我国早期买办制度的经济分析

我国近代市场发育程度低,交易过程嵌入在非经济的社会结构中,极其依赖于封闭型的交易网络及内蕴的社会资本。买办制度正是借助于封闭型网络的信息机制和信用保障机制,解决了交易过程中的信息缺乏和风险控制问题,推动了我国新式商业的发展。此外,通过社会网络和社会资本的概念,把传统文化价值对行动者的影响内化在经济史的分析框架中。

Economic Analysis of Comprador Institution in Early China

In the modern time of China,the level of the growth of market was very low,the exchange was embedded in the social structure and heavily relied on the closed exchange net and social capital within it.With the information and credit mechanism offered by the net,comprador institution settled the problem of lacking information and risk-controlling,and propelled the modern commerce.