Production Chain Length and PPI-CPI Divergence:Analysis Based on the Global Input-output Price Model

Productivity and international energy price shocks are reflected in PPI and CPI via industrial chains.China’s in-depth participation into the global value chains has increasingly lengthened its industrial production chains.The question is how the changing length of production chains will affect CPI and PPI,as well as CPI-PPI correlation?By constructing a global input-output price model,this paper offers a theoretical discussion on the impact of production chain length on the CPI-PPI divergence.Our findings suggest that the price shock of international bulk commodities has a greater impact on China’s PPI than that on CPI.The effects on both China’s PPI and CPI estimated by using the single-country input-output model are higher than the results estimated with the global input-output model.However,the difference between CPI and PPI variations estimated with the global input-output model is greater than the result estimated with the single-country input-output model,which supports the view that the lengthening of production chains,especially international production chains,leads to a divergence between CPI and PPI.Empirical results based on cross-national panel data also suggest that the lengthening of production chains has reduced the CPI-PPI correlation for countries,i.e.the lengthening of production chains has increased the PPI-CPI divergence.That is to say,policymakers should target not just CPI in maintaining price stability,but instead focus on the stability of both PPI and CPI.Efforts can be made to proactively adjust the price index system,and formulate the industrial chain price index.

Brent vs.West Texas Intermediate in the US petro derivatives price formation

In this paper,we apply the spatial panel model to explore the relationship between the dynamic of two types of crude oil prices(WTI and Brent crude oil)and their refined products over time.Considering the turbulent months of 2011,when Cushing Oklahoma had reached capacity and the crude oil export ban removal in 2015 as breakpoints,we apply this method both in the full sample and the three resultant regimes.First,results suggest our results show that both WTI and Brent display very similar behaviour with the refined products.Second,when attending to each regime,results derived from the first and third regimes are quite similar to the full sample results.Therefore,during the second regime,Brent crude oil became the benchmark in the petrol market,and it influenced the distillate products.Furthermore,our model can let us determine the price-setters and price-followers in the price formation mechanism through refined products.These results possess important considerations to policymakers and the market participants and the price formation.

Production Decision Based on Discounted Price and Delivery Frequency for Garment Original Equipment Manufacturer with Constrained Capacity

Original equipment manufacturers(OEM) have never been so important and powerful as it is today in garment manufacturing industry.The OEMsupplier's production decisions always have a great impact on the market performance and the profits of a garment brand manufacturer.With constrained capacity and multiply buyers,howto make reasonable production decisions is an urgent problem for OEMsuppliers.A price discount model with a single OEMsupplier and two buyers is proposed to deal with the problem.Based on this model,the OEMsupplier could satisfy buyers' demands and guarantee their profits as well through adjusting price and delivery frequency.A numerical example validates the validity of the model.

Cassava sector development in Cameroon: Production and marketing factors affecting price

Regular and available supply is the prerequisite of an effective and efficient commercialization process. Using multivariate regression analysis on field data, this research appraises the production and marketing factors that influence cassava market price. The production factors include cultivated area, planting material, yield, and farmers’ field schools;while farmers access to a paved road, having a telephone, the transportation costs of fresh roots, the level of root perishability, and the prices of rice and maize stand as marketing factors. The results show that farmers who attended farmers’ field school adopted improved planting materials, propagated them in their localities and the yields in these communities increased significantly. The farm size also has a significant influence on the availability of fresh roots. On the marketing side, transportation costs, access to a paved road, the prices of rice and maize significantly affect cassava’s market price and tighten the relationship between producers and marketers. We conclude that to increase fresh roots supply, roads leading to cultivating areas should be paved, better transportation provided, communication costs reduced, even distribution of planting materials and appropriate warehouses.

The influence of price on rice production in Sierra Leone

Rice is the main staple food of the vast majority of Sierra Leoneans, eaten on a daily basis by almost every household in the country. Rice is the most important food crop widely grown by farmers across the country. Although much attention is now focused on rice production through the small holder commercialization programme (SHCP), less attention has been given to investigating the constraints faced by rice producers in the country. Also, as food insecurity continues to be a major development problem across the country, thereby undermining people’s health, productivity, and often their very survival;this study contributes to efforts to overcome the development challenges posed by food insecurity necessarily begin with accurate assessment of influential factors that constrained the production of the staple food, rice. The main objective of this study is therefore to analysis the factors that influence rice production in the country, and specifically examine the relationship between rice production and the price of rice as sold in the domestic market. The study used a log linear model with the quantity of rice produced as the dependent variable and the price of domestic rice, quantity of rice imported and price of imported rice as explanatory. Findings indicated that, domestic rice is more expensive than imported rice per ton, and this underscores the argument that, rice importation is undermining domestic rice production as a viable income generating activity. Also, almost all the people in the capital city which hosts about 70% of the total population of country prefer eating imported rice, since it is free from stones and other impurities. However, In order to control price and still increase rice production, the government should be able to purchase the rice from the farmers and then sell this rice to private retailers.

Research on Innovation of Floating Production Storage and Offloading Unit’s Rent Mode under Low Oil Price

After many years of exploitation,onshore oil and gas resources are about to enter a recession period.Oil and gas will mainly come from oceans in the future.Generally speaking,the exploration and production(E&P)cost of oil from offshore is much higher than that of oil from onshore,so it is more sensitive to oil price.However,in recent years,oil price has been hovering at a low level for a long time,almost close to or even lower than the E&P cost of oil,which directly affects the development of oilfields.Besides the influence of oil price,some oilfields present the characteristics of marginal reserve scale,short peak production period and output rapidly declining.There leads to short economic life period and makes the economic benefit close to or lower than oilfield’s hurdle rate,which increases the difficulty of offshore oilfield development.As an important part of oilfield development,Floating Production Storage and Offloading unit,its investment mode and rent mode directly affect overall oilfield’s rate of return and the economic life.This paper chooses lease mode as the research object based on the analysis of investment mode,and further puts forward rent mode related with oil price through the analysis of traditional rent mode,and illustrates the advantages and disadvantages of various rent modes and their applicability so that the lessor chooses the right mode to achieve Win-Win with Oil Company and promotes the development of oilfields under low oil price.

Fuzzy Inventory Model with Variable Production and Selling Price Dependent Demand under Inflation for Deteriorating Items

The main purpose of this paper is to develop an inventory model under fuzzy approach by considering the effect of inflation and time value of money, to determine the optimal time period for inventory cycle and minimum total average costs. The model is integrated production inventory model developed where;the Demand has a direct linear impact on production rate. The model can be divided into four stages. In the first two stages with original production rate and subsequent change in production rate, inventory level rises. Third stage is time after the accumulation of inventory and before the deterioration starts, where demand which selling price dependent is depreciating the inventory level, while in the fourth stage deterioration occurs, which is considered to follow two parameter Weibull distribution. The back-order is not considered. Hexagonal fuzzy numbers are used to derive optimum solution and defuzzification by graded mean integration representation method. A numerical example is given to demonstrate the applicability of the purposed model and sensitivity analysis is carried out to reveal the impact of change in parameter values.

2023年国内外油气行业发展及2024年展望

2023年,全球能源格局深刻调整,绿色低碳转型稳步推进;国际油价波动下跌,天然气价高位回落;油气勘探开发投资保持增长,油气产量继续双增;炼油乙烯产能继续增长,毛利总体下滑;大石油公司重新强化油气上游,降碳和盈利并重;碳减排共识进一步凝聚,碳市场影响力不断增强。中国油气行业立足安全清洁发展,能源行业政策体系加快完善;新型能源体系建设有序推进;成品油和天然气消费恢复向好,“全国一张网”加速完善;油气产储量保持增长,“两深一非”成增储上产新阵地;炼油能力继续小幅增长;大宗石化产品产能呈扩张态势;碳市场建设步伐加快。2024年,预计国际石油市场基本面由紧平衡转为供应过剩,天然气市场延续脆弱平衡,地缘政治紧张局势及外溢影响等将继续推动油气价格大幅波动;能源转型更加理性务实,基于安全效益发展建设能源韧性体系渐成共识。国内经济景气度回升势头向好,将进一步带动能源行业回暖;深化能源体制机制改革、加快建设新型能源体系、保障能源供应安全稳定仍是能源行业的重要使命任务。

2023年国内外天然气市场回顾与2024年展望

2023年,全球天然气消费量为3.96万亿立方米,产量达4.28万亿立方米,供需基本面趋于宽松;国际气价高位回落,供应链扰动风险不断;全球天然气贸易格局持续深度调整,俄罗斯出口欧洲的管道气持续大幅下降,欧洲LNG进口量高位回落,亚洲LNG进口量恢复增长。2023年,中国天然气消费量为3917亿立方米,增量242亿立方米,同比增长6.6%。天然气产量为2353亿立方米,同比增长5.7%,连续7年增产超100亿立方米。天然气进口量为1656亿立方米,增速为9.5%;对外依存度为42.3%,较上年上涨1.1个百分点。中国天然气基础设施建设稳步推进,天然气价格市场化改革持续进行。2024年,预计全球天然气市场延续脆弱平衡态势,市场走势不确定性因素增多,国际气价波动更加频繁;中国天然气市场持续向好,天然气需求维持较快增长,国产天然气稳步上产,有望再超百亿立方米,进口气较快增长。

供需评价异化视角下农业生产托管服务价格形成机制存在的问题——来自江汉平原的调查问卷

农业生产托管服务价格是影响托管服务供给和需求的重要因素。基于江汉平原农业生产托管服务供需双方对托管服务价格评价的调查结果,分析了农业生产托管服务价格形成机制的现状与存在的问题。结果表明,目前农业生产托管服务价格并不是供需双方一致达成的均衡价格,农业生产托管服务市场属于不完全市场,托管服务价格水平普遍偏高,供给方有让利给需求方的空间和动机,但存在供需错配问题,托管服务价格及补贴政策对供需的调节作用并没有得到充分发挥。为此,应完善供需沟通渠道,加强服务标准建设,大力发展新型农业经营方式,优化托管补贴对象,加强政策宣传和明确补贴指向,以促进农业生产托管服务价格形成机制的完善。

“价补分离”改革对中国玉米生产的影响效应与作用机制

基于2009—2020年玉米主产省市域层面数据,采用DID模型和中介效应模型,探究“价补分离”改革对中国玉米生产的影响效应与作用机制。研究表明:价补分离政策显著减少了玉米播种面积,提高了玉米单位面积产量,并降低了玉米总产量;价补分离政策对玉米生产的影响具有时效性,这一影响随时间推移而减弱;价补分离政策通过增加竞争作物种植比例来减少玉米播种面积,同时促进了粮食作物种植结构优化;价补分离政策通过增加农业机械化水平促进了玉米单产;玉米播种面积的负向效应大于玉米单产的正向效应,价补分离政策通过减少玉米播种面积,最终使玉米总产量降低。

气候灾害、农产品价格策略和农户生计脆弱性——来自生态搬迁安置区的考察

在生态搬迁大背景下,农户面临的外部环境、内在心理和应对策略均发生了明显转变,有必要从外部扰动与内部适应的视角探究农户生计脆弱性。基于生计脆弱性理论,探讨实际气候灾害、感知气候灾害和农产品价格策略对农户生计脆弱性的影响,基于广东韶关南水湖生态搬迁安置区425位农户的调研数据进行验证。通过单因素方差分析、回归分析和Bootstrap中介效应检验,得出结论:首先,生态搬迁安置区农户感知气候灾害有其特殊性,与村子位置、社会关系和生计转换能力有关;其次,实际气候灾害和感知气候灾害均会加剧农户生计脆弱性,但感知气候灾害的影响力大于实际气候灾害,这与以往研究观点不同,也反映出农户对于气候灾害的担忧心理较为突出;最后,气候灾害及其后续的农产品价格策略是影响农户生计脆弱性的重要因素。

创新赋能与资本市场定价效率

新质生产力是经济高质量发展的推动力和支撑力,而创新作为新质生产力的首要特征,是否以及如何赋能资本市场的高质量发展,是一个值得思考的问题。以2011—2020年中国A股上市公司为研究样本,从盈余公告后的漂移视角,可探究创新产出与资本市场定价效率之间的关系,并尝试厘清创新产出对资本市场定价效率影响的作用机制。研究发现,创新产出能够显著缓解盈余公告后漂移,提高资本市场定价效率;而且创新产出的突破性程度越高,其影响作用越强。机制检验发现,企业创新对资本市场定价效率的提升主要缘于:创新水平高的企业具有高的盈余持续性以及较低的信息不确定性。异质性检验发现:创新产出对盈余公告后漂移的抑制作用主要发生在分析师跟踪人数较多、媒体报道较多以及机构投资者持股较高的企业;而且,相对于非“四大”审计的公司,“四大”审计的公司的创新产出对盈余公告后漂移的作用更为突出。

2024年上半年中国马铃薯市场形势回顾和后期展望

受冬季马铃薯产量提高和库存秋薯数量偏多影响,2024年前4个月中国马铃薯市场价格同比下跌;在春薯产量增加、马铃薯品质下降和蔬菜价格偏低等因素共同作用下,5—6月马铃薯市场价格延续同比下跌趋势。总的看,2024年上半年马铃薯市场价格低于上年同期水平,但从近10年同期值来看,按照从高到低排序,2024年上半年马铃薯价格居第5位,总体处于中等水平。由于2024年春薯和秋薯种植面积均扩大,在不发生大规模、持续性自然灾害的情况下,下半年马铃薯市场价格预计会延续同比下跌趋势。目前,中国马铃薯产业仍存在薯价波动幅度大、生产技术水平偏低和品牌保护不足等问题。基于此,建议各地促进产销对接、加大科技研发推广以及强化品牌保护,进一步推动中国马铃薯产业高质量发展。

价格竞争、保鲜努力与农产品电商冷链物流模式演化

科学合理的冷链物流模式是确保农产品电商价格、新鲜度竞争力的关键。针对涉及两农产品电商、电商自营冷链物流和第三方冷链物流商的供应链,构建两电商竞争、第三方冷链物流商主导的Stackelberg博弈模型及两电商冷链物流模式选择的演化博弈模型,并通过仿真揭示交叉价格弹性、新鲜度需求弹性、自营和第三方保鲜投入成本系数对演化路径的影响。研究表明:若交叉价格弹性、新鲜度需求弹性和第三方保鲜投入成本系数分别增大,自营冷链物流为演化稳定策略,电商倾向自营冷链物流。若自营保鲜投入成本系数增大,第三方冷链物流为演化稳定策略,电商倾向与第三方冷链物流商合作。

基于EMD-PSO-ARIMA模型的农产品价格预测

针对农产品价格数据的非线性特点,提出基于EMD-PSO-ARIMA模型的农产品价格预测模型。首先利用EMD算法消除价格数据的不平稳性,其次应用PSO算法优化ARIMA模型的滞后参数,并对原始数据分解后的序列进行预测,最后对多个预测值进行累加得到最终结果。以河南省某农贸市场2004年1月至2021年12月鳞茎类作物(以大蒜为例)、根茎类作物(以马铃薯为例)及叶菜类作物(以白菜为例)的价格数据为研究对象进行实证研究。对大蒜、马铃薯、白菜价格进行预测,EMD-PSO-ARIMA模型的RMSE分别为0.0295、0.0168、0.0669,MAE分别为0.0274、0.0189、0.0598,MAPE分别为0.32%、0.64%、2.54%;与ARIAM、PSO-ARIMA、EMD-ARIMA模型相比,EMD-PSO-ARIMA模型的3个评价指标均有不同程度的降低,模型预测精度最高。EMD-PSO-ARIMA模型能够有效对3种农产品的价格做出精准预测,在一定程度上提高了模型预测性能,能够为农业生产者、经营者、政府提供决策支持,维护农业市场的稳定。

基于融合影响因素PSO-Prophet模型的农产品价格预测

为了提高价格预测的准确度,在Prophet模型中融入了消费者物价指数(CPI)和经济政策不确定性指数(EPU)等影响因素,并使用粒子群算法优化参数。利用国际大蒜贸易网中的日价格数据,将该方法应用于山东省大蒜的价格预测。结果表明,融合影响因素的PSO-Prophet模型大蒜价格预测结果的平均绝对误差(MAE)、平均绝对百分比误差(MAPE)和均方根误差(RMSE)比Prophet模型分别降低了82.88%、82.86%和77.49%。融合影响因素的PSO-Prophet模型可以有效提高预测精度。

基于从众人工蜂群算法的产品定价研究

预售阶段产品扩散和口碑传播具有不确定性,难以分析口碑以及扩散对企业定价决策的影响,鉴于此构建了扩散效应下的产品定价模型和双口碑效应下的产品定价模型。同时,针对现有人工蜂群算法收敛速度慢且对于定价问题的求解匹配度较低等问题,提出了一种从众人工蜂群算法求解上述模型。该算法在邻域搜索解时,根据安全位置展开安全邻域搜索,提高搜索能力和多样性。实验表明:改进后的人工蜂群算法在寻优过程迭代更快,可求解得到企业在预售阶段和销售阶段的最优定价策略,保障企业在大型活动中获得最大利润。

不对称信息下的提成制销售激励合同设计

代理商销售模式下,不对称信息对制造商产品定价与销售合同设计的影响越来越不容忽视。本文基于委托代理模型,分别构建了两种信息情况下提成制激励合同模型,对比分析了信息不对称下产品定价与代理商提成的关系,以及信息不对称对代理商收益、制造商利润的影响。研究发现,制造商最优定价与高需求实现概率和努力成本密切相关,当高需求市场实现概率较小且努力成本较高时,制造商将放弃对代理商的激励,并设定较低产品价格。当制造商激励代理商努力时,不对称信息有利于提高代理商期望收益,但会降低制造商期望利润,不影响价格高低。此外,不对称信息会缩小制造商可接受的努力成本区间,当代理商努力成本较大时,制造商会因薪酬支出过高而放弃对代理商的激励,而不对称信息使得代理商薪酬进一步提高,使得制造商更倾向于不激励代理商努力,相应定价也随之降低。

2023年中国石油焦市场分析及2024年预测

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