Does Fiscal Decentralization Improve Provision Efficiency of Local Public Goods?

doi:10.13438/j.cnki.jdxb.2017.01.005

Abstract

Abstract: By using SPSS software packet,this paper adopts linear regression analysis method to make positive analysis on public goods influence factor of Beijing Municipality.We find：(1)There is not significant correlativity between fiscal decentralization and provision efficiency of local public goods prior to 1994,on the contrary,there is significant negative correlation between fiscal decentralization and provision efficiency of local public goods after 1995;(2) There is significant negative correlation between GDP and provision efficiency of local public goods prior to 1994,on the contrary,There is significant positive correlation between GDP and provision efficiency of local public goods after1995;(3) There is not significant correlation between population size and provision efficiency of local public goods prior to 1994,on the contrary,There is significant negative correlation between population size and provision efficiency of local public goods after1995.

Key words: fiscal decentralization, local public goods, provision efficiency

CHANG Zhongze. Does Fiscal Decentralization Improve Provision Efficiency of Local Public Goods?[J]. Journal of Jishou University（Social Sciences）, DOI: 10.13438/j.cnki.jdxb.2017.01.005.

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