政治寻租与企业社会责任：理论、证据及治理

CSR in western countries unfolds in developed markets in which government intervention is highly restrained. While the neoclassical economic theories have been widely used to understand corporate behavior in western countries, their application in China’s context is questionable given the unique political and economic systems. In emerging economies including China, political and economic reforms and economic transition make institutional influences an important driving force which impacts economic development and business decisions. Such an institutional context provides a great research opportunity to study CSR from the perspective of political economy. An analytical framework of CSR is developed to inform the study following a critical review of prior CSR studies applying conventional wisdom. It draws on rent-seeking theory and incorporates institutional characteristics of emerging markets. And from multiple perspectives of rent-seeking motive, rent-seeking benefits, static and dynamic, multiple angle of enterprise and individual to research the rent-seeking trend of corporate social responsibility and its economic consequences. Drawing on political economy, agency, and signaling theories, this study provides a thorough discussion of issues under investigation, an in-depth theoretical analysis, rich empirical evidences and evidences-based recommendations for addressing those issues. As such, this research significantly enhances understanding of CSR in China and largely fills the gap in the existing literature. It contributes to building a harmonious society by providing theoretical support and practical guidance for CSR moving from political rent-seeking behaviors to market driven profit-pursuing ones.

源自西方的传统企业社会责任理论建立在高度自由的市场经济基础上，其整个政治经济制度更加贴切新古典经济学假设。而以中国为代表的转轨经济国家，政治经济体制以及政府行为对经济运行和企业决策存在普遍的影响，这为政治经济学理论的运用提供了制度基础，也为从政治经济学角度分析公司社会责任行为提供了研究机会。本项目结合我国新兴市场环境下的制度特征，利用新政治经济学中寻租理论，构建出我国企业社会责任行为新的理论分析性框架，从寻租动机、寻租收益等多个层面，静态和动态、企业与个人多个角度实证检验了企业社会责任的寻租趋向及其经济后果。项目整体结构以“现象→现象的理论分析→大样本证据→现象治理”为逻辑主线，研究结合新政治经济学理论、代理理论、信号传递理论等。项目研究有利于认识我国企业社会责任实然状态，找到实然与应然的差距，为我国企业社会责任向利益相关者寻利的转变提供理论支持与实践指导，促进“和谐社会”建设目标的实现。

根植于西方自由市场经济的传统企业社会责任理论，由于对政治经济学理论的淡化，导致对中国企业社会责任研究存在着现实理解的缺陷。本项目整体以“现象→现象的理论分析→大样本证据→现象治理”为逻辑主线，通过文献梳理，回顾国内外有关企业社会责任的传统理论，在此基础上结合新兴市场环境下的制度特征，利用新政治经济学中的寻租理论，构建出我国企业社会责任行为新的理论分析框架；从慈善捐赠、环保投资等维度对企业社会责任的寻租动机进行实证检验，同时基于企业社会责任寻租行为进行经济后果的分析；最后构建企业社会责任由向政府寻租到向利益相关者寻利转变路径与制度设计。项目研究整体上揭示了中国企业社会责任行为的制度动因，有利于认识我国企业社会责任实然状态，为我国企业社会责任寻租走向寻利的转变提供理论支持与实践指导，促进“和谐社会”建设目标的实现。. 本项目共发表标注了课题号的论文28 篇、在审 3 篇，出版专著 1 部，论文发表期刊包括《Business Strategy and the Environment》《 Journal of Business Ethics》《Journal of Business Research》等国际知名期刊以及《管理世界》《会计研究》《金融研究》等国内权威期刊，项目整体成果获得湖北省社会科学优秀成果二等奖（系列论文类）。.