经济理论与经济管理 ›› 2014, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (7): 34-42.

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质疑食品价格管制 ——兼论政府管制职能定位

周小梅   

  1. 浙江工商大学经济学院,杭州310018
  • 收稿日期:2014-05-14 出版日期:2014-07-16 发布日期:2014-07-22
  • 作者简介:周小梅(1964—),女,江西南昌人,浙江工商大学经济学院教授,管理学博士。
  • 基金资助:

    国家自然科学基金项目“约束企业‘人为污染’食品行为的机制研究”(71373239);教育部人文社科重点研究基地课题 “流通领域食品安全风险监管制度创新研究”(12JDSM15YB)

QUESTIONING THE FOOD PRICE REGULATION
——On the Positioning of Government Regulation Functions

 ZHOU  Xiao-Mei   

  1. School of Economics, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
  • Received:2014-05-14 Online:2014-07-16 Published:2014-07-22

摘要: 由于信息严重不对称,食品安全市场存在不同程度失灵。消费者对食品安全的需求是通过对食品安全的支付意愿向企业传递信号的,并以此激励企业提高食品安全水平。部分食品价格上涨是消费者增加食品安全需求的反应。借助案例研究发现,政府对食品价格管制将增加市场的不确定性,食品价格管制与食品安全管制目标间存在冲突。食品安全危机重重,政府应慎用价格管制。在经济转型过程中政府应明确管制职能定位,放松食品价格管制,切实有效地加强食品安全管制。

关键词: 质疑 , 价格管制 , 食品安全 , 管制职能

Abstract: As serious asymmetry of information, there are different degrees of failure in the food safety market. In order to encourage enterprises to improve food safety standards, consumer demand for food safety has transmitted signals to the enterprise through the willingness to pay. Some increase in food prices reflects the consumer demand for food safety. Case studies showed that the government controls on food prices would increase market uncertainty, due to the objectives conflict between the food price regulation and the food safety regulation. Facing food safety crises, the government should use price regulation with caution. In the process of economic restructuring, regulatory functions of government should be clear positioning, relax food price regulation, effectively strengthen food safety regulation.

Key words: question , price regulation , food safety , regulatory functions