The logic of basic education provision and public goods preferences in Chinese fiscal federalism

Wu, Alfred M.

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0225299

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“…In GMM estimation, lagged regressors are introduced into the model as instrumental variables to eliminate the reverse causality problem. One- to three- period lagged values of FDI are included as instruments (Wu, 2019; Wu and Lin, 2012) in the present study. The Sargan test is employed to examine the overidentifying restrictions and the Arellano-Bond test is employed to examine the autocorrelation problem.…”

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International tax competition and foreign direct investment in the Asia–Pacific region: a panel data analysis

2020

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PurposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate how a country's competitive tax policy influences its inward foreign direct investments (FDI) in the Asia–Pacific region, even when given particular constraints (e.g., population, public governance, skilled labor, and so on) exist.Design/methodology/approachThe paper uses the system GMM estimation approach to test the hypothesis. Data on FDI, corporate income tax, and various confounding factors were drawn from Ernst and Young's worldwide corporate tax guide, the World Bank, and other sources to create a panel of 28 economies over the period 2000–2016.FindingsThe present research confirms the negative association between corporate income tax (CIT) and FDI inflows. The effects of other confounding factors on FDI net inflows are also supported (e.g., connectivity, GDP per capita, population, skilled labor, and trade openness). Our results support the argument that foreign investments may be more sensitive to CIT. Therefore, CIT is an effective indicator to observe international tax competition.Originality/valueThe present research uses rich data on statutory CIT and other economic and public governance factors to investigate the relationship between tax competition and FDI inflows in the Asia–Pacific region. The findings add important supplements to the nuanced understanding of the political-economic dynamics in this region, especially when cut-throat tax competition, trade tensions, and stagnant economic growth have been key challenges for global economies.

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“…This paper first contributes to the literature evaluating fiscal decentralization's impact. The majority of research in this area has concentrated on the effects on economic growth [4,5], local tax enforcement [32], government quality [33], the size of government [34], public spending [6], public debt [35], intergovernmental fiscal relations [36], students education outcomes [37], intra-provincial inequality [38], public service [39], and so on. Despite this evidence, little effort has been devoted to detecting the effect of fiscal decentralization on regional development strategy.…”

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Like the new and hate the old: The impact of fiscal decentralization on regional development strategy

2022

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This paper evaluates the impact of China’s fiscal decentralization reform, namely the “Province-Managing-County” (PMC) fiscal reform, on local governments’ regional development strategy using county-level data in China covering 2000 to 2013. Surprisingly, after implementing the PMC fiscal reform, local governments will adjust their strategy of supporting zombie firms and attracting new firms, indicating that fiscal decentralization has changed the regional development strategies of local governments. We perform a difference-in-differences (DID) analysis and find that the PMC fiscal reform materially induces an average rise of 0.131 in newly added firms, an average decline of 0.383 in zombie firms, and no significant change in other firms. There is a pronounced substitution effect between zombie firms and newly added firms. We also find evidence supporting this argument: the government’s subsidy, tax treatment, and financial support. Our study provides empirical evidence that local governments’ regional development strategies can be affected by fiscal decentralization.

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“…In addition, farmers' demand for public goods is expressed through ve levels of agency, from central government o cials to provincial government o cials to township government o cials, which not only increases agency costs but also makes it easier for governments at all levels to perform their functions in a self-serving manner, without fully integrating the actual needs of rural people. Finally, this leads to agency failure, resulting in a disconnect or imbalance between supply and demand for rural public goods [20] .…”

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Health Communication and Popularization in the Context of Epidemic Era: Preferences of the Chinese General Population

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2021

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Background In the current era of big data, it is critical to address people's demand for health science knowledge. At present, the traditional mode of communicating scientific health knowledge and information technology are interchangeable, resulting in the emergence of a new mode of communicating health science knowledge. To publicize health education and popular science knowledge in a targeted way, to meet the public's needs, and to understand how the public's demand for subjects, contents, and forms of health science service has changed in the epidemic era, the investigation of public's demand for health information and popular science knowledge was conducted. Objective This study aims to understand the differences in demand for health science popularization service providers, contents, channels, forms, and facilities among Chinese citizens with different genders, ages, education levels, economic conditions, and living environments, and to provide reasonable recommendations for developing health science popularization. Methods Questionnaire Star was used to conduct a large sample of random online surveys. In Wuhan, Hubei Province, 2184 questionnaires were issued, 8 invalid questionnaires were eliminated, and 2176 were recovered, with an effective rate of 99.6%. IBM SPSS Statistics 20 was utilized to analyze the survey data. Results (1) In health science popularization service providers selected by the public, the proportion of government departments or government collaboration with other institutions exceeded 73%, indicating that health science popularization services are public goods; (2) access to health science popularization services was lower in township areas than in urban areas (P < 0.001); (3) internet media and communicating with acquaintances, which have the highest popularity rate, were also the two channels that were least trusted by the public; and (4) the differences in contents and service channels of health science popularization among residents with different genders, ages, education levels, economic status, and living environments were statistically significant. Conclusions (1) It is recommended to establish an integrated health science popularization service model with multi-center supply. Government departments, medical institutions, and media should cooperate effectively to provide health science popularization services. (2) The government should pay attention to the fairness of health education and strengthen the supply of health science popularization services in township areas. (3) It is critical to strengthen the public's ability to discriminate network information and pay attention to scientific thinking cultivation. (4) Health science popularization service providers must focus on the differences between public demands and improve the connotation of health science services.

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The logic of basic education provision and public goods preferences in Chinese fiscal federalism

Cited by 7 publications

References 54 publications

International tax competition and foreign direct investment in the Asia–Pacific region: a panel data analysis

International tax competition and foreign direct investment in the Asia–Pacific region: a panel data analysis

Like the new and hate the old: The impact of fiscal decentralization on regional development strategy

Health Communication and Popularization in the Context of Epidemic Era: Preferences of the Chinese General Population

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