论政府规制是市场竞争的“剩余”——体制转轨时期政府职能定位的一个方法论问题

Government Regulation is the ‘Remainder’ of Market Competition

本文从方法论对我国经济体制转轨时期如何确定政府规制与市场竞争的关系作一探讨 ,并提供一个分析工具。在市场经济条件下 ,政府规制仅仅是市场竞争的“剩余”。市场竞争与政府规制虽然目的相同 ,但并非在任何条件下后者都可以替代前者。而且政府的不当规制还会导致对社会福利最大化的损害。我国经济制度转轨时期的体制非典型性决定了目前主要任务是确立完善的市场竞争格局 ,在此前提下 ,政府规制的领域才能合理确定。在这一时期 ,我们寻求的应该是市场竞争最大化 ,政府规制最小化。

The paper studies how to establish the relationship between government regulation and market competition during the period of the economic system transformation with methodology, and provides an analytical instrument. Under the condition of the market economy, government regulation is only the “remainder” of market competition. The purpose of the market competition is the same as the government regulation, but which doesn’t mean that the latter can substitute the former in any case. And the inadequate government regulation may harm the social welfare maximum. Determined by the atypical economic system during the period of the economic system transformation, our main mission is to establish perfect structure of market competition. Only under this premise can the field of government regulation be defined reasonably. During the period, what we seek should be the maximum of market competition and the minimum of government regulation.