【简报】北京大学汇丰商学院系列学术研讨会(151)
2015-06-12 00:00:00
6月10日，来自香港大学的许成钢教授来我院进行学术交流。研讨会探讨的主题是“The Political Economy of Making an Authoritarian Constitution: The Case of China”。许成钢教授是哈佛大学博士、香港大学《国之基金》经济学讲座教授、清华大学特聘教授、欧洲经济政策研究中心（CEPR）研究员、三家国际国内主要学术期刊的联合主编、《中国改革》首席经济学家。他发表的几十篇论文，见诸顶级经济学学术期刊，包括《经济学文献期刊JEL》、《政治经济学期刊JPE》、《美国经济学评论AER》、《经济研究评论REStu》、《美国法与经济学评论ALER》、《欧洲经济学评论EER》等。
摘要：
This paper studies, theoretically and empirically, the rational of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s constitutional transformation from totalitarian to authoritarian. The premise of our theory is that the rational of the Party is centered on its power, which relies on the support of social elites in the economy. When an economy is in transition, who are the elites is in change. From the Party’s stand, a totalitarian constitution may become suboptimal under that situation. Making an authoritarian constitution may create conditions for maintaining the Party’s power. Our theoretical predictions are supported by empirical evidence/tests based on Chinese data at firm level, city level and national level, during the period of 2002/2004 party/state constitutional changes.
摘要：
This paper studies, theoretically and empirically, the rational of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s constitutional transformation from totalitarian to authoritarian. The premise of our theory is that the rational of the Party is centered on its power, which relies on the support of social elites in the economy. When an economy is in transition, who are the elites is in change. From the Party’s stand, a totalitarian constitution may become suboptimal under that situation. Making an authoritarian constitution may create conditions for maintaining the Party’s power. Our theoretical predictions are supported by empirical evidence/tests based on Chinese data at firm level, city level and national level, during the period of 2002/2004 party/state constitutional changes.
