题目:Hayek, Local Information and the Decentralization of State-Owned Enterprises in China
主讲人:马光荣 副教授(中国人民大学财政金融学院)
时间:2017年3月29日下午14:30
地点:主楼418
主讲人介绍:
马光荣现任中国人民大学财政金融学院副教授。他2008年获得东南大学经济学学士学位,2013年获得北京大学经济学博士学位。研究领域主要包括财政学和发展经济学等,其在经济学的国内外顶级期刊《American Economic Review》,《Journal of Comparative Economics》《中国社会科学》、《经济研究》、《管理世界》、《世界经济》等中英文期刊上发表多篇文章,曾荣获洪银兴经济学奖、邓子基财经学术论文奖等。这次汇报的研究为其即将发表在经济学最权威的五大期刊之一的《American Economic Review》上的研究成果。
内容介绍:
Hayek (1945) argues that local knowledge is a key for understanding whether production should be decentralized. We test Hayek’s predictions by examining the causes of the Chinese government’s decision to decentralize state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Since the government located closer to an SOE has more information over that enterprise, a greater distance between the government and the enterprise should lead to a higher likelihood of decentralization. Moreover, where communication costs and the government’s uncertainty over an enterprise’s performance are greater, the government is more likely to decentralize enterprises to better utilize local information. We find empirical support for these implications.
(承办:应用经济系,科研与学术交流中心)