行政审批改革与经济发展质量

Administrative Approval Reform and the Quality of Economic Development

行政审批改革能否有效提高经济发展质量?全要素生产率是经济发展质量的关键度量,本文从理论和实证两个方面研究了行政审批改革对企业全要素生产率的影响。研究发现:行政审批改革在总体上促进了该地区企业全要素生产率水平的提高。制度性交易成本的降低和企业进入威胁的加大是行政审批改革影响企业生产率的重要作用机制。进一步地,对城市总体生产率增长的分解结果显示,行政审批改革主要促进了在位企业全要素生产率的增长。

Can administrative approval reform become an effective reform to improve the quality of economic development? Total factor productivity is the key measure of the quality of economic development. In this paper we study the influence of administrative approval reform on total factor productivity of enterprises theoretically and empirically.We find that administrative approval reform has promoted the improvement of the total factor productivity of enterprises overall. The reduction of institutional transaction costs and the increase of the threat of enterprise entry are important mechanisms for administrative approval reform to affect enterprise productivity.In addition, the decomposition results of the overall productivity growth of cities show that administrative approval reform mainly promotes the growth of total factor productivity of incumbent enterprises.