“李约瑟之谜”的新制度经济学解析——兼谈西部大开发的产权制度建设

Neoinstitutional Economics Analysis of "Needham Puzzle

“李约瑟之谜”提出了工业革命为什么没有在中国发生的问题 ,新制度经济学的解释是由于没有建立有效的产权及其保护制度。西部大开发要获得成功 ,最基础的工作就是建立与市场经济相适应的产权制度。

The Needham puzzle' raises the issue why the industrial revolution fails to happen in China. According to the neoinstitutional economics, it is because no efficient system of property right and its protection is established. It is fundamental to establish a property right system adaptable to the market economy, to achieve success in the great West China development.