腐败与公共支出结构问题研究——基于我国城市数据的实证分析

Discussion of the Effects of Corruption on the Public Expenditure

现有研究一致认为腐败会促使财政支出规模膨胀,导致公共支出结构扭曲。本文采用我国东、中、西部120个城市的经验证据,实证检验了地方政府腐败对公共支出结构的影响,并提出了相应的政策建议。实证研究发现,腐败显著提高了行政管理支出的比重,但其对经济建设支出相对规模的影响则是不确定的。

This paper examines the effects of corruption on the structure of public expenditure,using the data of 120 cities in China.The results show that the corruption improves the public administration expenditure,while the effects of corruption on economic construction expenditure is uncertain.