摘要
企业规模分布变异是经济运行扭曲的重要表现,其分布状态变动是观测行政审批制度改革效果的重要视角。本文以2001年前后的行政审批中心大范围设立作为自然实验,考察行政审批制度改革对企业规模分布的影响。研究发现,在中国企业规模分布帕累托指数普遍偏低的情况下,行政审批制度改革显著提高了企业规模分布帕累托指数,缓解了经济扭曲。但这一影响在不同区域存在较大差异,东西部地区存在显著的优化效应,中部地区的影响并不显著。机制研究表明,行政审批中心的设立一方面通过降低市场准入门槛和改善营商环境,促进了中小企业进入市场;另一方面普遍降低企业的制度性交易成本,且相较于大企业,中小企业获得的"降成本红利"更为明显,从而使得企业规模分布的扭曲得以改善。
The variation of size distribution of enterprises is a significant sign of economic distortion. Its change in distribution state is an important perspective to observe the effect of administrative approval reform. This paper sets the extensive establishment of administrative approval center around 2001 as a natural experiment, examines the impact of the reform on size distribution of enterprises. It finds that if Pareto index of size distribution of Chinese enterprises is generally on the low side, the administrative approval reform can significantly increase the Pareto index and relieve economic distortion. However, this effect is quite different in different regions. In eastern and western regions, the optimization effect is significant, but it is insignificant in central regions. Mechanism research shows that, on the one hand, the establishment of administrative approval center promotes the entry of SMEs by clearing market entry barriers and improving business environment. On the other hand, it generally reduces the institutional transaction costs of enterprises. Compared with large enterprises, SMEs obtain more "cost reduction bonus", which leads to an improvement of size distribution of enterprises.
作者
张天华
陈博潮
刘宜坤
Zhang Tianhua;Chen Bochao;Liu Yikun(School of Economics & Management, South China Normal University)
出处
《经济评论》
CSSCI
北大核心
2019年第4期32-48,共17页
Economic Review
基金
国家自然科学基金项目“中国劳动收入份额决定的微观机制:基于转型背景和企业要素收入分配视角的理论和实证研究”(项目批准号:71473089)
广东省自然科学基金项目“交通基础设施建设对企业资源配置效率影响研究”(项目批准号:2017A030313445)的阶段性研究成果
关键词
行政审批制度改革
企业规模分布
帕累托指数
Administrative Approval Reform
Size Distribution of Enterprises
Pareto Index
