产权视角下的草原家庭承包制

Institutional changes to the grassland contract system from the perspective of property right in China

本文以产权为视角,在总结中国民主革命前至今的草原制度变迁的基础上,探讨了目前产权是否明晰的关注点多集中在制度形式而非制度功能,并进一步分析草原承包制施行中存在的不足。虽然草原承包制明晰产权在初期可提高经济效率、改善牧民生活水平,然而忽视功能推行草原承包制则会引发草原管理问题。本文从制度功能的独特视角探讨产权明晰,分析中国草原管理中存在的局限性,以期为草原管理政策提供帮助。

The current academic debate on natural resources management focuses on whether property rights need clarity.All studies thus far have focused on the institutional form rather than on institutional function.However,Institutional function theory holds that the clarity of property rights is only an institutional form,institutional form is not important,it is a subsidiary of institutional function,the decisive role of the function rather than the form.Although the grassland contracting system can improve economic efficiency and improve standard of living herdsmen at an early stage,this system could likely cause problems and limitations in grassland management.This study discusses property rights from the perspective of institutional functions,and analyses the limitations of grassland management in China,with a view to help improve grassland management policies.