威廉姆森交易成本决定因素理论评析

袁庆明,刘洋(,410079):威廉姆森从人的因素与特定交易有关的因素和交易的市场环境因素三个方面对交易成本决定因素的分析,将人与人的权利关系人与人的相互冲突一面纳入到经济学框架中,从而在西方经济学中创立了一种新的范式它大大推进了科斯创立的交易成本理论,对人们寻求降低交易成本的方法和计量交易成本具有极为重要的意义当然,这一理论也存在过于强调人类行为中机会主义倾向的一面等不足:交易成本;交易维度;有限理性;机会主义;信任:F019:A:1003-7217(2004)05-0016-05,,,,,,,,,,,,[1],,,,(一)人的因素,,,,1.,,,,,,,,,,,,,:,,,[2]2.,,,,,,,:,:2004-06-02:(1966),,,,:2513120049()THETHEORYANDPRACTICEOFFINANCEANDECONOMICSVol.25No.131Sept2004;,,,,:;,,,,,,[2],,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(二)与特定交易有关的因素,,,,,,,1.,,[3],,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(1948)(1962),,:(1),:(2),,,(3),[4]2.,,,,,:,,,,[2]()1720045(131),:,[5],,,,,,,,,,,3.,,,,,,,,,,(三)交易的市场环境因素,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,:,,;,,,,;,,[6],(),:,,(),,,,,:,,;,,,[7],,;,,,,,,,,,,18()20045[8],,,,,,,,,,,1982,1984,19821984,[9],,,:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,[10],,,,,,,:,,,;[11],,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,:[12]12,,,,:,1920045(131),:,,,,,:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,:[15]:[1]Stigler.TheLawandEconomicsofPublicPolicy[J].JournalofLegalStudies,1972(I):12.[2].[M].:,2002.[3].[A].[C].:,1996.[4].[M].:,2001.[5]Williamson,O.E.ContractAnalysis:theTransactionCostApproach[J].TheEconomicsApproachtoLaw,1981.[6].[M].:,1999.[7].[M].:,1995.[8].[J].,2004,(1).[9].[J].,2003,(5).[10].:[A].[C].:,2002.[11].[M].:,1995.[12].[M].:,2003.[13].[A].[C].:,2002.(责任编校王铁军)ReviewontheWilliamsonsTheoryoftheDecisiveFactorsofTransactionCostsYUANQingming,LIUYang(EconomicandTradeCollege,HunanUniversity,Changsha,Hunan,410079,China)Abstract:Basedonadeepanalysisofthedeterminativesoftransactioncostbyinspectingtheinvolvers,transaction-relatedfactorsandmarketrelatedfactors.Williamsonstheoryofthedecisivefactorsoftransactioncostsestablishesakindofnewtypeinwesterneconomics,becauseitbringsthepeoplesrightrelationshipandconflictintotheeconomicsframework.WilliamsonstheoryhasmadegreatimprovementtotheCoasestransactioncoststheoryandareveryusefulasguidanceforpeopletoreduceandtomeasuretransactioncosts.Butasgeneral.Williamsonstheoryalsohassomeshortcomings,suchasthatitneglecttheinfluenceoftrustinthehumanbehaviortothetransactioncosts,andover-stressthetrendofopportunism,andetc.Keywords:TransactionCosts;DimensionsofTransaction;BoundedRationality;Opportunism;Trust20()20045