何以立德:对“嫌贫爱富”现象的经济解释

发布时间：2018-04-22 01:32

本文选题：道德 + 嫌贫爱富　；参考：《经济评论》2013年05期

【摘要】：中国当前面临着严重的道德滑坡问题,其中一个重要表现就是"嫌贫爱富"愈演愈烈。本文从经济学的视角来审视这一道德问题,通过"机会"和"资本"两个概念探讨"嫌贫爱富"现象背后的动机和解决策略。人们为了把握未来的机会,需要在当前尽力提高自己动用资本的能力。经验证据表明,资本实力最大化确实是人们构建社会关系的重要动机。以此为出发点,本文构建了一个基于资本实力最大化动机的社会网络模型。模型表明,面临预算约束的利益主体必然采取"嫌贫爱富"的行为模式。"嫌贫爱富"是一个纳什均衡,意味着道德上的批判无助于改变这一行为方式。发展金融体系,利用商业网络替代私人关系网络可以减轻人们对私人关系的依赖,并在一定程度上解决"嫌贫爱富"这一道德问题。
[Abstract]:China is now facing a serious moral decline, one of the important manifestations is the growing dislike of the rich and poor. This paper examines this moral problem from the perspective of economics, and discusses the motivation and solution strategy behind the phenomenon of "loathing for the rich" through the concepts of "opportunity" and "capital". In order to seize the opportunities of the future, people need to do their best to improve their ability to use capital in the present. Empirical evidence shows that the maximization of capital strength is indeed an important motivation for people to construct social relations. As a starting point, this paper constructs a social network model based on the motive of maximization of capital strength. The model shows that the benefit subject facing budget constraints must adopt the behavior pattern of "loathing the poor and loving the rich". Loathing for the rich is a Nash equilibrium, meaning that moral criticism does not help to change this behavior. Developing financial system and replacing private relationship network with commercial network can reduce people's dependence on personal relationship and solve the moral problem of "loathing rich" to a certain extent.
【作者单位】：北海道大学经济学研究科;中国人民大学商学院;
【基金】：国家自然科学基金项目“区域差异视角下我国农村金融体系构建研究”(项目编号:71273020)的支持国家留学基金管理委员会(China Scholarship Council)的资助(编号:留金发[2010]3006)
【分类号】：F014.4

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