交易成本、制度與經濟成就

Transaction Costs, Institutions, and Economic Performance

林坤達(Kuen-Da Lin)

指導教授 ： 薛琦

國立臺灣大學/社會科學院/經濟學研究所/碩士(2004年)

https://doi.org/10.6342/NTU.2004.02516

摘要

Wallis 與 North 在1986年史無前例的嘗試了衡量美國的交易成本。然而他們的實證結果卻與 North 所提出的交易成本理論大相逕庭。本篇論文旨在論證Wallis 與 North 所嘗試衡量的其實是交易部門對經濟體貢獻的價值而非交易成本。既是價值，交易部門自然成為統治者一個潛在的收入來源而成為統治者目標函數中的變數之一。統治者、其他個人與自發性組織各自依據他們的私利而互動，由此而產生的制度環境將決定交易部門發展的方向，並進而影響經濟體的成就。

關鍵字

經濟成就 ； 交易成本 ； 制度

並列摘要

Wallis and North’s unprecedented endeavor in 1986 to measure transaction costs in the American economy has caused a contradiction between their empirical result and North’s theory of transaction costs. It is argued in this Master’s thesis that what they estimate is actually the value contributed by the transaction sector to the economy. The transaction sector therefore is a potential source of revenue for the ruler and thus becomes a variable in the ruler’s objective function. The ruler, individuals and voluntary organizations interact in accordance with their self-interest, and the resultant institutional environment will dictate the development of the transaction sector and affects the performance of an economy.

並列關鍵字

Economic Performance ； Institutions ； Transaction Costs

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