政府规制与腐败

文章从经济性规制和社会性规制的角度对政府规制与腐败的因果关系进行了深入的分析 ,指出经济性规制具有限制市场竞争的特点 ,而市场竞争被抑制的领域必然会产生经济租 ,并导致公务员和政治家的腐败。而在社会性规制领域 ,规制手段的不合理性和规制执行的任意性成为腐败产生的温床和土壤。在此基础上 ,文章提出了有效减少腐败的规制改革方案。

Regulation and Corruption

This article analyses the inextricable relationship between regulation and corruption with the respects of economic and social regulation. By virtue of restricting competition and the free function of market forces, economic regulation creates rents, thus promoting rent-seeking behavior on the part of regulated industries and corruption on the part of public officials and politicians. By contrast, corruption in the areas of social regulation arises mainly in the process of arbitrary and unfair enforcement, as well as the irrational regulatory approaches. Therefore this article strongly argues that it is impossible to combat corruption without first undertaking a bold regulatory reform.