“省直管县”财政体制如何促进经济增长——基于江苏省2004-2009年数据的实证分析

How Does the Financial System Concerning the County Directly Governed by Provincial Government Promote Economic Growth:An Empirical Analysis Based on the Data of Jiangsu Province from 2004 to 2009

近几年来,"省直管县"财政体制在各省陆续实施,其主要目的在于克服既有的市管县体制存在的各种弊端。可以预期,这项改革措施有减少行政管理成本、解决县乡财政困难、促进县域经济增长等多种潜在作用。但可能存在的问题是,该财政体制如何促进经济增长?文章利用江苏省51个县(市)2004-2009年的空间面板数据进行分析发现,"省直管县"财政体制对经济增长的作用主要是通过县(市)扩权而产生的"政府竞争效应"实现的。

In recent years,the financial system concerning the county directly governed by provincial government has been put into practice in some provinces,which aims at overcoming the shortcomings of previous financial system concerning the county directly governed by the municipality.It predicts that this reform measure can play the potential role in reducing administrative costs,resolving the problem of budget constraint and promoting economic growth in counties.Then,how does this financial system promote economic growth？ Based on the spatial panel data of 51 counties in Jiangsu province from 2004 to 2009,it makes an econometric analysis and shows that the effect of the financial system concerning the county directly governed by provincial government on economic growth is achieved mainly by the effect of government competition.