摘要
本文以农业产业化经营中的商品契约为例 ,说明商品契约完全有可能在长期内稳定 ,以至于足以保证龙头企业长期支配农户的土地和劳动力要素 ,从而达到与要素契约相同的效果。商品契约的稳定性主要是通过专用性投资和市场在确保履约方面的作用来实现的。这一结论在一定程度上证伪了科斯和张五常的一些看法。他们认为 ,企业和市场的区别就是要素契约和商品契约的区别。基于农业生产过程中的特殊性 ,单纯的要素契约很难在现阶段的农业生产过程中发挥作用 ,本文的结论不仅为农业产业化经营中的契约选择提供思路 ,也对中国农业发展的路径作了探讨。
This paper shows that a commodity contract in agribusiness may well be valid for a long time. This long-term validity ensures that leading firms make the allocation of farmers' land and labor factor. As a result, commodity contracts in reality have the same effect as factor contracts. The sustained validity of commodity contract is achieved through special investments and the binding power of the market force. Due to the special characteristics of agriculture, factor contract alone can have little effect in the agricultural process at the present stage. Our conclusion indicates that the views of Ronald Coase and Steve Cheung, both who argue that the difference between market and firm lies in the difference between commodity contracts and factor contracts, do not hold true. This conclusion not only provides a framework for the selection of contracts in agribusiness, but also explores the way forward for agriculture development in China.
出处
《经济研究》
CSSCI
北大核心
2002年第1期14-19,共6页
Economic Research Journal
基金
农业部软科学委员会研究课题"扶持产业化经营龙头企业的理论和政策依据"(编号 :0 10 19)的成果之一
