中國人民大學經(jīng)濟學院陸方文老師在財政金融學院作了一場題為“迷信，道路交通和主觀幸福感”的講座，中國人民大學碩士學位專業(yè)有政治經(jīng)濟學、西方經(jīng)濟學、經(jīng)濟思想史、世界經(jīng)濟、國際貿(mào)易學、經(jīng)濟史、國民經(jīng)濟學、網(wǎng)絡經(jīng)濟學、企業(yè)經(jīng)濟學、區(qū)域經(jīng)濟學、數(shù)量經(jīng)濟學、國防經(jīng)濟、城市經(jīng)濟學、國際商務。講座的具體內(nèi)容如下：

　　擁塞起著在城市和運輸經(jīng)濟中心作用。擁堵費的現(xiàn)有估計依靠陳述或顯示性偏好的研究。我們探索的基礎上自我報告的幸福擁堵費一項補充措施。利用日常擁堵在北京出現(xiàn)，因為有關數(shù)字四迷信的偽隨機變化，我們估計每天擁堵的自我幸福感有很大影響。當基準對收入和自我報告的幸福之間的關系，這種影響，我們計算的是數(shù)倍于常規(guī)估計隱含較大的擁擠成本。幾個因素，其中包括可靠性外部非旅行者的值和，可以調(diào)和與現(xiàn)有文獻我們的替代的估計。

　　陸方文，中國人民大學經(jīng)濟學院副教授，畢業(yè)于加州大學伯克利分校，曾在Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Labor Economics等期刊發(fā)文。

　　原文：Congestion plays a central role in urban and transportation economics. Existing estimates of congestion costs rely on stated or revealed preferences studies. We explore a complementary measure of congestion costs based on self-reported happiness. Exploiting quasi-random variation in daily congestion in Beijing that arises because of superstitions about the number four, we estimate a strong effect of daily congestion on self-reported happiness. When benchmarking this effect against the relationship between income and self-reported happiness we compute implied congestion costs that are several times larger than conventional estimates. Several factors, including the value of reliability and externalities on non-travelers, can reconcile our alternative estimates with the existing literature.