中国入世对政府职能转变的经济学边界的影响

• 作 者: 唐朝莉 谭宏
• 机 构: 江西财经职业学院,
• 出 处: 现代经济信息
• 发表日期: 2008年12期
• 关键词: 政府职能转变 经济学边界 世界贸易组织 守夜人 上限 下限 制度竞争 有形之手 政府经济职能 管理职能

从经济学的角度来看,政府职能有一定的界限,而政府职能转变正是在这一界限内完成。亚当·斯密把政府职能的下限描述为政府充当“守夜人”的角色,即政府用保护和正义来交换收益。政府职能的上限由国家设定的目标和政府面临的约束决定。中国入世主要影响的是政府面临的两个约束:制度竞争和依法治国。

From an economic point of view, there are certain limits to the functions of the government, and it is within this limit that the transformation of government functions is completed. Adam Smith describes the lower limit of government functions as the government’s role as the “night watchman,” in which the government exchanges the proceeds with protection and justice. The upper limit of government functions is determined by the goals set by the state and the constraints the government is facing. China’s accession to the WTO mainly affects the two constraints the government faces: institutional competition and rule of law.