Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth in China*

By J. Lin, Zhiqiang Liu. Economic development and cultural change, 2000

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations

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Local officials as land developers: Urban spatial expansion in China (2009, background): “Devolving responsibility for investment decisions and growth management to local officials can be a means of increasing economic growth because local officials can be more informed about local conditions and are likely to be more responsive to local demand for infrastructure, services, and other for”
Fiscal decentralization, macrostability and growth (2005, background): “(2) See, for example, Xie, Zou, and Davoodi (1999), Zhang and Zou (1998), Lin and Liu (2000), and Thiessen (2003) for empirical analyses of the relationship between between fiscal decentralization and economic growth.”
Decentralization, Collusion, and Coal Mine Deaths (2017, background): “Within the context of China, fiscal decentralization since 1994 is often taken as one of the driving forces of China’s growth miracle (Jin, Qian, and Weingast 2005; Lin and Liu 2000), despite sometimes opposite findings (Zhang and Zou 1998).”
Can China´s Growth be Sustained? A Productivity Perspective (2008, background): “The investment boom was also fueled by local governments, over which the central government had limited control following fiscal decentralization in 1994 (Lin & Liu, 2000; OECD, 2002, p. 57).”
The Impact of Fiscal Decentralization: A Survey (2015, neutral): “For example, Xie et al. (1999), Zhang and Zou (1998), Lin and Liu (2000), Thiessen (2003), Ezcurra and Rodriguez-Pose (2011) find negative impacts of fiscal decentralization on GDP growth for a single country (e.g, China) and for crosscountry studies (e.g., OECD sample).”
Local decentralization and local economic growth: A cross-sectional examination of US metropolitan areas (2005, result): “That finding contradicts the often-asserted hypothesis that greater decentralization is associ ated with higher economic growth.2 Lin and Liu [ 11 ] also”
Industrial land development in urban villages in China: A property rights perspective (2014, background): “The relationship between the central and local states has been redefined since the gradual reform in post-Mao China (Lin & Liu, 2000; Qian & Roland, 1998; Wong, 1991).”
Decentralization and Political Institutions (2007, methodology): “Lin and Liu (2000) confirmed this result.”