水资源经济制度是水资源制度体系的重要组成部分,其基本框架由水资源财税制度、产权制度与价格制度构成。当前对水资源经济制度的研究存在以下不足:重单一制度研究,轻制度组合与优化研究;重理论研究,轻实践研究;重管理制度研究,轻公共治理研究。未来的研究应该以系统论作为方法论,更加重视水资源制度的实践研究,以现代社会治理理念来审视和研究水制度问题,突出水制度设计的公共治理体制、机制、结构和实施措施。水制度设计中如何使企业在以市场为导向的水制度下加强自我激励和约束,如何使公众在水资源权益和水环境权益理念的指导下自觉参与,是未来研究的重要任务。
The situation of China's water resource management has become extremely serious and tends to be worse. The lack of system is one of the reasons that water resource management becomes extremely difficult. As an important part of water resource system, the economic institution of water resources plays a key role and its literature review could highlight the reference meanings for further studies. The theory of water resource economic system is based on the external theory and public goods theory. Public goods theory is an extreme case of external theory. The fiscal/tax arrangement and the property right arrangement of water resources are considered as two directions to solve the problems caused by externality and public goodsattribute. Pricing strategy is a specific means. The economic institution of water resources includes fiscal/tax arrangement, property right arrangement, and pricing strategy. The fiscal and tax institution of water resources in accordance with the Pigou theory mainly consists of payment for water resources and eco-compensation arrangement. The property right institution of water resources in accordance with Coase theory contains water right arrangement and water pollution right arrangement. Payment for water resources is to solve the problem that the value of water resources has been underestimated for a long time. Eco-compensation arrangement of water resources is to solve problems in water resource utilization, emission and other aspects of the externalities. Water right arrangement and water pollution right arrangement are designed to solve the problems of ownership of water resources (including the right of ownership, use right, pollution right and emission right). Meanwhile, pricing strategy is a market-oriented means to solve the problems mentioned above. The price institution of water resources is the fusion and extension of both the fiscal/tax institution and the property right institution. This paper is made up of three parts which can be described as a "lq-4-k-l" framework