财政分权体制下的地方财政支出效率

应用随机前沿技术分析方法和全国各省1998-2002年间相关统计资料,研究了由于区位和政策因素所导致的差异性。分析认为,中西部地区地方政府财政支出的相对规模扩大不利于生产效率的提高,这与东部地区地方政府财政支出效应正好相反。分析结果表明,为实现财政均衡式发展,应对中西部地区的地方财政在选择优势产业、增加基础设施建设、资本积累和人力资源等方面加以特殊对待。

Efficiency of local fiscal expenditure in China

Local governments play important roles in local economic development under the fiscal federalism. The efficiency of local government expenditure, however, is various in different areas because of the resources distribution. This paper uses a stochastic production frontier analysis and statistical data from China＇s provinces to show these differences. The result indicates that the growth of relative scale of government expenditure cannot enhance the productive efficiency in west regions of China. On the contra- ry, the power of government expenditure in promoting productive efficiency is opposite to that in the east. Therefore, the authors believe that in order to realize the balanced financial development, special strategies should be chosen in selecting priority industries, increasing infrastructure construction and collecting capital and human resources in China＇s west and east.