东亚经济增长模式相关争论的再探讨

由克鲁格曼挑起的东亚经济增长模式的争论,也引起了国内经济学界对我国经济增长模式的热烈讨论。国内许多研究试图沿用克鲁格曼的立论所依据的全要素生产率(TFP)的方法分析我国经济增长的来源,以此判断我国现有经济增长模式的可持续性。对关于东亚经济增长模式的争论进行深入考察有助于对中国有关问题的研究和理解。本文力求通过对有关国内外文献的综述,对全要素生产率方法发展和理论基础的深入分析,以及对一些国家经济增长经验的回顾,来论证克鲁格曼当年挑起这场争论的出发点是站不住脚的,他的文章对全要素生产率的意义存在误解,在经济学理论方法方面也存在一些缺陷。因此,我们不应该以克鲁格曼的方法和立论为依据,继续宣传与此有关的一些似是而非的说法。本文在对克鲁格曼挑起的这场争论的回顾中,总结了几点对中国未来发展有意义的结论。

East Asian Miracle Debate Revisited

There have been hot discussions on China's pattern of economic development after the debate about the East Asian Miracle following Krugman's paper on this issue. This paper examines the debate and its development both in English and Chinese literature. The paper, based on the survey of total factor productivity methodology as well as the historical experiences of other countries' economic development, shows the flaws in Krugman's arguments and argues that the view held by Krugman is harmful to the economic development in the less development countries in general and in China in particular. Several implications for China's economic development from the revisit are proposed at the end of the paper.