经济发展差异的原因分析——一个公司透明度的视角及其研究述评

Analyses of Reasons for Economic Growth Differences:——A Prospective of Corporate Transparency and Its Literature Review

经济学研究的一个主要任务在于解释不同国家的经济发展水平和生产效率的差别。长期以来,研究文献从不同的角度进行了解释,由于公司透明度计量方法的进展,最新的研究表明公司透明度的差异是导致国家经济发展水平不同的重要原因。高透明度有利于促进人力资本和物质资本积累,提高要素生产效率,从而促进国家经济增长,而低透明度会降低生产效率。发展中国家应通过提高公司透明度来保证经济健康稳定发展。

One of the main missions of economics research is to explain the differences of nations＇ economic growth and productivity. It has been investigated by economics literature for long time. For the development of corporate transparency measurement, the latest research shows that the corporate transparency is the main reason that results in different level of economical development. High transparency favors accumulations of human capital and material capital, improves productivity, and accelerates economic development. But opacity would reduce productivity. It is suggested that developing countries ensure healthy and steady development by improve corporate transparency.