财政分权、城乡收入差距与经济增长

利用1994年分税制后的经验数据,本文估计了一个包含增长方程、城乡收入差距方程和财政支出方程的联立方程模型,来估算财政分权对经济增长和城乡收入差距的影响。研究结果表明,财政分权使地方政府的财政支出显著增加,但财政支出的增加并不必然有利于经济增长和拉大城乡收入差距。如果在地方财政支出水平上升的同时,使科学教育和农业支出,特别是科学教育支出在总支出中的比重得以增加,将有可能在保持经济高增长的同时,使城乡收入差距得以缩小。

Fiscal Decentralization, Rural- Urban Income Disparity and Economic Growth in China

This paper estimates the effects of fiscal decentralization on rural-urban income disparity and economics growth with a simultaneous equations system.We find that fiscal decentralization increases regional government expenditure significantly,which does not lead to overall economic growth and income inequality across regions necessarily.It is possible to obtain both objects of economic growth and income equality simultaneously if more expenditure is invested in agriculture,education and technology by the re...