Transition And National Institutional Capacity: A Game Theory Analysis

In Institution Analysis, the state is one of the most important concepts in the understanding of the constitution of social order, because IA believes that what a state does to alleviate social conflicts and maintain certain social order is in nature supplying the rules of game. Accordingly this dissertation defines the State Institution Capacity as the capacity to supply institutions under the conditions of game between a state and a society, most importantly the capacity to utilize and constrain a state's power. And this capacity is the composition of capacity in institution selection, institution implementation, institution supervising, and institution ruling. The State Institution Capacity constitutes a state's key capacity and finding a theoretical approach from the perspective of institution capacity study in the study of state has specific theoretical and practical significance.The transition from a Plan System to a Market System is one of the most complicated phenomena in history and has become the typical background to the observation of State Institution Capacity. It has brought a great challenge to the State Institution Capacity. To meet the challenge, state fundamental institutions building is a top priority, and the state should be able to supply essential institutions and maintain certain social order, at the same time facing certain social constraints.The game theory studies the interplay between rational human beings and has the greatest potential as a branch of IA. It provides an important method in analyzing State Institution Capacity in a dynamic and interactive environment. Transition is just such an interactive process in which all kinds of social powers and trends work with or fight against each other. Under such a special background only by establishing game models of State Institution Capacity from the major game relations of a transitional state, by determining the objects, structure and result of game in the process of institution supply, by analyzing the norm of Transitional State Institution Capacity, strategy selection and the behavior model, can we arrive at a thorough understanding of Transitional State Institution Capacity, whence further study the role of Transitional State Institution Capacity.The State Institution Capacity can be mainly analyzed from a three-dimensional game relations.Social Constraints Game Relation. This is the fundamental game relation in analyzing Transitional State Institution Capacity. The result of social constraints game largely determines different basic types of State Institution Capacity. Based on game analysis, there are three types of Transitional State Institution Capacity, i.e. predatory, collusive and democratic state, among which we should especially guard against the collusive state in that it tends to trap the transition into a malign market economy. International Competition Game Relation. As transition is a part of globalization, Transitional State Institution Capacity will be subjected to trials in the trend of globalization. This kind of international competition game structure provides the impetus to State Institution Capacity and also knowledge and information for both strategy selection and the arrangement of specific institutions. Hence many transitional states take the initiative to respond to and exploit the effects exerted on them by globalization, making it a strategic tool to boost the reform and reconstruction of national institutions, and further reinforcing the institution itself.Interior Coordination Game Relation. Among the various factors that affect State Institution Capacity, it is probably the coordination game among governments that mode the actual performance model of Transitional State Institution Capacity. The differences between the State Institution Capacity in the process of government are the primary reason for the formation of the gradual transition model and the radical transition model. The effective performance of State Institution Capacity entails the capacity to take advantage of the conven...