政府规模增长成因研究的四类理论假设

国内外关于政府规模增长成因的理论,可归为四类假设,即公共需求假设、政治家和官僚推动假设、财政分权假设、多因素影响假设.这些理论假设为更深入地研究政府规模增长问题积累了一定的有价值的知识,但还存在很多方面的问题.运用新制度主义的基本理论和研究方法作为理论工具,着重从制度的角度揭示制度因素之于政府规模变动的作用和影响,是政府规模研究的一个较为新颖可取的分析视角.

Theory, Dilemma and Outlet of the Cause of Government Scale Expansion

The theories about the cause of government scale expansion domestically and abroad can be summarized into four hypotheses , including public demand hypothesis, politician and bureaucrat driving hypothesis, hypothesis of division of powers by finance, and hypothesis of multi-factor influence. On the one hand, these hypotheses have accumulated valuable information for the government scale expansion research; on the other hand, problems still exist in this realm. Employing the basic theories and methodology of new institutionalism to explore the institutional factors' effect and influence of government scale' s fluctuation, is comparatively a new and feasible perspective of government scale research.