产业自然垄断与政府产业管制

Natural Monopoly of Industry and Government Industry Regulation

作为政府产业管制理论基础之一的自然垄断理论,曾受到以有限理性约束为底蕴的规制俘虏理论、规制经济理论、公共选择理论等的批评。本文认为,这些批评在围绕政府选择行为展开的同时,涉及到了政府有限理性的约束问题。针对自然垄断现象以及与此相对应的理论,文章概要评说了自然垄断理论之于政府产业管制的理论基础,在考察自然垄断与产业管制相互关系的基础上,对政府选择行为的属性问题作出了理解,并重点分析了政府对自然垄断产业进行产业管制时所蕴含的有限理性约束。

Natural monopoly theory, as one of the government industry regulation theory bases, has been criticized by the regulatory capture theory, economic regulation theory and public choice theory which were restricted by bounded rationality. This paper points out that these criticisms have revolved round the question of government choice behaviors and at the same time touched upon the restriction problem of government bounded rationality. Based on the phenomena of natural monopoly and corresponding theories, this paper gives a summary comment on the theoretical basis of government industry regulation in natural monopoly theory. On the basis of reviewing the interrelationship between natural monopoly and industry regulation, the author gives some understanding on attributes of government choice behaviors and analyses the problem of bounded rationality restriction that happens when government carries out the industry regulation towards natural monopoly industry.