制度环境作用下社会资本对经济增长的门槛效应研究

Study on the Threshold Effect of Social Capital on Economic Growth under the Institutional Environment

利用2000-2014中国省级面板数据,通过面板模型和面板门槛模型,实证研究了制度环境背景下社会资本对于经济增长的作用效果及门槛效应。研究发现:第一,制度环境能够显著促进经济增长;第二,不同类型社会资本对经济增长具有不同影响,其中社会组织能够促进经济增长,而信任则会阻碍经济增长;第三,社会资本对于经济增长的作用存在显著的门槛效应,当制度环境较差时,社会组织不能促进经济增长,而信任会对经济增长产生积极影响,随着制度环境不断提升,社会组织逐渐发挥出促进经济增长的积极功能,而信任则变为阻碍经济增长的消极因素。因此,要加强制度环境建设,合理发挥社会资本作用,为经济增长营造良好的制度和社会文化环境。

In this paper, we use the 2000-2014 Chinese provincial panel data, through panel model and panel threshold model, to empirically study the effect and the threshold effect of social capital on economic growth in the context of institutional environment. The study found that： （1） the institutional environment can significantly promote economic growth; （2） different types of social capital have different effect on economic growth, social organizations can promote economic growth, while trust hinders the economic growth; （3） social capital has a significant threshold effect for economic growth, when the institutional environment is poor, social organizations cannot promote the economic growth, and trust can have a positive impact on economic growth, with the institutional environment continuously improvement, the positive function of social organizations gradually develops to promote eco- nomic growth, while the trust becomes negative factors for economic growth. So we should strengthen the construction of institutional environment, play the role of social capital reasonably, to create a good institutional and social-cultural environment of economic growth.