晋商非正式制度简析

Summary Account of the Informal Commercial System Initiated by Shanxi Merchants

处于明清时期的晋商曾创造了辉煌的商业业绩。分析其原因既有客观因素也有主观原因。文章运用制度经济学的有关理论对晋商非正式制度及其对晋商兴盛的影响作了初步探讨 ,认为家族本位意识和家族伦理秩序、“崇商重利”

Shanxi merchants in the Ming and Qing Dynasties attained glorious commercial achievements, the causes of which were both objective ones and subjective ones. Having used the theory of institutional economics to initially explore the informal commercial system initiated by shanxi merchants and its role in prospering Shanxi commerce ,the article holds that the family selfish sense, the family ethics codes,the folk commercial spirit of 'worshiping commerce and putting stress on money 'and the thought of the Confucian school played an important role in coherence and standardization.