贸易保护主义的制度经济学分析

随着国际贸易经济的发展,资产在国际间的流动逐渐成为国际贸易中不可忽略的一个重要组成部分,其是否发生沉淀成本有可能对国际商品贸易和投资产生重要影响,不仅会影响国际贸易的总量和产品构成,而且还会影响一国贸易政策的选择。如果一国进行了沉淀成本投资,就会使其在贸易谈判中陷入进退两难困境,失去了讨价还价的力量,并影响其在贸易利益上的分配格局。因而为了摆脱这种被要挟和被控制的风险,政府实行一定的保护主义政策是十分必要的。

An Analysis on Trade Protectionism Based on Institutional Economics

The paper analyses the trade protectionism in terms of sunk costs. Based on the trade with sunk cost, it is true that sunk costs have a great adverse effect on the free trade. Because of the existence of sunk costs in international trade, they adversely influence the trading partners' behavior, leading to holdup problems. In principle, the author provides the solutions to the free trade problems, say, reduce the amounts of sunk costs, and promote the factor mobility degree.