Payment Transfer, Regional Disparities and Economic Development:An Empirical Analysis Based on Panel Data

Abstract

基于中国分省面板数据,本文对政府间转移支付与地区发展差距和经济增长之间的关系进行实证研究。结果显示转移支付在地区间的分布具有"马太效应",越是富裕的地区,得到的转移支付量越多,转移支付没有发挥缩小地区间发展差距的作用。在转移支付的三个组成部分中,专项转移支付和税收返还扩大了地区发展差距;财力性转移支付有助于缩小地区发展差距,并且推动经济增长的效率最高。 Using Chinese provincial panel Data , we investigate the relationships among inter2governments transfer , regional disparities and economic development . It is very surprising that transfer between districts shows strong Matthew Effect , that is , richer districts get more transfer from centre government . It doesn’t help narrow the regional development gap. In three components of transfer , special transfer and tax return widen regional development disparities ; on the contrary , financial transfer does achieve the desired goal , and most efficiently promotes economic development .本研究得到国家社会科学基金(05BJY090) 资