【摘要】 文章的主旨是梳理当代经济学制度分析的思想史。通过文献考据文章主要论证了以下四个观点:第一,虽然凡勃伦的《有闲阶级论》通常被认为是第一部经济学制度研究著作,但是他的理论本身实际上是"反制度主义";第二,美国制度学派(旧制度经济学)内在的思想渊源之间的冲突决定了其无法建构起有效的理论体系;第三,"科斯定理"是一个被过度诠释的概念;第四,"交易成本"概念的形成是经济学内部不同研究领域之间相互影响的结果,并且正因为如此,才使得新制度经济学融入了主流理论。文章的结论是,应当抛弃以交易成本为中心的制度解释,转向"深描"的经济学制度分析。更多还原

【Abstract】 This article is about the history of institutional analysis in economics. There are four arguments in this article. Firstly,Veblen’ s theory is actually anti-institutional. Secondly,there are conflicts betw een the internal ideological sources of the American institutionalism, so it cannot construct an effective theoretical system. Thirdly,the concept of Coase theorem is over-interpreted.Finally,the conceptual history of transaction costs show s this concept is used in different research field in economics,and because of this,the new institutional economics is integrated into the mainstream theory. The conclusion is the institutional analysis in economics should abandon the concept of transaction costs,and turn to an institutional theory of "thick descriptions".更多还原