Fiscal Incentives, Public Spending, and Productivity - County-Level Evidence from a Chinese Province

World Development

Volumn 46, Issue , 2013, Pages 92-103

  Brehm, Stefan ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Economic efficiency; Fiscal decentralization; Public spending; Spatial dependence

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; INCOME; INVESTMENT INCENTIVE; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC SPENDING;

CHINA;

EID: 84876438792     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.01.029     Document Type: Article

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