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38 2 ( ) Vol. 38, No. 2 2008 3 Journal of Zhejiang University( Humanities and Social Sciences) Mar. 2008 政府的性质: 新制度经济学的视角 1 2 吴金群 耿依娜 ( 1. , 3 10027; 2. , 310023) [ ] , , , , , , [ ] ; ; ; Nature of the Government in the Perspective of New nstitutional Economics 1 2 Wu Jinqun Geng Yina ( 1. College of Economics, Zhej iang University , H angz hou 310027, China; 2. College of Politics and Public dministration, Zhej iang University of Technology , H angz hou 310023, China) Abstract: There are many imilar in titutional characteri tic between government and firm. We try to review the nature of the government, which can be een a a uper-firm in the per pective of in titutional economic , e pecially in the modern corporate theory. Government i a re ult of rational election of mankind. In thi proce ion, a erie of tangible or intangible contract were igned or an in titutional netw ork wa formed. In thi in titutional network, there i a political principa-l agent relation hip betw een the people and the government. The principa-l agent chain can be de cribed a people lawmaker and politician adm ini tr ative bureaucr at . In co ntra t w ith the econom ic principal-agent relation hip, political pr incipa-l agent relation hip i mor e com plex. Fir t , the practical principal-agent chain may not be v ery clear. Second, the g overnment ha plenty of goal , w hich w ill confront w ith each other. T hir d, incentive for political ag ent w ill not be much enough becau e of the phenomenon of m ultita k or m ult-i principal ag ency. Fourth, ther e are more adver e election and mor al