【摘要】 <正>一、 引 言价格管制政策至今仍然被广泛地应用于各类商品服务上，如“电力”“药品”“教育”等，与居民日常生活紧密相连，因此备受关注。本文旨在讨论两种价格管制手段，即价格上限(price-cap)管制和价格加成(maximum markup)管制对最终品价格的影响。价格上限管制政策指的是由政策制定者设定一个价格上限(price ceiling),商品的零售价(或中间批发价)不能够超过该上限；而价格加成管制政策指的则是政策制定者设定一个更多还原

【Abstract】 We construct a “manufacturer-retailer” game model to analyze the effectiveness of the two price control methods, price-cap and markup regulation. In the model we consider a vertical market structure composed of monopolistic retailers and regulated manufacturers. Analysis of the model reveals that price-cap regulation may increase the retail price by squeezing out manufacturers with lower production costs. Markup regulation cannot only reduce the retail prices, but will lead to rent-seeking behavior of manufacturers. We suggest that policy makers do a two-pronged approach: one is to weaken the retailer’s monopoly position, and the other is to appropriately relax unreasonable price control policies.更多还原