Problemi Ekonomiki (Jun 2018)
Theoretical and Methodological Bases for Defining the Category “State Regulatory Capacity”: Gnoseological Aspect
Abstract
The category “state regulatory capacity” is considered from the positions of the epistemological approach and in the context of understanding events, phenomena, and processes that arise while realizing customs interests of subjects of foreign economic activity. In the course of the study it was found that under conditions of transparency and transformation of the global economic space, the need to identify the positions for enhancing the state regulatory capacity in the context of realizing national interests is an imperative of our time. The standpoints of scientists in understanding the essence of the definition of “state regulatory capacity” are analyzed and systematized, and the author’s approach to the interpretation of the definition is proposed. Emphasis is made on the multi-vector character of the standpoints in understanding the essence of the maxim, which in the general format reduces the effectiveness of its application and affects the nation-wide condition of the functioning of the state regulation system as a whole. There determined the standpoint of interpreting the maxim by scientists belonging to the Western economic school, who see the category “state regulatory capacity” mainly as human, financial resources, legislative base, and experience, unlike domestic researchers focusing on the opportunities and means that ensure efficiency of the regulation process. The differentiation of using the concept in the context of types of activities is provided. Attention is focused on the leading role of the state in terms of ensuring its managerial and organizational role, implementing regulatory capacity to realize its customs interests. A hypothesis is formed that it is the mechanisms of state regulation that are used to search for hidden resources and mobilize available reserves, opportunities, and resources in achieving positive indicators of economic activity; ensure close relationship between the state regulatory capacity and measures and instruments of state regulation of the economy.
