参与式预算的经济学分析

An Economic Analysis of Participatory Budget

参与式预算改革不仅彰显了民主的价值,而且还蕴含了深刻的经济学意义。参与式预算有助于实现公众偏好的表达、协调和统一,使公共资金的使用满足公众的真实需求,提高公共预算的效率。参与式预算提高了公共预算的透明度,矫正了社会公众和政府之间的信息不对称,降低了公众的信息搜寻成本和政府的道德风险。我国参与式预算的改革模式契合了我国的改革路径,即地方探索和创新、中央认可和支持,体现了中央和地方之间的合作博弈;参与式预算推动了地方政府间的竞争博弈,地方政府间的竞争博弈又促进了参与式预算的纵深发展。2014年8月31日通过的预算法修正案也为参与式预算的推进提供了相关的制度支持。

The reform of participatory budget can not only manifest the value of democracy, but also contain profound economic significance. The participatory budget is conductive to achieving the expression, coordination and unification of public preferences, making the use of public funds meet the real public demands, and promoting the efficiency of public budget. The participatory budget can improve the transparency of public budget, correct the information asymmetry between the public and the government, and reduce the information search cost of the public and the moral risk of the gov- ernment. The reform mode of China＇s participatory budget agrees with China＇s reform path, i.e., the exploration and innovation by the local governments and the recognition and support by the central government, which reflects the cooperative game between the local governments and the central government. The participatory budget can promote the competitive game between the local governments; in return, the competitive game between the local governments can promote the further development of the participatory budget. The Amendment to Budget Law passed in August 31, 2014 can also pro- vide the relative institutional support for the advancement of the participatory budget.