Gruppe der Anbaupflanzen berücksichtigt wird. Einfache Maßeinheiten wie die 'effektive Anzahl an Kulturpflanzengruppen' helfen in der Kommunikation wissenschaftlicher Ergebnisse. Obwohl die Schädlingsbekämpfung durch Vögel nicht durch regionale Anbauvielfalt beeinflusst wurde, könnten Vögel, abhängig von der Zugehörigkeit zu bestimmten funktionellen Gruppen (Ernährung, Gefährdungsstatus, Lebensraum, Nistplatzwahl), dennoch von erhöhten Ressourcen auf landwirtschaftlichen Flächen profitieren. In einer Beobachtungsstudie wurde die funktionelle Vielfalt von Vögeln auf 14 Winterweizenfeldern aufgenommen. Die Studie zeigte, dass die nicht agrarisch genutzte Landschaftsheterogenität im Vergleich zur regionalen Anbauvielfalt eine übergeordnete Rolle für die Artenvielfalt spielte, vor allem für Insektenfresser, Vögel die außerhalb landwirtschaftlicher Flächen siedeln oder nicht in ihrem Bestand gefährdet sind. Effekte waren auf allen Skalen sichtbar (bis zu 3000m). Nur Acker-nistende Agrarvögel zeigten negative Beziehungen zu Landschaftsheterogenität. Der Nutzen der Anbaudiversifizierung scheint weniger Bedeutung für den Vogelschutz zu haben als die übergeordnete Vielfalt der Landschaft, welche den Artenreichtum häufiger Vogelarten erhöhte. Spezialisierte Vogelarten dagegen bedürfen eines gezielten, angepassten Managements. Um Ökologische Intensivierung voranzutreiben und ein Gleichgewicht zwischen Naturschutz- und Produktivitätszielen zu erreichen, bedarf es der Identifikation ökologischer Prozesse, die zur Steigerung von Biodiversität und Ökosystemdienstleistungen beitragen. Doch der die Wende zu einer nachhaltigeren Landwirtschaft wird nur langsam voran schreiten, wenn Forschungsergebnisse nicht global umgesetzt werden. Während der Öffentlichkeitsarbeit im EU Projekt Liberation konnte ich Informationen über die Vor- und Nachteile Ökologischer Intensivierung und deren Umsetzung sammeln. Hier stelle ich einen Leitfaden ('TREE') vor, der Wissenschaftlern helfen soll die Wirkung ihrer Forschung zu erhöhen. TREE verdeutlicht wie wichtig es ist, Stakeholder in den Planungs- und Forschungsprozess eines Projektes mit einzubeziehen, und aktiv die Verbreitung von Wissen und die Umsetzung wissenschaftlicher Ergebnisse voranzutreiben. TREE fordert Wissenschaftler dazu auf, die eigene Komfortzone zu verlassen und sozioökonomische, praktische und rechtliche Aspekte zu berücksichtigen, welche oft in der klassischen Forschung unbeachtet bleiben. Ökologische Intensivierung ist ein bedeutender Schritt in Richtung nachhaltige Landwirtschaft. In dieser Arbeit identifiziere ich neue Wege zur ökologischen Intensivierung. Bodenqualität, Störungsgrad des Bodens und die räumliche oder zeitliche Anbauvielfalt zeigten starke positive Korrelationen mit natürlichen Gegenspielern, biologischer Schädlingsbekämpfung und Erträgen auf, wodurch die Abhängigkeit von Agrochemikalien verringert wird. Unterschiede zwischen funktionellen Gruppen verursachten gegensätzliche Beziehungen zu Landschaftsvariablen auf verschiedenen räumlichen Skalen. Entgegen unserer Erwartungen nahmen Vögel in unserem System keinen Einfluss auf die biologische Schädlingsbekämpfung durch Insekten. Die Vogelvielfalt war außerdem unbeeinflusst von der regionalen Anbauvielfalt. Doch dominante funktionelle Vogelgruppen profitieren von der Vielfalt nicht agrarisch genutzter Landschaftsaspekte. Diese Ergebnisse betonen den Wert einer Mischung aus unterschiedlichen lokalen und landschaftsbezogenen Ansätzen zur Ökologischen Intensivierung. Gleichzeitig kann der Erfolg Ökologischer Intensivierung vor allem dadurch erhöht werden, dass Stakeholder in den Forschungsprozess eingebunden werden. Dies steigert die Qualität der Forschung und reduziert die Wahrscheinlichkeit, während der Umsetzung auf unüberwindbare Hürden zu stoßen.
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In case you missed it, there's an interesting (and slightly wonkish) debate going on between Olivier Blanchard and Roger Farmer concerning the theoretical relevance of the Phillips curve. Roger fired the opening salvo by presenting a macroeconomic model he claims fits the data well and yet makes no use of the Phillips curve. Farmer, in Laplace-like fashion, declared "he had no use for that hypothesis." Blanchard predictably, and understandably, came to the defense of the orthodoxy:
On Farmer. One cannot just ignore an equation (the Phillips curve), and replace it by another. 😩 Does anybody doubt that if the Fed decreased u rate down to 1%, it would not lead to more inflation? P curve relation is complex and shifting, but it is there. Sorry Roger... https://t.co/ewy09sTg7i — Olivier Blanchard (@ojblanchard1) July 26, 2019 If you've followed my writings over the years, you'll not be surprised to learn that I am sympathetic to Roger's position in this debate. Below, I explain why. I begin by summarizing the gist of the conventional view. I then present a simple model that has no "natural" rate of unemployment. It's not exactly Roger's model, but it captures what I think is the essential part of his argument.
Let me now review. According to conventional (e.g., New-Keynesian, but also other) theory, there exists a "natural rate of unemployment" that potentially moves around owing to "structural" factors. The long-run rate of inflation is assumed to be fixed by policy in some unspecified manner. In an economy free of any disturbances, actual (and expected) inflation correspond to the long-run inflation target and the unemployment rate corresponds to the natural rate of unemployment. There is also a "natural" (or "neutral") real rate of interest that corresponds to the natural rate of unemployment. Absent any economic disturbances, monetary policy is assumed to set "the" nominal interest rate to its natural rate (the natural real rate of interest plus the inflation rate).
The actual rate of unemployment fluctuates around this natural rate owing to "shocks" that influence the aggregate demand for goods and services. I like to think of these shocks as "news" shocks that cause expectations over the future profitability of investment to fluctuate over time (see, for example, here). It does not matter for my purpose here whether expectations react rationally or irrationally to this information flow. The important thing is when people collectively become more bullish over the future return to investment, the demand for investment rises (at the expense of other forms of storing value, like government paper). For this reason, I attach the conventional label "aggregate demand shocks."
In the conventional model, fluctuations in aggregate demand for fixed nominal interest rate generate a negative relationship between inflation and unemployment. Intuitively, if firms have a bullish outlook, they raise their product prices more aggressively against the higher expected demand, and they also recruit more aggressively as well, which sends the unemployment rate lower. Adjustments in the interest rate (via monetary policy) designed to stabilize the inflation rate would imply movements in the unemployment rate without any corresponding change in inflation. All of this is consistent with the model I present below.
What about the question posed by Blanchard above: "Does anybody doubt that if the Fed decreased (unemployment) to 1%, it would not lead to more inflation?"
It's not entirely clear what experiment he has in mind. An educated guess suggests he's thinking about the Fed temporarily reducing its policy rate, causing a temporary boom in aggregate demand, leading to a temporary increase in inflation and a temporary decline in unemployment, with everything returning to normal once the Fed returns its policy rate to its "neutral" level. My answer to his question is that probably few people doubt this is what is likely to happen. Accepting this, however, does not validate the notion that "low unemployment causes high inflation." (Note: I am not accusing Blanchard of suggesting this causal relation, but many if not most people interpret the Phillips curve in exactly this way).
What I would like to ask Blanchard is the following. What do you think would happen to inflation and unemployment if the central bank lowered its policy rate permanently? I think the answer to this question would illuminate the "natural rate" hypotheses assumed by theorists, as well as what they are implicitly assuming about the conduct of fiscal policy (i.e., how it reacts to the change in monetary policy).
Let me now describe a simple OLG model (a model taught to me by Blanchard via his textbook with Stan Fischer). I will keep the wonkishness to a minimum here. If you want the full-blown version, just email me and I'll send it to you.
Individuals live for two periods in a sequence of overlapping generations. There are young entrepreneurs and young workers. Young entrepreneurs expend recruiting effort to find suitable young workers. The probability of finding a match is increasing in recruiting effort. A match, if it is formed, produces output in the following period. In this sense, recruitment effort is like an investment: a current expense leads to an expected future payoff. For the entrepreneur, the expected payoff depends in obvious ways on the expected productivity of the match (news) and the worker's bargaining power.
Young entrepreneurs face a trade-off: they can devote their resources to recruitment investment, or toward purchasing an alternative store of value in the form of interest-bearing government money (or debt). For a given inflation rate and a given nominal interest rate (both determined by policy), the optimal recruiting intensity trades off the expected return to recruiting relative to the real (inflation adjusted) return on government debt. In a steady-state, the inflation rate in my model is determined by the rate of growth of nominal debt, which is injected into the economy as lump-sum social security payments. The interest expense on the debt is financed with a lump-sum tax on old entrepreneurs.
The aggregate recruiting effort (which I associate with job vacancies) determines the unemployment rate. The model generates a negatively-sloped Beveridge curve. The equilibrium unemployment rate is: (1) decreasing in the inflation rate; (2) increasing in the nominal interest rate; (3) increasing in the bargaining power of workers; and (4) decreasing in the level of "optimism."
There is no "natural" rate of unemployment in this model in the sense of the unemployment rate necessarily reverting ("self-correcting") to a given "natural" rate over a long enough period of time. Monetary and fiscal policy in this model can result in many different "natural" rates of unemployment (and interest). So, in this model, it is indeed possible for policy to drive the unemployment rate to permanently low levels without any inflationary consequences (since inflation is determined by the rate of growth of nominal debt in the long-run).
I should add that the model can speak to the effect of worker bargaining power on inflation as well. A permanent increase in worker bargaining power has no effect on inflation--it simply increases the real wage (and unemployment). In terms of an impulse-response function following a surprise increase in bargaining power, the mechanism works as follows. The increase in bargaining power reduces the expected return to recruiting workers, hence reduces recruiting investment. There is a portfolio substitution out of private investment activities into government securities. The implied increase in the demand for real money balances has the effect of driving the price-level down (for a given stock of nominal debt and assuming no change in the policy rate). So, increased worker bargaining power is disinflationary in the short run, but has no effect on inflation in the long run.
Let me conclude. One purpose of this post was to demonstrate that models without a "natural rate" hypothesis are not that unconventional--I cobbled the model above based on what I learned from standard textbooks, after all. Roger has shown another way to do this that does not stray too far (in my view, at least) from conventional theory either. These models may or may not turn out to be useful ways for understanding basic elements of the macroeconomy and for informing policy--I do not yet know for sure. But I do believe they are worth exploring further and I commend Roger for leading the way!
학위논문(석사)--서울대학교 대학원 :사범대학 체육교육과,글로벌스포츠매니지먼트전공,2019. 8. 김기한. ; 본 연구는 한국의 스포츠인재개발 시스템의 효율성과 효과성을 탐색하기 위한 목적으로 수행되었다. 이를 위해 스포츠전문화, 스포츠인재개발시스템 등과 관련된 국/내외 문헌들을 고찰하여 연구의 이론적 배경으로 활용하였다. 그리고 이론적 배경을 토대로 스포츠 인재의 조기 발굴과 조기 전문화가 높은 경기력(국제경쟁력)을 가지고 있는 우수 선수를 효과적으로 육성하기 위한 전제조건이라는 결론을 도출하였다. 한국의 스포츠인재개발 시스템의 효율성과 효과성 탐색을 위한 연구 대상으로 정부와 대기업의 광범위하고 지속적인 지원에도 불구하고 상대적으로 두드러진 성과를 창출하지 못하고 있는 것으로 평가되는 '육상' 종목을 선정하였다. 연구의 목적을 달성하기 위해 설정한 연구 문제는 다음과 같다. 1. 스포츠 인재의 조기 발굴과 조기 전문화가 동 종목의 최고 경기력 달성을 위한 필수 요소인가? 2. 육상에서 상위 경기력을 보유하게 된 선수들의 특징은 무엇인가? 대한육상연맹의 선수 기록 데이터를 기반으로 기초 연구자료를 수집하고 구체적인 연구대상을 파악하였으며, 웹기반 설문조사를 통해 양적연구를 위한 주요 변인들을 수집하는 한편, 국제육상연맹에 등재된 선수 랭킹 자료 등을 활용하여 종속변인 설정을 진행하였다. 구체적으로 2000년에서 2018년까지 육상 단거리 종목별 (남자 100m, 200m, 400m / 여자 100m, 200m, 400m) 국내 상위 100위 이내의 선수 명단들을 교차 분석하여 총 399명의 설문 대상이 파악되었고, 설문진행 결과 294명(응답율:73.68%)의 연구대상이 설문조사에 참여하였으나, 종속변인 설정에 부합되지 않는 4명의 응답자를 분석대상에서 제외시킴에 따라 최종적으로 290명의 응답자료를 기반으로 통계적 처리를 진행하였다. 주요한 통계적 처리로는 연구 문제 1의 답을 도출하기 위한 상관관계 분석과 연구 문제 2의 답을 도출하기 위한 회귀분석이 진행되었고, 분석결과에 따른 추가적인 기술통계 분석도 진행되었다. 본 연구를 통해 다음과 같은 결과를 도출하였다. 첫째, 스포츠 인재의 조기 발굴 및 조기 전문화와 선수의 향후 경기력 간의 정적 상관관계를 발견할 수 없으며, 특히 남자의 경우에는 유의한 역상관 관계가 발견되었다. 둘째, 성공적인 육상 선수들은 한국의 스포츠인재개발모델이 추정하고 있는 시기보다 더 늦게 전문적인 훈련에 참가하는 것으로 파악되었다. 더불어, 여자의 경우에는 육상 전문화 전 기타 종목 참여 여부와 향후 경기력 간의 상관관계가 나타나지 않은 반면, 남자의 경우에는 사전 종목 참여가 향후 경기력과 유의한 정적 관계에 있는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 엘리트 선수 양성을 위해 도입된 제도적 도구가 높은 수준의 선수 양성에 활용되기 보다는 특혜를 취득하기 위한 수단으로써 활용되고 있는 것으로 파악된다. 특히, 남자의 경우에는 군면제 특혜에 대한 동기와 향후 경기력 간에 유의한 관계가 나타나지 않았고, 상급학교 진학 특혜에 대한 동기와 향후 경기력 간에는 유의한 부적 관계가 나타났다. 결론적으로, 한국의 스포츠인재개발 모델은 '육상' 종목에서 그 목표하는 바를 효율적이고 효과적으로 달성하지 못하고 있다고 평가할 수 있다. 따라서, 천편일률적으로 모든 종목에 적용하는 스포츠인재개발 모델을 넘어서, 육상 종목을 포함하여 각 스포츠 종목의 특성을 고려한 차별화된 접근법이 요구된다. ; The aim of this research was to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of Korea's sport talent development system in accomplishing its intended goals. As first step for this assessment, theoretical framework of the research was formed by identifying common characteristics evident in western literature on specialization, and relevant law and literature on sport talent development system of Korea. The established theoretical framework posited that early specialization of early talents are necessary components of producing eventual high performing (internationally competitive) athletes, in the Korean Model for Sport Talent Development. Next, a sport perceived to be under-performing despite extensive and continued support granted by government agencies and conglomerates in Korea, the sport of athletics, was chosen as subject sport of research. The research questions formulated were as follows: - RQ 1. Are early talent and early specialization in athletics prerequisites for eventual top performance in the same sport? - RQ 2. What are the characteristics of eventual top performers in athletics? Research method involved a quantitative analysis of Korean athletics by incorporating reliable athletes' performance data available at the national governing body of the sport, Korea Association of Athletics Federations, data recalled (via web-based survey) from the memory of subject athletes, and other reliable published resource (i.e. from International Association of Athletics Federations). Specifically, by cross-referencing the Top 100 Lists of sprint events (Men's 100m, 200m, 400m, and Women's 100m, 200m, 400m), 399 subjects of survey were identified. With 73.68% response rate to web-based surveys, and exclusion of 4 respondents whose performance(result) was beyond the scope of reference data for dependent variable, 290 athletes resultantly became the sample population for quantitative analysis. Major statistical analysis involved was a correlational analysis conducted in an attempt to answer RQ1., and linear multiple regressions for RQ2 ; and in relevance to the results of analyses further descriptive statistics were presented on certain variables. Results revealed, firstly, not only that there wasn't any significant correlation between 'early talent and early specialized' athletes and their eventual performance, but also an inverse correlation was found in men's case. Secondly, successful athletes started athletics specialization later than it is presumed in the Korean Model of Sport Development. Furthermore, whereas sampling variable(prior sport participation) had no significant relationship with eventual performance in women's case, positive relationship was found in men's case. Thirdly, the results seem to hint that some of the institutional tools put in place by Korea's sport policy to encourage elite athlete development, were being exploited to attain the benefits rather than functioning as stepping stones to produce high level athletes. In men's case especially, there wasn't any significant relationship between the motivation for military service exemption benefit and later performance, but a negative relationship was found between the motivation to advance to higher education through sporting achievements and eventual performance. Results of this research negate the presumptions inherent in the Korean Model of Sport Talent Development, which posits early identification of talent and early specialization as key and necessary requirements in reaching eventual high performance. Therefore, beyond the generalized approach of Korea's sport talent development system, it calls for implementation of a more differentiated, sport-specific model to elite sport development in Korea. ; Abstract i Table of Contents v List of Tables ix List of Figures xi Chapter 1. Introduction 1 1.1. Current Context 1 1.1.1. Korean Athletics 2 1.2. Scope and Outline 3 1.3. Research Significance 4 Chapter 2. Literature Review 7 2.1. Standard Model of Talent Development (SMTD) 7 2.2. Sports Specialization 8 2.2.1. Existing Definition of Sports Specialization in Literature 8 2.2.2. Early Specialization 9 2.2.3. Doubts on early specialization in sport. 10 2.2.4. Early diversification(sampling), and late specialization. 10 2.3. Long Term Athlete Development (Istvan Balyi) 12 2.3.1. Early Specialization and Late Specialization Models 12 2.4. Historical Background on Korea's Sport Development 14 2.5. Korea's Sport Talent Development System 18 2.5.1. School Sports (athletic club) Policy 19 2.5.2. Special Sport Talent System (or Athletes Admission and Scholarship Policy) 20 2.5.3. Lowest Grade of Academic Abilities Policy 21 2.5.4. Sports Schools and Sports Promotion Act 21 2.5.5. National Games/Competitions Structure 22 Chapter 3. Theoretical Framework and Research Questions 25 3.1. Theoretical Framework 25 3.1.1. Research Subjects 26 3.2. Research Questions 29 Chapter 4. Methodology 30 4.1. Overview 30 4.2. Research Parameters and Definitions 30 4.2.1. KAAF Athletes' Database 30 4.2.2. Drawing a line between Early and Late Specialization 31 4.2.3. Operational Definition: Specialization 34 4.2.4. Operational Definition: Early Talent and Early Specialization 34 4.2.5. Critical Periods (of Development) 34 4.3. Overview of Research Methods for each Research Question 35 4.4. Conduct of Data Collection and Analysis 39 4.4.1. Procedure ONE: Initial data collection 39 4.4.2. Procedure TWO 41 4.4.3. Procedure THREE 43 4.4.4. Procedure FOUR 44 4.4.5. Procedure FIVE 45 4.4.6. Procedure SIX: Memory Recall Survey 45 4.4.7. Procedure EIGHT: Merging, Adjusting and Finalizing Data Set 2 Alpha 47 Chapter 5. Results and Findings 55 5.1. Descriptive Statistics in relevance to the RQs. 55 5.1.1. Elementary Division Statistics 55 5.1.2. Distribution of Athletics Main Events (Survey Respondents) 56 5.2. Answering RQ1: Are early talent and early specialization in athletics prerequisites for eventual top performance in the same sport? 58 5.3. Answering RQ 2: What are the characteristics of eventual top performers? 59 5.3.1. Multiple Regression ONE 60 5.3.2. Multiple Regression TWO 61 5.3.3. Multiple Regression THREE(M) and THREE(F) 63 5.4. Further Investigations and Findings 67 5.5. Summary of Results and Interpretations 70 5.5.1. RQ1. Early talent and early specialization 70 5.5.2. RQ 2. Characteristics of eventual top performers 72 Chapter 6. Discussion and Limitations 76 6.1. Discussion and Suggestions 76 6.1.1. Korean Model of Sport Talent Development 76 6.1.2. Diversification or Sampling Period 78 6.1.3. Appearance of secondary sex characteristics 80 6.2. Limitations 81 6.2.1. Definition of "Sampling" 81 6.2.2. Critical Secondary Factors 82 6.2.3. Nature of Research 83 6.2.4. Scope of Research 84 Bibliography 86 Appendix 112 ; Master
Глибинні трансформації сучасного українського суспільства торкаються всіх сфер людського життя, викликаючи різноманітні емоційно-оціночні реакції громадян на соціальні зміни та на власний статус у соціумі. Соціальне самопочуття населення є чинником, урахування якого має велике значення для розвитку всіх суспільних сфер, вибору векторів соціальних перетворень.У статті обґрунтована актуальність дослідження соціального самопочуття студентської молоді у зв'язку з її місцем у соціальній структурі суспільства, викладено методологічні засади дослідження соціального самопочуття студентства як соціальної верстви, висвітлено характеристики студентства у контексті сучасних суспільних трансформацій. Розкрита сутність основних теоретичних підходів до вивчення соціального самопочуття студентської молоді в умовах соціальних змін, висвітлені потреби студентства, які задовольняються у процесі навчання у вищому навчальному закладі, суспільній діяльності та особистісній взаємодії у студентському середовищі.Уточнено сутність понять «соціальне самопочуття», «студентська молодь», «освітні потреби». Охарактеризовано потреби студентства як специфічної верстви, приділено увагу комплексу соціальних потреб студентської молоді, які задовольняються за допомогою інституту освіти. ; Today, when the Ukrainian society is experiencing an extremely severe crisis, the problems that associated with the social well-being of people are very relevant. Social well-being of people is, on the one hand, an indicator of the attitude of people to the situation prevailing in a transformational society, and on the other hand, it is an indicator of the population's social adaptive resources, available under such conditions.The social processes that determine the social well-being of students are of particular importance as students represent the potential intellectual, political, economic, and cultural elite of society. Studying the essence and main features of the social well-being of modern student Youth helps to determine the main dominant processes of society's reforms, to create a theoretical basis for the effective prediction of various social transformations.Studying this issue requires the definition of the theoretical basis and the correct definition of concepts, related to the above-mentioned problem. This determines the choice of the topic of the article. The purpose of the research is to highlight the theoretical aspects of studying of social well-being of students as a specific social group. «Social well-being» consists of two categories («social» and «well-being»). «Social» is viewed as a kind of social life together with economic, political, ethical phenomena, and as something intermediate that exists on the verge of these forms of social life. Under the notion «social», the set of certain features and features of social relations is understood. It is integrated by individuals or communities into the process of joint activity in specific conditions, that shows itself in their relationship, attitude to their place in society, phenomena and processes of social life.The concept of «feeling» means the emotional state of a person, caused by the relation to the surrounding reality (people, their actions, certain phenomena, etc.), and also to the person itself. Social well-being is a concept that includes both physical and psychological well-being, as well as a feeling, how comfortable or uncomfortable each person feels in society. Social health, unlike physical or psychological, depends greatly on the environment in which a person lives, whom he constantly compares himself with and his own achievements. Social feelings, arising in the process of the social interaction, act as a regulator of human behavior and play a role of filter in the perception of new information.The social well-being reflects the generalized emotional and sensory reactions, assessments, thoughts and attitudes of the population of the country both as a whole and individual groups in their relation to various social phenomena, processes and institutions. This indicator makes it possible to identify the most painful and vulnerable points in the social sphere, points that bring a certain threat to the further development of society, act as barriers and brakes on the way of its further progress. Fixation and analysis of such «voltage points» is a prerequisite for timely measures taken by the authorities and non-governmental organizations, aimed at their overcoming.As a generalized productive characteristic of people's adaptation to the modern life conditions, social well-being consists of three components: the internal state of man (health, mood, sense of happiness, optimism); assessment of external conditions (perception of their own state); life in new conditions. Indicators of social well-being are: state of satisfaction by the level and quality of life, social status, the level of social adaptation to new conditions, health status and the nature of factors that caused concern to citizens. The social well-being of a person is determined by the ways of the satisfaction of social needs. These ones are derived from the system of social goods in the society, production and distribution of them. In our opinion, a significant factor that affects the social well-being is the internal reserves of a person (state of health, level of intellectual and cultural development, professional skills, communicative competence, etc.), which are a prerequisite for access to social benefits. The above-mentioned personality's characteristics are formed through the education and upbringing.The main approaches, within which the knowledge about such complex socio-psychological phenomenon as social well-being was originated, filled and improved, are: philosophical, biological, medical, economic, socio-political, socio-psychological and sociological approaches. Studying the social well-being of students requires identification of its features as a social stratum. By their characteristics, contemporary students are quite different from all other segments of the population. First of all, they differ by their ideological formation, mobility of influence and their kinds of needs, that determine their social well-being heavily.Students form the full-fledged and independent socio-cultural community, which, being active due their education and functioning in the system of higher education, acts as an object of such kind of production, the subject of which is not a thing, but a person. Therefore, the main function of this production is educational activity. Student Youth is a very intense projection, a focus group of the future society as a whole. An essential feature of the student, related to his social well-being, is the availability of educational needs.Educational need is such kind of need that arises from the contradiction between the available and the required (desired) level of education and induces the subject to eliminate this contradiction. Educational needs are the complex of social needs of the subject (person, group, society), which are satisfied through the system of education. Educational needs are not identical to needs for knowledge, although they are directly related to it. They relate to such social needs as the need for growth, self-expression, recognition, promotion, and other social needs that characterize the desirable social status.In our opinion, educational needs can be defined as the needs for the formation of those personal qualities that contribute to personal self-realization and the formation of such personal qualities in the field of education, which make it possible to obtain the desired social benefits and to improve the social well-being of the individual. These qualities can be formed by means of education and are as follows: high level of intellectual development; theoretical knowledge and practical skills, necessary for the professional activity; communicative skills and a high level of culture; personal qualities (integrity, work ability, creativity, etc.). Education is a factor which allows forming and accumulating such socially significant qualities in the personal arsenal of individuality that enable people to receive the benefits, satisfy the urgent needs and, thus, to improve their social well-being. ; Глубинные трансформации современного украинского общества касаются всех областей человеческой жизни, вызывая разнообразные эмоционально-оценочные реакции граждан на социальные изменения и на собственный статус в обществе. Социальное самочувствие населения является фактором, который играет большую роль в развитии всех сфер общества, в выборе векторов социальных преобразований. В статье обоснована актуальность исследования социального самочувствия студенческой молодежи в связи с ее местом в социальной структуре общества, изложены методологические основы исследования социального самочувствия студенчества как социальной группы, освещены характеристики студенчества в контексте современных общественных трансформаций. Раскрыта сущность основных теоретических подходов к изучению социального самочувствия студенческой молодежи в условиях социальных изменений, освещены потребности студенчества, которые удовлетворяются в процессе обучения в высшем учебном заведении, общественной деятельности и личностном взаимодействии в студенческой среде.Уточнена сущность понятий «молодежь», «студенческая молодежь», «образовательные потребности». Охарактеризованы потребности студенчества как специфического слоя, уделено внимание комплексу социальных потребностей студенческой молодежи, которые удовлетворяются при помощи института образования.
Tese de doutoramento em Sistemas Sustentáveis de Energia, apresentada à Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra ; This thesis assesses the benefits of using ground source heat pump systems for space conditioning in buildings, in an integrated perspective, in terms of potential impacts such as increasing energy efficiency, increasing the use of renewable energy resources and reducing carbon emissions, as well as their use as a flexible load with thermal storage for balancing demand and supply, namely for the integration of intermittent renewable generation in the context of smart grids. Part of these impacts were evaluated based on the experimental results obtained in the ground source heat pump system installed in a public service building in Coimbra, under the European Project Ground‐Med from the Seventh Research Framework Programme ‐ FP7. The high efficiency of an advanced ground source heat pump system, which integrates state of art components in an optimal manner, was assessed by calculating the seasonal performance factors based on the monitored data of the experimental ground source heat pump system. The results demonstrated the feasibility of high efficiency ground source heat pumps, reaching a seasonal performance of 5.4 for the heating season and 6.4 for the cooling season. A control system was developed to allow programing the daily operation period of the overall system in order to guarantee temperature comfort when users arrive and to implement load control strategies. By the tests performed during summer and winter, it was concluded that the control strategies of adjusting the set point temperature of the ground source heat pump and the velocities of the circulation pumps, are very important to improve the system efficiency, namely during lower thermal needs periods. The thermal response of the building was analyzed and the results showed that the building has a good thermal inertia that delays the building temperature variation, which allows the implementation of space heating load shifting strategies without creating major disturbances in the users thermal comfort. Load shifting strategies by preheating the building and avoiding peak periods, to take advantage from the lower electricity prices and to minimize or even to avoid the energy consumption during the peak periods, were applied. The results showed that applying these strategies, profiting from the thermal mass of the building, significant costs savings can be achieved (about 34%). Additionally, the impacts on the national electric diagram of applying the proposed load shifting strategies to other office buildings were also assessed, assuming that 25% of the total office buildings space heating load in Portugal can be controlled in a centralized way. It was concluded that preheating the buildings can contribute to a larger integration of the renewable electricity generation surplus. The implementation of Demand Response actions by switching off heating loads, during some periods of time, to compensate the variations and forecasting errors of wind ‐ vi ‐ power, was also evaluated with positive impacts. A fuel switching strategy for building space heating at the EU level, by a large scale penetration of high efficiency heat pumps in a scenario where natural gas boilers will be progressively phased out until 2050, was also proposed and assessed. It was found that in European Union in 2050, through the replacement of natural gas space heating by high efficiency heat pumps, around 60% of the primary energy required and 90% of the associated CO2 emissions can be saved. Other positive impacts were achieved concerning decreasing the European natural gas dependency and increasing the renewable energy sources share in the total final energy consumption. A similar scenario was developed for Portugal and large positive impacts were also achieved. In summary, high efficient heat pumps can have an important role towards exploiting the increasing penetration of renewable electricity generation, effectively contributing to the replacement of fossil fuels and to decrease the growing natural gas dependency of European Union from risky and unstable countries. Additionally, high efficient heat pumps, when combined with the building thermal storage capacity, can be used as a flexible load to balance supply and demand, employing load leveling and Demand Response strategies, and to significantly reduce operation costs at the consumer side. ; Esta tese avalia de uma forma integrada os vários benefícios da utilização de bombas de calor geotérmicas na climatização de edifícios. Diversos impactes foram avaliados em termos do seu potencial para o aumento da eficiência energética e da utilização das energias renováveis, para a redução das emissões de CO2, bem como para a sua utilização como carga flexível, quando combinada com armazenamento de energia térmica, para melhorar o equilíbrio entre a oferta e a procura de energia, a partir da integração da geração intermitente de eletricidade renovável no contexto das redes inteligentes. Parte desses impactes foram avaliados com base nos resultados obtidos numa instalação experimental de uma bomba de calor geotérmica que foi instalada num edifício de serviços, em Coimbra, no âmbito do Projeto Europeu Ground‐Med do Sétimo Programa‐Quadro de Investigação (7ºPQ). A eficiência do sistema BCG, que integra componentes de última geração de uma forma otimizada, foi avaliada através do cálculo dos fatores de desempenho sazonal com base na monitorização dos dados do sistema BCG experimental instalado. Os resultados comprovam a alta eficiência destes sistemas BCG, atingindo um desempenho sazonal de 5.4 para a estação de aquecimento e de 6.4 para a de arrefecimento. Foi desenvolvido um sistema de controlo que permite programar o período de funcionamento diário, para garantir o conforto térmico à chegada dos utilizadores ao edifício e que permite implementar estratégias de gestão de carga. Os testes realizados nas estações de aquecimento e de arrefecimento permitem concluir que estratégias de ajuste da temperatura de funcionamento da bomba de calor e da variação de velocidade das suas bombas de circulação são fundamentais para a melhoria da eficiência do sistema, particularmente nos períodos de menor necessidade térmica. A resposta térmica do edifício foi analisada e os resultados evidenciam que o edifício tem uma boa inércia térmica, que atrasa a variação da temperatura interna em relação às condições ambientais, mesmo depois de desligado o sistema de climatização. Esta característica do edifício permite a implementação de estratégias de desvio de consumo associadas à sua climatização, sem perturbar significativamente o conforto térmico dos utilizadores. Para minimizar ou mesmo evitar o consumo de energia elétrica durante as horas de ponta do diagrama de carga elétrico, foram aplicadas estratégias de desvio de consumo, pré‐aquecendo o edifício ainda durante as horas de vazio para aproveitar os preços mais baixos da eletricidade. Os resultados mostraram que a aplicação destas estratégias, tirando partido da massa térmica do edifício, permite alcançar poupanças significativas (cerca de 34%). Adicionalmente foi analisado o impacte no diagrama elétrico nacional da aplicação destas ‐ viii ‐ estratégias de desvio de consumo ao nível dos edifícios de escritórios portugueses, assumindo que em 25% destes edifícios os sistemas de aquecimento podem ser controlados de forma centralizada. Concluiu‐se que o pré‐aquecimento destes edifícios pode contribuir para uma maior integração do excesso de eletricidade renovável produzida durante a noite. Foi também avaliada a implementação de medidas de resposta da procura, através do desligar das cargas de aquecimento, durante alguns períodos de tempo, para compensar as variações e erros de previsão da energia eólica, tendo‐se registado resultados positivos. Foi proposto e avaliado o potencial da substituição progressiva em larga escala de caldeiras a gás natural por bombas de calor na climatização de edifícios, num horizonte até 2050 a nível de toda a União Europeia. Verificou‐se que existe um potencial de poupança de energia primária de cerca de 60% e uma redução de cerca de 90% nas emissões de CO2 associadas. A aplicação desta medida contribui ainda para uma menor dependência do gás natural importado e para o aumento da contribuição das energias renováveis no consumo final de energia a nível da União Europeia. Foi aplicado um cenário similar para o caso particular de Portugal e também se obtiveram resultados muito positivos. Em resumo, as bombas de calor de alta eficiência podem ter um papel muito importante no aumento da penetração de energias de origem renovável, podendo ter um contribuindo efetivo na substituição dos combustíveis fosseis e na diminuição da importação do gás natural proveniente de países politicamente instáveis a nível da UE. Adicionalmente, as bombas de calor de alta eficiência, quando combinadas com a massa térmica de edifícios com elevada capacidade térmica, podem ser usadas como uma carga flexível na gestão do diagrama de carga elétrico, a partir de estratégias de gestão de cargas e de resposta da procura, e também para reduzir significativamente os custos de operação do aquecimento para o consumidor final. ; European Project Ground‐Med - TREN/FP7EN/218895
In: Blokhuis , E G J 2010 , ' Governing multi-actor decision processes in Dutch industrial area redevelopment ' , Doctor of Philosophy , Built Environment , Eindhoven . https://doi.org/10.6100/IR675517
In the first part of the thesis, a literature review is presented. In this literature review, industrial areas in the Netherlands are discussed, leading to the conclusion that industrial areas are important for realizing sustainable economic growth in the Netherlands. Industrial areas play an important role in accommodating employment, in stimulating local and regional economies, and in creating a high value added. Furthermore, I conclude that process features have a significant influence on the outcome of industrial area (re)development projects. Subsequently, the most important problem aspects of the current industrial area planning approach are discussed, together with several causes of these problems. It is argued that most of these problematic failures can be traced back to one main problem: the rapid obsolescence of the existing stock of industrial areas. The dimensions of the Dutch industrial area redevelopment task affirm this. This creates a large necessity for redevelopment. However, based upon the disappointing figures on yearly realized redevelopment projects and on the low spatial yields of actually realized redevelopment projects, it is concluded that the execution of industrial area redevelopment projects stagnates. When starting up a redevelopment project in the current increasingly complex and rapidly changing environment, interdependent negotiation processes within and among organizations appear to be problematic, consuming substantial time and effort. Focus within this research lies therefore on studying, supporting and accommodating the consensus-building process within redevelopment projects. The point of departure in this research is the postulate that the main cause of the occurring stagnation in industrial area redevelopment is the absence of a well-functioning process governance system. Several authors support this statement; they posit that the regional arena is the appropriate level for executing such governance. Because of a lack of insight into effective ways to implement a governance system, and because of the presumed advantages related to the acceleration of industrial area redevelopment processes when gaining this insight, the general research objective is as follows: 'To explore ways to effectively support the governance of involved stakeholders' choice behavior, in order to stimulate the current decision-making processes in industrial area redevelopment projects'. Thus, governance – and especially meta-governance – is a promising approach for application to complex industrial area redevelopment projects. Several best-practice industrial area redevelopment projects reveal that centrally governing such alliances contributes to project success. The aim of meta-governance within industrial area redevelopment projects is to establish cooperation between relevant parties, in order to realize a number of functions and purposes from a public, social importance, through the establishment of one central governing agency, responsible for the management of the decision-making process. In Dutch industrial area redevelopment, regional development companies seem most appropriate for executing this central governance role. Assuming that meta-governance can be a solution to the occurring problems in the Dutch industrial area redevelopment market, it is essential to analyze the consensusfinding processes, as well as causes of tension and conflict, in order to theoretically support governing agencies in managing decision-making processes. Therefore, the specific goal of the research is to better understand how individual and interactive decision-making of the most important actors in industrial area redevelopment processes can be modeled, in order to analyze and predict the occurrence of cooperation or conflict, and how this decision-making can be influenced by a regional governing agency. A better understanding of these processes is a key requirement for the development of a decision support tool for this regional governing agency, in order to support the acceleration of industrial area redevelopment projects. A formal model of the collaborative decision process has not been developed for this domain, incorporating a governance approach. Therefore, several available techniques for analyzing both individual and interactive decision-making are explored in the second part of the thesis. From this, it is concluded that the discrete choice approach seems applicable for modeling individual choice behavior of actors. Furthermore, the application of game theory seems very interesting for modeling interactive and interdependent choice behavior. In order to make a game-theoretic model that is suitable for studying strategic interactions in industrial area redevelopment, a relatively new approach is advocated in which game theory is combined with a multiattribute trade-off technique. Eventually, the application of game theory leads to an insight in the occurrence of conflicts, and in the causes of these conflicts. The 2x2 game is regarded as most appropriate for application in this research because this game type has been used very often in conflict modeling and conflict management, and it suits the real world negotiation processes in which two players are involved, each roughly having two strategies. Within 2x2 games, three tools are most utilizable for solving conflicts: (1) changing the information of the involved players; (2) changing the payoffs of the players; and (3) changing the rules of the game, focusing on the sequence of decisionmaking and the possible allowance of communication in the game. Because the research focuses on static 2x2 games of complete information, it is concluded that gaining insight in the second tool is most feasible and interesting. In the third part, the results are represented. Firstly, the individual choice behavior of involved actors is modeled, thereby giving a better and more systematical insight in stakeholders' preferences when accepting or rejecting a development plan, in the (dis)similarities between both stakeholder groups' preferences in making that choice, and in the most important points of interest when composing a development plan proposal. Resulting data analysis showed that the plan attributes 'technical quality' and 'cost coverage' are important for both stakeholder groups when choosing a plan proposal. A high level of these attributes in a plan results in a high probability of being chosen, while a low level results in a low choice probability. Besides this, companies find the attribute 'development speed' very important when choosing a plan, and municipalities value 'architectural quality' highly. Furthermore, municipalities proved to be less demanding in accepting industrial area redevelopment plan proposals. Secondly, the interaction between involved stakeholders is modeled as an interdependent process, using a relative novel approach in which conjoint analysis and game theory are combined, in order to explain the occurrence of cooperation or conflict within Dutch industrial areas redevelopment negotiations. Data analysis reveals that there is one major source of conflicts; stakeholders choosing not to cooperate based upon the presented negotiation setting. A more in-depth analysis of negotiation settings ending up in mutual cooperation demonstrated that the appraisal of both stakeholders for the proposed development plan is the most influential factor, together with an eventual absolute difference between both players' appraisals. This leads to the conclusion that the content of proposed plans is very important in such negotiations; factors like power and risks play a secondary role. Thirdly, a model is created that supports the decision-making of a central governing agency. This model is based upon the results of the individual and interactive choice models, giving recommendations on how to put meta-governance into practice in industrial area redevelopment. The model consists of three major steps: (1) giving assistance in assessing the initial state of the negotiation; (2) calculating whether the possible conflict occurrence can be prevented by marginally changing the payoffs of both players; and (3) indicating how the equalizing of appraisals can be put into practice. This final step gives insight in the contribution of specific changes in plan proposals to solving the conflicts that are discovered in the first part. After testing the model, it is concluded that altering payoffs in games in order to avoid conflicts is very effective in these games. Furthermore, these payoffs can often be altered through the use of minimal resources. In cases in which the municipality values the proposed plan lower than the company – raising the levels of the attributes technical quality, architectural quality, and value development results most often in an equaling of both players' appraisals. Furthermore, the attribute architectural quality functions most often as the only solution. Reciprocally, in cases in which the company has a lower plan proposal appraisal, raising the levels of the attributes development speed, technical quality, and cost coverage most often results in an equal plan proposal appraisal. In general, tools are already available for executing interventions on above-mentioned attributes. Thus, focus should be on actual execution of the governance task, not on adding tools to the existing instrumental palette. Concluding, a model is created with which it is possible to give recommendations concerning the decision-making of a central governing agency in different possible industrial area redevelopment negotiations. It entails a new, structured way of solving conflicts, which is empirically testable, and delivers some real world recommendations.
보건학과/박사 ; [한글]이 논문은 질병과 음주로 인해 개인 및 사회가 부담하는 사회경제적 손실을 질병비용(cost-of-illness, COI) 연구에 기초하여 추계한 두 개의 연구로 구성하였으며, 주요 내용은 다음과 같다.첫 번째 연구 '연도별 전체 질병과 주요 질병의 사회경제적 비용 추이 분석'은 질병으로 인해 발생하는 의료비 및 소득 손실 등을 화폐단위로 추계함으로써 건강의 가치가 경제 및 사회에 미치는 영향을 분석하는데 초점을 두었다. 연구방법은 우리나라 전체 질병을 20개 범주로 분류한 후, 각 질병군에 대한 사회경제적 비용을 성, 연령, 비용 항목, 질병군에 따라 세분화하여 6개 연도(1999~2004년)에 대해 추계하였다. 비용 항목은 크게 직접비와 간접비로 구분하였으며, 직접비에는 직접 의료비와 직접 비의료비(교통비, 간병비), 간접비에는 조기사망으로 인한 미래소득 손실, 의료이용에 따른 생산성 손실을 포함하였다. 연구 결과, 첫째 우리나라의 질병 비용은 2004년 불변가격 기준으로 1999년 55조 1,896억 원부터 2004년 61조 5,965억 원까지 지속적으로 증가하는 추세를 보였다. 둘째, 상해(전체 질병비용의 18.5~20.6%), 신생물(13.4~16.1%), 소화기계질환(11.2~13%), 순환기계질환(10.8~12%), 호흡기계질환(8.9~11.5%) 순으로 질병 비용이 큰 것으로 추계되었다. 셋째, 남자가 전체 질병비용의 65~67.2%로 여자의 약 2배로 추계되었다. 넷째, 연령대별로는 40대, 30대, 50대, 60대 순으로 질병 비용이 크며, 전반적으로 40대 이상에서는 증가, 반면에 30대 이하에서는 질병비용 비중이 감소하는 추세이다. 끝으로, 조기사망으로 인한 손실(전체 질병비용의 47.1~49.3%), 의료비(31.1~37.2%), 의료이용에 따른 생산성 손실(7~10.9%), 교통비 및 간병비(7.9~10.1%)순으로 질병비용 비중이 큰 것으로 추계되었으며, 전반적으로 생산성 손실과 교통비 및 간병비는 증가, 반면에 의료비는 감소, 조기사망으로 인한 미래소득 손실은 소폭의 증감추세를 반복하는 것으로 추계되었다. 결론적으로, 우리나라는 40대 이상과 남자에서 질병으로 인한 사회경제적 비용이 크고, 다른 국가에 비해 상해(injury), 신생물, 소화기계질환의 질병비용 비중이 큰 것으로 추계되었다. 따라서, 질병으로 인한 사회경제적 손실을 줄이기 위해서는 성, 연령, 비용 항목, 질병군 별로 고비용 발생군에 대한 지속적인 검진 및 감시가 이루어져야 하며, 보건의료정책에 있어서도 우선순위 부여와 자원배분이 이루어져야 할 것이다.두 번째 연구 '음주로 인한 사회경제적 비용 추계'에서는 질병발생의 주요 위험요인인 음주의 사회경제적 비용을 2004년 기준으로 추계하였다. 이 연구에서는 음주로 인한 모든 건강문제와 알코올과의 관련정도를 나타내는 알코올기여율(alcohol attributable fraction, AAF) 산출을 위해 호주의 성 및 연령별 비교위험도와 우리나라의 중․고위험 음주자 비율을 이용하여 한국형 AAF를 산출하였다. 비용 항목은 크게 직접비, 간접비, 기타 비용으로 구분하고, 직접비에는 직접 의료비, 직접 비의료비(교통비, 간병비), 간접비에는 조기사망으로 인한 미래소득 손실, 의료이용에 따른 생산성 손실, 음주숙취로 인한 생산성 저하, 기타 비용에는 재산피해액, 행정처리비용을 포함하였다. 조기사망으로 인한 손실은 인적자본접근법에 기초하여 추계하였다. 연구 결과, 우리나라의 음주로 인한 사회경제적 비용은 15조 6,261억 원으로 GDP 대비 2.25% 수준이며, 과도한 음주로 인한 생산성 저하 50%, 조기사망으로 인한 손실 34.6%, 직접 의료비가 6.9%, 의료이용으로 인한 생산성 손실 3%, 직접 비의료비 2.4%, 기타 비용(재산피해 및 행정비용)이 3.2%를 차지하였다. 이는 국내 선행연구들에 비해 음주로 인한 사회경제적 비용이 증가한 것이며, 다른 국가와 비교해도 우리나라의 음주로 인한 손실이 큰 것으로 추계되었다. 특히, 과도한 음주로 인한 생산성 저하와 의료이용에 따른 생산성 손실이 큰 것으로 나타났다. 따라서, 우리나라의 음주로 인한 사회경제적 손실과 지속적인 음주율 증가를 감안할 때 적정음주 유도를 위한 건강증진 및 보건의료정책 마련이 시급한 실정이다.급속한 고령화, 만성질환으로의 질병구조 변화, 음주 등의 건강위험요인 증가에 따라 질병 및 음주로 인한 사회경제적 비용은 더욱 증가할 것으로 예상된다. 따라서, 질병 및 음주로 인한 경제적 손실 감소와 효율적인 국민건강증진 달성을 위해서는 고비용 발생군을 대상으로 하는 건강증진·검진·치료 프로그램 개발 및 정부지원방안이 조속히 수립되어야 할 것이다. [영문]Based on a cost-of-illness(COI) study on socioeconomic losses accrued in individual and society due to disease and alcohol drinking, this article consisted of 2 papers that addressed the estimation of those losses, and major considerations of this study can be outlined as follows:The first essay 'Analysis on the Annual Profile of Total Diseases and Trends of Socioeconomic Costs of Major Diseases' focused on estimating medical expenses, income losses, etc accrued from diseases in domestic currency to analyze possible effects of health's value upon our economy and society. In terms of methodology, this essay classified current prevalent diseases in Korea into 20 categories, and thereby subdivided socioeconomic costs assumed by each disease group according to sex, age, cost and disease group for the estimation over 6 years(1999 to 2004). Cost was broadly divided into direct and indirect cost. Direct cost included direct medical cost and direct non-medical cost(traffic cost, caregiver's cost), while indirect cost included future income loss due to early death as well as productivity loss from use of medical services. As a result, first, it was found that Korea's COI tended to keep increasing from 55 trillion 189.6 billion KRW(in 1999) to 61 trillion 596.5 billion KRW(in 2004) on the basis of constant dollar in 2004. Second, the largest part of COI was represented by injury(18.5~20.6% of total COI), which was followed by neoplasm(13.4~16.1%), digestive tract disease (11.2~13%), cardiovascular disease(10.8~12%), respiratory disease(8.9~11.5%) respectively. Third, male group accounted for 65~67.2% of total COI, which was estimated about twice more than female group. Fourth, in terms of age distribution, 40's group accounted for largest percentage of COI, which was followed by 30's, 50's and 60's. Overall, 40's or older groups tended to spend more COI, on the contrary to 30's or younger groups. Finally, loss from early death accounted for largest part of total COI(47.1~49.3%), which was followed by medical expenses(31.1~37.2%), productivity loss from using medical services(7~10.9%), and traffic and caregiver's cost(7.9~10.1%) respectively. Overall, it was estimated that both productivity loss and traffic/nursing expenses tended to rise, while medical expenses tended to decrease year by year, but the future income loss from early death tended to rise and fall slightly again and again. In conclusion, it is estimated that both 40's or older group and male group in Korea bear higher socioeconomic costs of illness than other groups, and Korea assumes total COI based on more percentage of COI from injury, neoplasm and digestive tract disease than other countries. Hence, in order to reduce socioeconomic loss from illness, it is required to steadily perform medical examination and monitoring for high cost group by sex, age, cost and disease group, and also prioritize current health and medical policies with corresponding resource distributions.The second and last essay 'the Estimation of Socioeconomic Cost of Drinking Alcohol' estimated socioeconomic cost of drinking alcohol as major onset risk factor of disease as of Year 2004. In order to calculate alcohol attributable fraction(AAF) as an index of possible associations between all drinking-induced health problems and alcohol, this essay estimated Korean type AAF using Australia's relative risk by sex and age as well as Korea's moderate/high risk drinker ratio. Cost was classified broadly into direct cost, indirect cost and other expenses. Direct cost included direct medical cost and direct non-medical cost(traffic and caregiver's cost), while indirect cost included future income losses from early death, productivity losses from using medical services, and lower productivity due to drinking and hangover. Other expenses included property damage and public administrative expenses. Loss from early death was estimated on the basis of Human Capital Approach. As a result, Korea's socioeconomic cost of drinking alcohol amounted to 15 trillion 626.1 billion KRW(2.25% of total GDP). It was represented mostly by lower productivity due to excessive drinking(50%), which was followed by losses from early death(34.6%), direct medical cost(6.9%), productivity loss from using medical services(3%), direct non-medical cost(2.4%), and other expenses(property damage and public administrative expenses)(3.2%). This finding indicates that socioeconomic cost of drinking alcohol is estimated more than in related domestic previous studies, and it is estimated that Korea bears more losses from drinking alcohol than other countries. In particular, it is found that lower productivity due to excessive drinking and productivity loss from using medical services comprise more percent of total losses from drinking alcohol than any other losses. Thus, in regard to Korea's socioeconomic losses from drinking and ever-increasing drinking rate, it is very urgent to develop health promotion and medical health policies in order to control national drinking habits to the moderate extent.As there are ever-increasing health risk factors such as rapid aging, transition to chronic diseases, and drinking alcohol, it is expected that Korea will bear more socioeconomic cost of illness and drinking alcohol in future. Hence, in order to reduce national economic losses from illness and drinking alcohol, and achieve efficient national health promotion, it is required to develop health promotion/medical examination/treatment programs for high cost group, and establish governmental support measures as soon as possible. ; prohibition
[spa] Como es sabido, dos de los agentes y estrategias culturales que la sociedad actual utiliza para socializar a los nuevos miembros de su colectividad son el sistema educativo y los medios de comunicación de masas (M.C.M.). El primero se ocupa de la dimensión "formal" de la educación; y los segundos contribuyen en gran medida a la llamada "educación no formal". Es precisamente la interacción de ambas instituciones la piedra angular de esta tesis doctoral puesta al descubierto a través de la investigación sobre la imagen de la LOGSE proyectada por la prensa en Cataluña. En realidad, la tesis prueba el papel decisivo que los medios de comunicación de masas juegan en la formación de la opinión social sobre la educación. En palabras de LUCKMAN, la prensa es la institución mediática que construye el universo simbólico de una sociedad, que en definitiva, no es otro que la propia realidad social. ¿Cuál ha sido el comportamiento de la prensa en todo este período de implantación de la LOGSE? ¿Cómo ha informado? ¿Qué noticias educativas ha seleccionado? ¿Tiene la prensa una línea específica de tratamiento para los temas educativos? Si esta línea de tratamiento existe, ¿es común a todos los diarios analizados o bien es distinta? ¿Cuál es el género periodístico predominante? ¿Cuáles son los protagonistas? ¿Se pueden encontrar en la prensa suficientes datos sobre la enseñanza como para que el público reciba una información consistente y válida sobre ellos? La tesis pretende desvelar estos interrogantes con el fin de inferir conclusiones que ayuden en la búsqueda de explicaciones para recuperar la confianza en nuestro sistema educativo, pieza clave de una sociedad que, como la nuestra, quiere ser coherente con el ideal de modelo social democrático, progresista y solidario. El título de la tesis puede sugerir que su contenido es principalmente un informe de los resultados arrojados por la investigación a través del análisis crítico del discurso aplicado a 452 documentos periodísticos seleccionados en el período comprendido entre el 7 de octubre de 1998 hasta el 13 de febrero de 2002. Sin embargo, la obra profundiza también en el análisis y modelos teóricos sobre los medios escritos; la enseñanza y la función docente y los rasgos significativos de la LOGSE, el sistema educativo vigente durante la investigación. Estos apartados destinados a la fundamentación teórica nos ofrecen una visión pluridisciplinar que proporcionan el contexto necesario para su correcta interpretación. Otro aspecto a destacar del presente trabajo es el análisis exhaustivo de los resultados hallados en la prensa. Las exigencias sociales al sistema educativo son cada vez mayores y se le suele responsabilizar de problemas que están total o parcialmente lejos de su ámbito competencial. Es más, con frecuencia observamos una conducta reduccionista de responsabilizar exclusivamente al profesorado del conjunto de problemas y resultados del sistema educativo, haciendo abstracción del importante papel que juegan otros agentes y factores: -entorno social, entorno familiar, política educativa, instalaciones y recursos, medios de comunicación-. Los medios de comunicación social reproducen los esquemas y estereotipos sociales en torno a la enseñanza y al profesorado. En este contexto, el profesorado se siente injustamente vigilado y presionado. Consciente de su importante pero limitado papel, su motivación a lo largo de su vida profesional tiende a disminuir cuando no, a desaparecer. Es importante una reflexión sobre el rol que los medios de comunicación social están jugando en esta realidad. Los resultados de este estudio pueden ser un primer paso para desarrollar estrategias de intervención que disminuyan la distancia entre los estereotipos sociales y la realidad del sistema educativo y de sus agentes. No es este el lugar de realizar una prolija exposición de los principales resultados del estudio, pero sí de resaltar algunos de ellos. La tesis constata que la información presente en los medios no es suficiente ni adecuada para que el gran público pueda tener una idea clara de la realidad educativa. La tendencia de la información referida a la enseñanza describe los hechos sin aportar elementos para el análisis o la reflexión. En la prensa, las noticias sobre estos temas suelen estar firmadas por personas no especialistas y ajenas a las redacciones de los periódicos, por lo que las generalidades y estereotipos predomina sobre los conceptos singulares. La imagen que se trasmite del profesorado es más bien neutra, con una ligera tendencia a resaltar sus aspectos positivos. El estereotipo es el de un profesional preparado, innovador y relativamente joven. No puede decirse lo mismo sobre la enseñanza, respecto a la cual existe una tendencia a resaltar lo negativo. Los grandes objetivos de la reforma educativa tienen una muy reducida presencia en los medios. Abundan los temas superficiales y llamativos, mientras que temas tan trascendentales como la formación inicial y continua del profesorado no tiene presencia alguna. Los medios tienden a ser congruentes con la imagen externa de la educación y se alejan de la imagen interna que los agentes implicados sostienen de su realidad. En definitiva, esta ruptura entre el sistema educativo y la sociedad se reproduce en los medios de comunicación que resaltan e insisten en los temas más noticiables y superficiales, contribuyendo frecuentemente más a la desinformación que a la información y formación propiamente dichas. ; [eng] It's broadly accepted that the main two agents and cultural strategies that the present society uses to socialize new members of the community are the educational system and mass communication media (M.C.M.). The first one works out the "formal" dimension; and the second one, to a great extent, contributes to the so-called "no formal education". The main issue of this doctoral thesis is the result of the interaction of both institutions. The research tries to find out what's the image of the LOGSE shown by the press in Catalonia. In fact, the thesis proves the important part mass media play in the formation of the social opinion about education. In words of LUCKMAN, press is the mediatic institution which shapes up the symbolic universe of society. To sum up, it's nothing but social reality itself. How has the press behaved during this implementation period of LOGSE? How has it shown the new educational system? Which kind of news has it selected? Has the press a specific line of processing for the education topics? If this line of processing exists, is it the same for all the analyzed newspapers or each has its own way of processing this kind of news? Which is the predominant journalistic used style? Which are the main characters? Is possible to find within the press enough information about teaching so that general public receives solid and valid information about them? This thesis tries to shed light upon these clues in order to infer conclusions which will help us recover confidence in our own education system, which has become a key issue of a society that, like ours, wants to be coherent with the ideal of democratic, progressive and sympathetic social model. The way our thesis has been entitled can suggest the reader its content is basically a report about the results shown by our research through the critical analysis of the speech applied in 452 journalistic documents that were selected amongst the LOGSE-related information released by the press between October the 7th 1998 and February the 13th 2002. However, the work investigates in depth in the analysis and the theoretical models about the written media; the teaching and its role and the meaningful characteristic of the LOGSE, the education system in force during the research. These sections assigned to the theoretical explanation offer us a multidisciplinary viewpoint which gives the necessary context to be correctly interpreted. Another aspect to be emphasized about this work is the exhaustive analysis of the results found in the press. The social demand towards the education system is growing bigger and usually we blame the media for issues that have little or nothing to do with them. What's more, we usually find teachers responsible for a bunch of problems provided by the educational system itself, importantly remarking on other agents and factors: social environment, family, educational politics, facilities and resources, media. Social mass media repeat preconceptions and social stereotypes around teaching and teachers. In this context, teachers feel unfairly overwatched and under-pressed. Aware of his important but limited role, his/her motivation through his/her professional life tends to decrease or even disappear. It is important to point out the part which media play in this whole new reality.
The thesis is focused on solving an important theoretical and applied problem of substantiating theoretical and methodological grounds for the international economic policy through identifying the patterns and novel forms of protectionism, and substantiating the integral scientific concept of neo-protectionism. The objective of the thesis is to develop theoretical and methodological grounds of protectionism, and to create, on this basis, an integral scientific concept of neo-protectionism in the international economic policy in the context of liberalizing global economic relations, to formulate an integrative conceptual approach to the application of neoprotectionism in the economic development policy of Ukraine.The interdisciplinary multi-criteria approach to defining protectionism from the perspective of ideology, idea, policy and practice is proposed, which allowed for investigating the transformation of its manifestation forms in the process of evolutionary development of the international economic relations. The international economic policy was studied as an unbroken continuum of the economic and political practice of the states by methodological tools of the international political economy. It is found that from the international political economy perspective a choice between protectionism and free trade as the principles for implementation of the economic policy of the state is conditional on the pattern of global economic processes with their immanent contradictions, the specifics of regionalization and integration processes, and the global economy tendencies. The choice between the government's commitment to the policy of minimizing costs and maximizing benefits, and the character of its participation in the international economic cooperation is determined by the pattern of international trade and international movement of production factors, on the one hand, and determine it, on the other hand. It is demonstrated that the choice of protectionist policy, as follows from the international political economy discourse, is conditional on: operation of public and non-public economic entities; effects from the implementation of national economic policies; the coordinating equilibrium between national, regional, interstate and global level of decision making; the existing mechanisms for global control of international economic interests.Interpretation of the international economic policy by the methodological tools of the international political economy allowed to identify the endogenous character of the external economic policy (recognizing thereby the protectionism as a policy that can be potentially demanded by the public (represented by voters), business people (represented by lobbying groups), government (which implements economic interests of the nation), and to reveal the variety of entities involved in the international economic relations, which have exogenous impact on the policy implemented by national governments (by signing trade agreements), limiting thereby the conditions for the protectionist policy implementation.Theoretical modeling of protectionist intentions in the international economic cooperation on the basis of the interdisciplinary economic-political approach laid grounds for rethinking the conclusions made by the classical and neo-classical theories of trade and the theory of correlation of production factors about the unconditional impact of the free trade principle on the population's welfare as a derivative from the function of consumption. The analysis of two groups of protectionism theories – the ones based on studies of the structure of protectionism within the countries, and the ones investigating the level of protectionism between countries in time – demonstrated that the voters' welfare or the so called "win of the majority" are the determinants of protectionist initiatives. The factors underlying the voters' demand for protectionism are highlighted: welfare measured by economic as well as social and ecological effects; social solidarity; social protection; commitment to social values; commitment to national identity; adherence to ideological principles of the policy of economic nationalism; mitigation of effects from the information asymmetry of rational voters. The pressure by lobbying groups on the choice of the principle underlying government's implementation of the external trade policy is explained by: phase of business cycle; hysteresis effects in the economy; the level of competitiveness in export-oriented sectors; the extent of import dependence in the economy; distributive and allocation effects of the economic activities.The author's concept of neo-protectionism in the international economic policy is substantiated, which is defined as a complex hierarchical set of principles, rules and instruments of protective, stimulating, discriminative and restrictive nature, implemented at mega-, meta-, macro- and mesolevel of the international economic policy. A multilevel typology of neo-protectionism is proposed, based on specific features: the level of international economic policy, generating entities, manifestation environment, instruments for the international economic policy with indirect impact. It was used to identify its essential characteristics in all the forms of manifestation of the international economic relations; to define the functions of neo-protectionism by its type (ideological, institutional, integrative, conjuncture-formative, factor-based, infrastructural, monetary, currency-based, financial, debt-based, fiscal) and sub-types (ecological, migrational, sectoral, based on primary commodities, resource-based, energy-based, technological, innovative, informational, digital, investment-based). This allowed to identify the purpose for applications of neo-protectionism at mega-, meta-, macro- and mesolevel of the international economic policy, and to visualize the degree of its functional and structural complexity and dimensionality as a phenomenon and a process, which realization varies depending on the entities applying it, the objects for which it is applying, its coverage and objectives.A theoretical and methodological approach for macro- and meta-level assessment of the international economic policy based on neo-protectionist instruments is developed. Its application enabled for outlining and describing the policy of economic nationalism (which motivation basis is formed by domination, expansion, domestic extended reproduction by creating new comparative advantages), and the policy of economic patriotism (which motivation basis is formed by rehabilitation of economic growth, curbing of the expansionary potentials of partner countries, creating new comparative advantages and achieving sustainable development), with distinguishing its sub-types: supranational, local, liberal, and conservative. The distinctive features of neo-mercantilist policy are defined, and the ways of its implementation are revealed. It is shown that the neo-mercantilist policy generates anti-competitive market distortions affecting not only foreign producers, but domestic ones as well, considering the scales of the latter involvement in global value added chains, and causes market imbalances resulting from the unfair competition. Theoretical and methodological grounds for studies of the international economic policy are improved, which is based on the principles of stability, hierarchy, adaptability, complementarity, subsidiarity, and balance, by including legitimation as a novel principle of the international economic policy implementation, which involves a combination of regulatory, de-regulatory and re-regulatory mechanisms of impact on the international economic relations, and results in the implementation of the institutional norms and rules that directly or indirectly ignore/deny/distort the agreements that exist at international/regional level, lead to anti-competitive market distortions, trade and investment imbalances, and open up opportunities for gaining new comparative advantages. Self-legitimation is defined as an attributive characteristic of the entities involved in the international economic policy at mega-, meta- and macrolevel, which enables for implementation of the neoprotectionist policy.The thesis substantiates multiple combinations in implementation of neoprotectionism through multidirectional manifestations of deregulation-regulation, integration-disintegration, coordination-de-coordination, expansion-fragmentation, balancing-unbalancing, stimulation-restriction, protection-discrimination, and the reasonability of neo-protectionist measures in the economic development policy of Ukraine.The structural components of the global economy as an environment for neoprotectionist manifestations are revealed: production and investment activities, research and development, international monetary relations. The functions of neoprotectionism within the international economic system are revealed: allocative (sectoral neo-protectionism; infrastructural neo-protectionism; factor-based neoprotectionism; integrative neo-protectionism; financial neo-protectionism; investment-based neo-protectionism); distributive (institutional neo-protectionism; fiscal neoprotectionism; financial neo-protectionism; investment-based neo-protectionism); stabilizing (monetary neo-protectionism; currency-based neo-protectionism; debtbased neo-protectionism; financial neo-protectionism; investment-based neoprotectionism). The instruments for the international economic policy with indirect impact, enabling for the implementation of neo-protectionism, are outlined as follows: fiscal, monetary and currency policies.Modeling of clustering processes in the Ukrainian economy by use of Boston matrix and Leontiev model enabled to identify four productive clusters: innovation (manufacturing of computers, electronic and optical devices; telecommunications; computer software design, consulting and information services; professional, R&D activities; information and telecommunications; printing and publishing activities; production of movies and video-films); auxiliary (supply of electricity, gas, steam and conditioned air; wholesale and retail trade; repair of automobiles and motorcycles; hotels and restaurants; financial and insurance activities); traditional (agriculture, forestry and fishing; mining and quarrying; manufacturing industries; construction; transport; storage; postal and courier services; production chemical substances and chemical products; car making and mechanical engineering; light industry), and to define the industries driving the economic growth, generating net income and having direct impact on the rates of GDP growth.A methodological approach to the assessment of the effectiveness of tax preferences and other preferences provided for residents of industrial parks is proposed, which, contrary to the existing approaches, uses applied models of the overall equilibrium for identifying the industries that have to be priority recipients of government assistance through the network of industrial parks, in the context of the intensified and leading development of the country by key macroeconomic indicators, and for quantitative optimization of the preferences considering the stable revenues of the public budget, which enabled to substantiate the nomenclature of efficient stimuli for residents of industrial parks, to achieve the objectives: to make the national industry move up in the value added chains and create a closed-loop innovation cycle in Ukraine.The system of tax and other preferences for residents of industrial parks, intended to recover and further the innovation-driven development of the production and export capacities of the Ukrainian economy, is assessed, which enabled to adapt international experiences of using the mechanism of free economic zones to the domestic practice, to create a favorable investment environment for high tech productions in the national economy for the period required by them to form competitive advantages. ; У дисертації розроблено цілісну наукову концепцію неопротекціонізму у міжнародній економічній політиці в умовах лібералізації світогосподарських зв'язків і на цій основі сформульовано інтегративний концептуальний підхід застосування неопротекціонізму в політиці економічного розвитку України.В роботі запропоновано міждисциплінарний багатокатегоріальний підхід до визначення протекціонізму з позицій ідеології, ідеї, політики і практики, що дозволило дослідити трансформацію форм його прояву в процесі еволюційного розвитку міжнародних економічних відносин. Міжнародна економічна політика досліджувалась в нерозривній єдності економічної й політичної практики держав методологічним інструментарієм міжнародної політичної економії. Встановлено, що з позиції міжнародної політичної економії, на вибір між протекціонізмом чи вільною торгівлею як принципами реалізації економічної політики держави впливають стан світогосподарських процесів з іманентними їм суперечностями, особливості протікання процесів регіоналізації та інтеграції і тенденції розвитку світової економіки. Вибір між сповідуванням державою політики мінімізації втрат чи максимізації вигод, а також характер її участі в міжнародному економічному співробітництві, з одного боку, детермінується станом міжнародної торгівлі і міжнародного переміщення факторів виробництва, а, з іншого боку, визначає його. Виявлено, що на вибір протекціоністської політики, згідно теоретичного дискурсу міжнародної політичної економії, впливають: діяльність державних і недержавних суб'єктів господарювання; ефекти від реалізації національних економічних політик; стан координаційної рівноваги між національним, регіональним, міждержавним і глобальним рівнями прийняття рішень; формування механізмів глобального управління міжнародними економічними процесами.Інтерпретація міжнародної економічної політики методологічним інструментарієм міжнародної політичної економії дозволила виявити ендогенний характер зовнішньоекономічної політики (тим самим визнаючи протекціонізм як політику, на яку потенційно може формувати запит суспільство (в особі виборців), підприємці (в особі лобістських груп), уряд (що реалізує економічні інтереси держави)) й водночас ідентифікувати різноманіття суб'єктів міжнародних економічних відносин, що чинять екзогенний вплив на реалізацію політики національних держав (шляхом підписання торговельних угод), тим самим обмежуючи умови для реалізації протекціоністської політики.Теоретичне моделювання протекціоністських інтенцій в міжнародному економічному співробітництві на основі міждисциплінарного економікополітичного підходу дало підстави до переосмислення висновків класичної, неокласичної теорій торгівлі і теорії співвідношення факторів виробництва про беззастережний вплив принципу вільної торгівлі на «добробут» населення як похідну від функції споживання. Аналіз двох груп теорій протекціонізму – як тих, що базуються на дослідженні структури протекціонізму в межах країн, так і тих, що досліджують рівень протекціонізму між країнами в часі – дозволив встановити, що добробут виборців або т.зв. виграш більшості лежить в основі ініціювання вжиття протекціоністських заходів. Встановлено, що з боку населення затребуваність на протекціонізм може бути продиктована запитом на: добробут, що вимірюється, окрім економічних, ще й соціальними і екологічними ефектами; соціальну солідарність; соціальне забезпечення; відстоювання соціальних цінностей; відстоювання національної ідентичності; сповідування ідеологічних принципів політики економічного націоналізму; нівелювання ефектів інформаційної асиметрії раціональних виборців. З боку лобістських груп тиск на вибір принципу реалізації зовнішньоторговельної політики урядом пояснюється: стадією бізнес-циклу; ефектами гістерезису в економіці; рівнем конкурентоспроможності експортоорієнтованих секторів; ступенем імпортозалежності економіки; дистрибутивними й алокаційними ефектами економічної діяльності.В дисертації обґрунтовано авторську концепцію неопротекціонізму в міжнародній економічній політиці, під яким розуміється складноієрархічна сукупність принципів, правил та інструментів захисного, стимулюючого, дискримінаційного та рестрикційного характеру, що реалізується на мега-, мета-, макро- і мезорівнях міжнародної економічної політики. В дослідженні запропоновано багаторівневу типологізацію неопротекціонізму за конкретними ознаками, до яких віднесено: рівень міжнародної економічної політики, суб'єкти генерування, середовище прояву, інструменти міжнародної економічної політики непрямого впливу, що дало змогу виявити його сутнісні характеристики у всіх формах прояву міжнародних економічних відносин; встановити функції, що виконує неопротекціонізм залежно від його типів (ідеологічний, інституційний, інтеграційний, кон'юнктуро-формуючий/ галузевий, факторний, інфраструктурний, монетарний, валютний, фінансовий, борговий, фіскальний) та підтипів (екологічний, міграційний, сировинний, ресурсний, енергетичний, технологічний, інноваційний, інформаційний, цифровий, інвестиційний). Це дозволило ідентифікувати мету застосування неопротекціонізму на мега-, мета-, макро- і мезорівні міжнародної економічної політики, та візуалізувати ступінь його функціонально-структурної складності та розмірності як явища та процесу, реалізація якого видозмінюється залежно від суб'єктів, які його застосовують, об'єктів, на які розповсюджується його дія, простору застосування, цілей здійснення.В роботі розроблено науково-методичний підхід оцінювання міжнародної економічної політики на макро- і мета- рівнях, зумовленої використанням інструментарію неопротекціонізму, застосування якого дозволило виокремити і охарактеризувати політику економічного націоналізму (мотиваційною основою якого виступають домінування, експансія, забезпечення національного розширеного відтворення шляхом створення нових порівняльних переваг) і політику економічного патріотизму (мотиваційною основою якого виступають відновлення економічного зростання, стримування експансійного потенціалу країн-партнерів, створення нових порівняльних переваг й досягнення сталого розвитку) з виокремленням таких його підтипів, як наднаціональний, локальний, ліберальний, консервативний. Визначено характерні риси політики неомеркантилізму і встановлено способи, в які вона може реалізовуватись. Встановлено, що політика неомеркантилізму продукує антиконкурентні ринкові викривлення, які зачіпають не лише іноземних виробників, але й національних, беручи до уваги ступінь залучення останніх до глобальних ланцюгів створення доданої вартості, і призводить до ринкових дисбалансів внаслідок несправедливої конкуренції.Удосконалено теоретико-методологічні засади дослідження міжнародної економічної політики, що визначається принципами стійкості, ієрархічності, адаптивності, комплементарності, субсидіарності та збалансованості, шляхом включення легітимації як новітнього принципу здійснення міжнародної економічної політики, що передбачає комбінування регуляторних, дерегуляторних та ререгуляторних механізмів впливу на міжнародні економічні відносини, результується в імплементації таких інституційних норм і правил, які прямо чи опосередковано нехтують/спростовують/викривлюють домовленості, що існують на міжнародному/регіональному рівні, призводять до антиконкурентних ринкових деформацій, торговельних й інвестиційних дисбалансів та уможливлюють отримання нових порівняльних переваг. Самолегітимація визначена як атрибутивна характеристика суб'єктів міжнародної економічної політики на мега-, мета- і макрорівнях, що уможливлює реалізацію політики неопротекціонізму.В дисертаційному дослідженні обґрунтовано множинні комбінації реалізації неопротекціонізму через різноспрямовані прояви дерегуляціїрегуляції, інтеграції-дезінтеграції, координації-декоординації, розширенняфрагментації, врівноваження-розбалансування, стимулювання-обмеження, захисту-дискримінації та доцільність застосування неопротекціонізму в політиці економічного розвитку України.Встановлено, що структурними елементами світового господарства як середовища прояву неопротекціонізму виступають: виробничо-інвестиційна сфера діяльності, науково-технічна сфера, сфера міжнародної торгівлі, міжнародні валютно-фінансові та кредитні відносини. Виявлено, що неопротекціонізм в межах міжнародної економічної системи виконує наступні функції: регуляторну (ідеологіний неопротекціонізм; інтеграційний неопротекціонізм; факторний неопротекціонізм; монетарний неопротекціонізм; валютний неопротекціонізм; борговий неопротекціонізм; фінансовий неопротекціонізм; інвестиційний неопротекціонізм); алокаційну (кон'юнктурноформуючий/галузевий неопротекціонізм; інфраструктурний неопротекціонізм; факторний неопротекціонізм; інтеграційний неопротекціонізм; фінансовий неопротекціонізм; інвестиційний неопротекціонізм); дистрибутивну (інституційний неопротекціонізм; фіскальний неопротекціонізм; фінансовий неопротекціонізм; інвестиційний неопротекціонізм); стабілізаційну (монетарний неопротекціонізм; валютний неопротекціонізм; борговий неопротекціонізм; фінансовий неопротекціонізм; інвестиційний неопротекціонізм).Моделювання процесів кластерізації української економіки із використанням бостонської матриці та моделі Леонтьєва дозволило виділити чотири продуктивні кластери: інноваційний (виробництво комп'ютерів, електронної та оптичної продукції; телекомунікації (електрозв'язок); комп'ютерне програмування, консультування та надання інформаційних послуг; професійна, наукова та технічна діяльність; інформація та телекомунікації; видавнича діяльність; виробництво кіно- та відеофільмів; допоміжний (постачання електроенергії, газу, пари та кондиційованого повітря; оптова та роздрібна торгівля; ремонт автотранспортних засобів і мотоциклів; тимчасове розміщування й організація харчування; фінансова та страхова діяльність), традиційний (сільське, лісове та рибне господарство; добувна промисловість і розроблення кар'єрів; переробна промисловість; будівництво; транспорт, складське господарство, поштова та кур'єрська діяльність; виробництво хімічних речовин і хімічної продукції), стратегічний (транспорт, складське господарство, поштова та кур'єрська діяльність; виробництво хімічних речовин і хімічної продукції; автомобіле- та машинобудування; легка промисловість) та визначити галузі-драйвери економічного зростання, в яких можливе отримання високого чистого валового доходу та які безпосередньо впливають на темпи зростання ВВП.Запропоновано методологічний підхід до оцінювання ефективності надання податкових пільг й інших преференцій резидентам індустріальних парків, який, на відміну від існуючих підходів, передбачає використання прикладних моделей загальної рівноваги для ідентифікації пріоритетних галузей-реципієнтів державної допомоги через мережу індустріальних парків у контексті активізації випереджаючого розвитку країни за ключовими макроекономічними показниками, а також визначення оптимального обсягу відповідних преференцій з міркувань сталих надходжень державного бюджету, що дозволило обґрунтувати перелік перспективних стимулів резидентам індустріальних парків для досягнення цілей висхідного руху вітчизняної промисловості ланцюгами доданої вартості й створення замкнутого циклу інновацій в Україні.В роботі проведено оцінку використання системи податкових й інших преференцій для резидентів індустріальних парків з метою відновлення та забезпечення подальшого інноваційного розвитку виробничо-експортного потенціалу України, що дало змогу адаптувати міжнародний досвід використання механізму вільних економічних зон до вітчизняної практики задля створення сприятливого інвестиційного середовища для нових високотехнологічних виробництв у національній економіці на період формування ними конкурентних переваг.
In the international context, this research analyzes the state of the art of scientific discussion, the action exerted by national and local governments through regulations, and the opinion of professionals in the field of construction of buildings in relation to the implementation of energy efficiency measures in buildings. In general, the interest in the different areas has been driven primarily by: 1) the worldwide increased energy consumption in buildings, emphasizes by an increasingly urbanized world and the resource scarcity for power generation, primarily fossil fuels; 2) the increase in greenhouse gas emissions related to the buildings' construction and operation; and 3) the thermal behaviour of the building's envelope, which determines the energy demand for thermal conditioning; mainly for heating in winter and cooling in summer. The foregoing has resulted in the implementation of different types of energy efficiency measures in the building sector around the world. On the one hand, through mandatory measures, driven by national and local governments through building codes; mandatory measures require that when building a new building or refurbishing an existing one, the architects, private developers, or builders must comply with building standards that govern the thermal performance of the different elements of the buildings' thermal envelope. On the other hand, by implementing voluntary measures, such as international certification systems, established by non-governmental institutions, aimed at legitimizing the efforts of building owners, design teams, and builders to design, build, and operate buildings in an environmentally friendly way. The latter has triggered an international trend and an increasing demand for certification of the so-called "green buildings". Such independent certification systems seek to reduce the environmental impact of activities in the construction sector. In the Chilean context, this research analyzes the relationship between two main pillars of the Chilean economy, the energy sector and the private housing sector. Particularly, this research focuses on the implementation of energy efficiency measures in the private housing market in Santiago, the Chilean capital. From the energy perspective, the high vulnerability for power generation by the dependence on the provision of gas from neighbouring countries and periods of drought affecting hydroelectric power generation, has led to the Chilean government intervention. Government intervention is centred on two main lines of action: 1) the diversification of the country's energy matrix, through the implementation of alternative systems for power generation based on non-conventional renewable energy sources; and 2) the implementation of energy efficiency measures. In the construction sector, the latter is expressed by the entry into force of the New Thermal Regulations for new residential buildings in three stages in the building code since 2000. With the implementation of new regulations in the construction sector in the Chilean context and the growing demand for green building in the international context, private real estate companies and construction companies, which are the backbone of the construction sector in Chile, have reacted by offering energy efficient real estate products in Santiago de Chile. Based on the foregoing, arises the main question leading this doctoral thesis: How do real estate developers apply energy efficiency in their housing offer in Santiago de Chile? The main research question is further refined by three sub questions: 1) who are the real estate developers that are adopting energy efficiency and why? This is a compound question, first it seeks to identify real estate companies adopting energy efficiency measures in Santiago de Chile's private housing market; then it looks into the motivations for doing so; 2) what types of energy efficiency measures are real estate companies adopting? This sub-research question seeks to identify the adopted residential energy efficiency strategies; and 3) which barriers to further implementation of energy efficiency exist? It seeks to identify the setbacks found by energy efficiency adopters in the implementation process, in order to understand local issues in the adoption process. The Case Study and Selection of Sub-Cases for the Analysis The research focuses on the voluntary implementation of residential energy efficiency measures in the private housing market; moreover, it analyzes the case of Santiago de Chile. Therefore, the focus is set on real estate companies that offer energy efficient housing in their offer for real estate products in the metropolitan region. The selection of embedded sub-cases for the analysis, or sub-cases, was made by applying a criterion sampling strategy known as purposive sampling. For this, a thorough review of 568 private real estate companies' websites, offering different real estate products in the Metropolitan Region of Santiago de Chile between June and July 2011, was performed. Out of this group, a set of 45 companies that offering energy efficient homes mentioned were selected. Later on, personal interviews mainly with general managers of real estate development companies and other actors considered key informants because of their knowledge in the field, such as scholars, representatives from public institutions, other public and private research centres, and practitioners, were conducted between April and May 2012. Main Methods and Data Analysis Research is conducted under a qualitative approach, as it focuses primarily on the opinion of real estate companies' CEOs and other key informants considered information rich when helping answering the research questions. The main tool for data analysis was the thematic content analysis. Main Findings The main results of this research are structured on the basis of the answering the secondary research questions or sub-questions. Who are the real estate developers that are adopting energy efficiency and why? As it was mentioned above, the first part of this compound sub-question seeks to identify the real estate companies that are implementing residential energy efficiency measures in their offer in the housing market in Santiago de Chile. A set of 45 real estate companies were identified because they mentioned to be applying some sort of energy efficiency measures. This was a rather small group since, at that time, 568 real estate companies were offering housing products. Based on the empirical findings, a categorization of real estate companies following the Roger's model was conducted. Thus, real estate companies were categorized depending on when they began adopting residential energy efficiency measures in their housing offer. The three stages of the New Thermal Regulation issued for the housing sector in Chile were selected as time-milestones for defining the adopter categories. Accordingly, three main categories emerged following Roger's model. 1) Innovators, includes real estate companies who adopted energy efficiency measures for the first time before the entry into force of the first stage of the NRT in 2000; 2) Early Adopters, groups real estate companies who adopted residential energy efficiency measures for the first time between the first and second stage of the New Thermal Regulation, that is to say between 2001 and 2007; and 3) Early Majority, includes real estate companies who began to apply residential energy efficiency measures starting in 2008, meaning after the second stage of New Thermal Regulation came into force. The empirical evidence suggests that the adoption process of energy efficiency measures has started following the normal development described by Rogers' innovation curve. Therefore, it is expected that the rest of the real estate developers operating in the private housing market in Santiago de Chile will eventually follow the Innovators, Early Adopters, and Early Majority categories. This is mainly due to the recent introduction of thermal regulation by the government and because the housing market is a highly competitive market, in which none of the players can risk to be left behind. The second part of the sub-research question, and probably the most important one, seeks to understand the motivations for real estate companies to offer and implement energy-efficient real estate products in Santiago de Chile's private housing market. This research identifies the motivations of real estate development companies in the opinion of their managers collected in personal semi-structured interviews conducted during fieldwork. Based on the thematic analysis of the abovementioned interviews, four categories of motivations for offering and applying energy efficiency were identified based on the company managers' opinion. These categories, in order of preference are: 1) Market Differentiation Strategies (Competitiveness and Trending); 2) Company Policies (Client-Oriented Policies, Innovation Policies, and Environmentally-friendly Policies); 3) Resource efficiency (Reduction of Household\'s Expenses and Concerns for Energy Scarcity); and 4) Government Incentive Schemes (Subsidies to the Use of Renewable Energy). Briefly, the main motivations for adopting energy efficiency measures in the private housing offer are related to marketing strategies. In general, real estate companies operating in Santiago de Chile are looking to distinguish themselves from their competitors by offering energy-efficient housing products. This is mainly because real estate companies are following a trend that is driven by several factors such as: local energy shortage periods, the international influence of green buildings in the real estate market, and the growing demand for international certifications in the Chilean context. What types of energy efficiency measures are real estate companies adopting? As mentioned earlier, this research identifies real estate companies offering energy-efficient housing in the private real estate market of Santiago de Chile who implemented a diversity of energy efficiency strategies in their housing supply, as the empirical evidence shows. Although the motivations for implementing energy efficiency measures are diverse (as described previously), energy efficiency measures are mainly implemented in order to reach a comfort temperature inside the dwelling, making all possible efforts to ensure that energy is used efficiently. In the case of the residential buildings, this means looking for the optimal use of energy for space heating or cooling, lighting, hot sanitary water, and ventilation. In general, depending on whether there is the need to make an additional energy effort in order to achieve optimum indoor comfort conditions, the energy efficiency measures implemented in the private housing sector in Santiago de Chile can be grouped into two main categories of energy efficiency strategies: passive design strategies and active design strategies. On the one hand, passive design strategies refer to what real estate developers are doing to reduce the energy consumption of their housing buildings. Such strategies include: 1) improving the overall thermal performance of the building envelope; 2) the use of renewable energy, mainly solar thermal and photovoltaic technology, for hot sanitary water and energy conversion respectively; and 3) bioclimatic design and construction principles. As it was mentioned in Section 6.1, a basic characteristic of passive design strategies, distinguishing them from active design strategies, is that in order to operate they rely on the building site and the inherited thermal properties of the building materials used in the different housing building typologies. On the other hand, active design strategies refer to the technological innovations implemented in order to maintain an optimal indoor thermal conditioning and to reduce the energy used in the different buildings' systems; namely, 1) illumination systems; 2) heating systems; 3) centralized control systems; and 4) air conditioning systems. In general, real estate developers adopted active design strategies as a complement to the use of passive design strategies. Not surprisingly, real estate developers have mentioned the improvement of the thermal envelope as the most commonly used residential energy efficiency strategy. This results from the fact that internationally and in Chile, regulations in the housing sector were implemented in order to improve the thermal behaviour of dwellings, and therefore, their energy efficiency. Finally, a third type of energy efficiency strategy adopted by real estate developers in Santiago de Chile is the result of a public-private partnership between the Chilean Government and the Chilectra, the local electricity utility. The initiative is called "Chilectra – Full Electric Buildings" and it offers an optional electrical energy tariff for residential consumers. This strategy is further explained in Section 6.3. Which barriers to further implementation of energy efficiency exist? Based on the opinion of the various key stakeholder involved in this research, this research shows that most barriers to energy efficiency in the private housing sector in Santiago de Chile interact and strengthen each other. The classification of barriers to further implementation of energy efficiency is not straightforward. Nonetheless, in the opinion of real estate companies' managers, the barriers to adopting energy efficiency measures in the private housing market in Santiago de Chile revolve around the specific characteristics of the local social system. These barriers are: 1) market barriers; 2) organizational barriers; 3) institutional barriers; and 4) behavioural barriers. In relation to the categorization of energy efficiency adopters identified in the first sub-question, the empirical evidence seems to indicate that, not all the barriers play the same role for all adopter categories. In general, market barriers are most relevant to the innovators group. Although most of the real estate developers mentioned that even today the local market and the local construction industry are not ready to provide adequate support (both in the availability of products and services) for further development of the market for energy efficient construction, the deficiency was greater 20 years ago, when the innovators first started to implement residential energy efficiency measures in the private housing sector. Moreover, the other barriers encountered (namely organizational and institutional barriers) are transversal to the adopter categories. This seems to drawn from the organizational and institutional characteristics of the context in which private real estate companies operate. The context remains constant over time and their internal relationships are also maintained, homogeneously affecting all adopter categories. Finally, barriers related to end users and/or clients' behaviour are mainly listed by early majority adopters, which comprises developers who implement residential energy efficiency measures recently (after 2000). Apparently, this results mainly from the fact that end user are lacking information about the benefits (general and local) to be gained from implementing residential energy efficiency measures.:Acknowledgements . p.5 Abstract . p.7 Contents . p.13 List of Figures. p.17 List of Tables . p.19 List of Abbreviations . p.21 1 Introduction . p.27 1.1 Problem Statement . p.27 1.2 Rationale and Aims of the Research . p.31 1.3 Thesis Structure . p.34 2 The Construction Sector at the Heart of the Chile\'s Energy Challenges . p.37 2.1 The Chilean Construction Sector . p.37 2.1.1 Background and Regulatory Framework . p.38 2.1.2 Local Supply for Construction Services . p.41 2.1.3 Demand for Construction Services . p.47 2.2 The Private Housing Market in Santiago de Chile . p.50 2.2.1 Characterisation of the Housing Demand . p.51 2.2.2 Local Land Market and Housing Market Dynamics . p.60 2.2.3 The Role of the State . p.61 2.3 Chile's Energy Challenge . p.64 2.4 Raising Questions . p.69 3 Research Design and Methods . p.73 3.1 Research Design . p.73 3.2 Sampling and Sub-cases Selection . p.76 3.3 Primary Data Collection . p.81 3.4 Data Analysis . p.88 3.4.1 Transcription . p.88 3.4.2 Interview Analysis . p.90 3.4.3 Document Analysis . p.93 3.5 Identification of Key Stakeholders and Interview Partners . p.96 4 Energy Efficiency Standards for Residential Buildings . p.99 4.1 Defining Energy Efficiency – The Wider Context . p.100 4.2 Government-initiated Instruments – Building Codes and Energy Standards . p.103 4.2.1 Regulatory Instruments . p.104 4.2.2 Types of Regulations . p.109 4.2.3 Thermal Zoning . p.113 4.2.4 Information Instruments . p.115 4.2.5 Economic Incentive Schemes . p.121 4.2.6 Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Systems . p.123 4.2.7 Renewable Energy . p.125 4.3 Voluntary Instruments – Beyond the Building Codes . p.128 4.3.1 The Shift Towards Green Buildings . p.128 4.3.2 Green Building Certification Systems . p.131 4.4 Regulatory Instruments in the Chilean Context . p.148 4.4.1 Energy Efficiency in the National Energy Policy Making . p.148 4.4.2 The Institutional Framework . p.151 4.4.3 Energy Efficiency Standards in the Chilean Housing Sector . p.155 4.5 Voluntary Instruments in Santiago de Chile . p.161 4.5.1 Existing Certification Schemes . p.161 4.5.2 Public-private Partnership . p.164 4.6 Why Would Real Estate Companies Act Green? . p.166 5 The Adoption of Energy Efficiency in the Private Housing Market in Santiago de Chile . p.171 5.1 Energy Efficiency Adopters in the Private Housing Market . p.172 5.1.1 Innovators . p.174 5.1.2 Early Adopters . p.175 5.2 Motivations for Applying Residential Energy Efficiency Measures . p.179 5.2.1 Market Differentiation Strategies . p.180 5.2.2 Company Policies . p.182 5.2.3 Resource Efficiency . p.186 5.2.4 Government Incentive Schemes . p.191 6 Existing Residential Energy Efficiency Strategies . p.195 6.1 Passive Design Strategies . p.196 6.2 Active Design Strategies . p.208 6.3 Public-Private Partnership . p.212 7 Barriers to Implementing Residential Energy Efficiency Strategies . p.217 7.1 Market Barriers . p.218 7.2 Organizational Barriers . p.226 7.3 Institutional Barriers . p.229 7.4 Behavioural Barriers . p.231 7.5 Central Challenges for the Adoption of Energy Efficiency . p.235 8 Discussion of the Results and Implications . p.239 8.1 Summary of Findings . p.239 8.2 Discussion and Implications . p.245 8.3 Recommendations . p.250 8.4 Further Research . p.257 References . p.261 Annex . p.279
