效用理论的百年流变、内在逻辑及其局限性  

The Centennial Changes,Internal Logic and Limitations of the Utility Theory

作　　者：裴宏 李金凤 Pei Hong;Li Jinfeng

机构地区：[1]福州大学经济与管理学院,福州350108

出　　处：《当代经济研究》2022年第10期51-63,F0003,共14页Contemporary Economic Research

摘　　要：从1870年到1960年间西方效用理论的发展历史来看,序数革命不是一次成功的理论变革;相反,它是多个竞争性理论之间复杂且具有偶然性的妥协过程,因此当代西方效用理论包含了诸多不相容元素。从测量理论的视角可以看出,当代西方效用理论同时包含定序测量、定距测量和定比测量的多个元素,含有难以调和的固有矛盾;从目标、准则和范式变迁三个维度来看,西方效用理论的发展以保护自身体系为优先目标,规范性而非实证性是理论演化的准则,其演化逻辑不完全符合“硬核—保护带”理论。这是由效用理论的产生和发展背景所决定的,也决定了效用理论的局限性。Judging from the development history of the Western utility theory between 1870 and 1960,the ordinal revolution was not a successful change of theory.On the contrary,it was a complex and contingent process of compromise among several competing theories,and thus the contemporary Western utility theory contains many incompatible elements.From the perspective of the measurement theory,it can be seen that the contemporary Western utility theory contains muitiple elements of ordinal measurement,interval measurement,and constant ratio measurement at the same time,and contains inherent contradictions that are difficult to reconcile.From the perspective of the three dimensions of goals,norms,and paradigm changes,the development of the Western utility theory prioritizes the goal of protecting its own system,with the theoretical evolution norm that is normative but not empirical,and the evolutionary logic of the theory does not fully conform to the"hard core-protection belt"theory.It is determined by the background under which the utility theory emerged and developed,and it also determines the limitations of the utility theory.

关 键 词：基数效用论 序数效用论 西方经济学 经济学范式 

分 类 号：F091.3[经济管理—政治经济学]