财政分权与地方政府竞争

Fiscal Decentralization and Local Government Competition

经济学认为,相对需求而言,社会资源是稀缺的,稀缺资源的事实使经济参与者为获取有限资源而展开竞争,竞争既存在于市场,也存在于政府之间,研究政府竞争就必须分析为竞争创设激励的财政分权。从财政为何分权、中国式财政分权、地方政府竞争形式、财政分权影响政府竞争的机理以及财政分权激励地方政府竞争的经济效应等问题入手,对财政分权与地方政府竞争的相关研究进行文献梳理。

Economics believes that social resources are scarce relative to demand.The fact of scarce resources makes economic participants compete for limited resources.Competition exists not only in the market,but also between governments.To study government competition,we must analyze the fiscal decentralization to create incentives for competition.From the reasons of fiscal decentralization,Chinese style fiscal decentralization,local government competition form,the mechanism of fiscal decentralization affecting government competition,and the economic effect of fiscal decentralization stimulating local government competition,this paper reviews the literature on fiscal decentralization and local government competition.