寻租、企业家才能配置和资源诅咒——基于中国省份面板数据的实证研究Rent-seeking,the Allocation of Entrepreneurial Talent,and Natural Resource Curse: An Empirical Research Based on Provincial Panel Data in China
陈艳莹;王二龙;程乘;
摘要(Abstract):
文章结合中国现实,通过构建一个具有规模报酬递增性质的企业家才能配置模型,从自然资源导致的寻租空间对企业家才能配置的扭曲这一微观视角考察"资源诅咒"问题,并运用我国省份面板数据进行了实证检验。结果表明,自然资源禀赋的增加会直接提高企业家寻租的预期收益,进而使企业家才能从低回报的生产性部门转向高回报的寻租部门,这种扭曲会降低地区的经济增长率,产生"资源诅咒"现象。为确定寻租导致的企业家才能配置扭曲是否是自然资源禀赋影响我国不同省份经济增长水平的中介变量,文章实证检验了相应的中介效应,检验结果显示中介效应显著。
关键词(KeyWords): 自然资源禀赋;经济增长;寻租;企业家才能;中介效应
基金项目(Foundation): 国家社会科学基金项目“规范发展市场中介组织的政策创新:嵌入性视角的研究”(08BJY120);; 霍英东教育基金会资助项目“社会网络约束下的市场中介组织行为异化及其治理研究”(121081);; 教育部新世纪人才支持项目(NCET-08-0083);; 中央高校基本科研业务费资助(DUT12RW302)
作者(Author): 陈艳莹;王二龙;程乘;
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DOI: 10.16538/j.cnki.jfe.2012.06.004
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