交通与经济的互为制约——以近代中国西部省份为例

Mutual Restriction of Transportation and Economy:Taking Cases of Modern Western Provinces

本文通过对西部地区水运、陆运建设与经济发展长期变化的演绎,论述了受到历史条件的束缚和自然地理的限制,近代中国西部省份交通近代化进程迟滞,进而阻碍了经济发展。通过案例分析,本文认为,作为生产过程中的一种要素投入,交通运输的发展直接影响着市场中的交易成本,从而制约了市场交易、商品经济发展规模乃至西部省份近代化进程;近代化进程中,西部省份每一次大的经济调整,实际都暗含着对运输力量与经济发展合理比例的强制性"安排"。

Through studies on the relation between the building of western water and land transportation and economy development , the paper elaborates the China ＇ s western regions i slow process of transportation for natual and historical restricts which barriored the economic development. The paper points out that the development of transportation, as a factor input, affects directly the transaction cost of market, which restricts the market transac- tion, the scale of commodity economy and the process of the western regions ＇ modernization. In fact, each economic adjustment includes the force arrangement for the transportation power and economic rationalization.