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Excessive Government Fee Collection in China

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  • Shuanglin Lin

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There are several thousand administrative and operating fees, compared to 23 taxes in China. Excessive fee collections are largely targeted at business enterprises and farmers. The growth of fee collection resulted from the increase in the gap between government expenditures and revenues, the self‐collection and self‐utilization policy, and weak law enforcement. Excessive fee collection tends to reduce businesses’investment incentive, aggravate income inequality, breed corruption, and distort the fiscal system. Fee reduction is not possible if the government size and revenue shortage problems of local governments persist. Policy options such as cutting government size are recommended. (JEL H20, H87, P35)

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  • Shuanglin Lin, 2005. "Excessive Government Fee Collection in China," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 23(1), pages 91-106, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:coecpo:v:23:y:2005:i:1:p:91-106
    DOI: 10.1093/cep/byi008
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    • H20 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - General
    • H87 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - International Fiscal Issues; International Public Goods
    • P35 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Public Finance

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