题目：Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Development: Evidence from Chinese Counties

时间：2016年5月20日 星期五     12:00 – 13:30

地点：明德主楼714

报告人：刘畅

摘要：This paper empirically identifies fiscal decentralization’s casual effect on economic development in transitional China from 1985 to 1992. In 1985, China’s central government re-arranged its fiscal contract with each province. Our approach exploits this exogenous shock to instrument county-level fiscal decentralization. We find that fiscal decentralization promotes China’s county-level industrial output. Further examinations suggest that the entry of private and FDI enterprises might be the potential mechanism.

报告人简介：刘畅，北京大学光华管理学院应用经济系博士候选人。研究成果发表于Journal of Comparative Economics、International Tax and Public Finance等刊物。目前的研究兴趣为公共经济学、发展经济学、政治经济学和经济史。