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Essays On Federalism And Local Finance In China, Jiakai Zhang
Essays On Federalism And Local Finance In China, Jiakai Zhang
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
This dissertation consists of three chapters that cover topics on federalism and local finance in China.
Chapter 1 - Economic Growth, Fiscal Inequality and Fiscal Decentralization: Evidence from China.
This paper investigates the impact of inequality in the geographic distribution of fiscal resources on regional economic growth under fiscal decentralization policy in the context of China's experience, using panel data for 28 provinces over the period 1987–2010. In the recent past, the structure of decentralized government in China has undergone two significant fiscal reforms: the ``Fiscal Responsibility System" (FRS) in 1987-1993, and the ``Tax Sharing System" (TSS) in 1994. I …