This paper investigates the effect of local government intervention on capital deepening of manufacturing sector by using interprovincial panel data sets of 28 Chinese provinces,municipalities and autonomous regions b...This paper investigates the effect of local government intervention on capital deepening of manufacturing sector by using interprovincial panel data sets of 28 Chinese provinces,municipalities and autonomous regions between 1994 and 2011.Theoretical research indicates that as a transitional economy,China's local government intervention in corporate investment behaviors will cause excessive investment,thus bringing about a long-term and sustained tendency of capital deepening in manufacturing sector.Empirical test further discovers that in a certain range,the phenomenon of capital deepening in manufacturing sector is not an inevitable result endogenous to economic development and technology progress,and that investment behaviors of manufacturing sector are largely subject to the external institutional environment.Fiscal decentralization has indeed promoted capital deepening of manufacturing sector.Financial credit expansion and interventions in SOEs are major instruments for local governments to intervene in the capital deepening of manufacturing sector and such an influence is particularly significant for China's central,western and northeast regions.Therefore,clarifying government functions and improving local government performance review mechanism are of great significance to the healthy development of China's manufacturing sector.展开更多
The fiscal system is an important part of national economic management and deals with the division of financial responsibility and power, regulates and defines the fiscal activities among different levels of governmen...The fiscal system is an important part of national economic management and deals with the division of financial responsibility and power, regulates and defines the fiscal activities among different levels of governments. The changes in economic system and economic structure decide the changes of fiscal function and fiscal structure, which results in the changes in intergovernmental distribution form and local government behavior. This paper takes a look at the stages of China's fiscal reform process and the impacts on local government behavior, and tries to find measures for perfecting the fiscal system reform to optimize local government behavior and guarantee a healthy national economy.展开更多
党的十八届五中全会提出绿色新发展理念后,地方政府在促进企业绿色转型过程中担负重要职责。基于2015-2021年中国A股上市公司数据,将绿色地方政府专项债(简称绿色专项债)发行信息与企业环境、社会和公司治理(Environmental,Social and G...党的十八届五中全会提出绿色新发展理念后,地方政府在促进企业绿色转型过程中担负重要职责。基于2015-2021年中国A股上市公司数据,将绿色地方政府专项债(简称绿色专项债)发行信息与企业环境、社会和公司治理(Environmental,Social and Governance,简称ESG)评分数据匹配,通过构建多时点双重差分模型实证检验发行绿色专项债对企业ESG评分的影响。研究发现,绿色专项债的发行显著提高了企业ESG评分,这一结论经过一系列稳健性检验后依然成立。进一步研究发现,该促进作用不仅通过提高企业绿色管理和绿色技术创新水平实现,还存在诱发企业“漂绿”自身报表的风险。此外,该促进作用在企业所处行业、所有制和所在地财政压力方面呈现出显著的异质性。基于上述结论,将地方政府专项债和绿色发展理念相联系、进一步推广绿色专项债,对发挥地方政府在环境治理中的作用和推动企业绿色转型具有重要意义。展开更多
基金funded by Humanities and Social Sciences Research Youth Foundation Program of the Ministry of Education:Challenges of Workforce Absorption of Manufacturing Sector and Solutions-Perspective Based on Capital Deepening(Approval No.12YJC790034)
文摘This paper investigates the effect of local government intervention on capital deepening of manufacturing sector by using interprovincial panel data sets of 28 Chinese provinces,municipalities and autonomous regions between 1994 and 2011.Theoretical research indicates that as a transitional economy,China's local government intervention in corporate investment behaviors will cause excessive investment,thus bringing about a long-term and sustained tendency of capital deepening in manufacturing sector.Empirical test further discovers that in a certain range,the phenomenon of capital deepening in manufacturing sector is not an inevitable result endogenous to economic development and technology progress,and that investment behaviors of manufacturing sector are largely subject to the external institutional environment.Fiscal decentralization has indeed promoted capital deepening of manufacturing sector.Financial credit expansion and interventions in SOEs are major instruments for local governments to intervene in the capital deepening of manufacturing sector and such an influence is particularly significant for China's central,western and northeast regions.Therefore,clarifying government functions and improving local government performance review mechanism are of great significance to the healthy development of China's manufacturing sector.
基金This paper is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 70373051). The authors are grateful to Penny Prime for helpful discussion.
文摘The fiscal system is an important part of national economic management and deals with the division of financial responsibility and power, regulates and defines the fiscal activities among different levels of governments. The changes in economic system and economic structure decide the changes of fiscal function and fiscal structure, which results in the changes in intergovernmental distribution form and local government behavior. This paper takes a look at the stages of China's fiscal reform process and the impacts on local government behavior, and tries to find measures for perfecting the fiscal system reform to optimize local government behavior and guarantee a healthy national economy.
文摘党的十八届五中全会提出绿色新发展理念后,地方政府在促进企业绿色转型过程中担负重要职责。基于2015-2021年中国A股上市公司数据,将绿色地方政府专项债(简称绿色专项债)发行信息与企业环境、社会和公司治理(Environmental,Social and Governance,简称ESG)评分数据匹配,通过构建多时点双重差分模型实证检验发行绿色专项债对企业ESG评分的影响。研究发现,绿色专项债的发行显著提高了企业ESG评分,这一结论经过一系列稳健性检验后依然成立。进一步研究发现,该促进作用不仅通过提高企业绿色管理和绿色技术创新水平实现,还存在诱发企业“漂绿”自身报表的风险。此外,该促进作用在企业所处行业、所有制和所在地财政压力方面呈现出显著的异质性。基于上述结论,将地方政府专项债和绿色发展理念相联系、进一步推广绿色专项债,对发挥地方政府在环境治理中的作用和推动企业绿色转型具有重要意义。