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Effects of One-Sided Fiscal Decentralization on Environmental Efficiency of Chinese Provinces

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  • Hang XIONG
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    China's actual fiscal decentralization is one-sided: while public expenditures are largely decentralized, fiscal revenues are recentralized after 1994. One critical consequence of the actual system is the creation of significant fiscal imbalances at sub-national level. This paper investigates empirically effects of fiscal imbalances on environmental performance of Chinese provinces. First, environmental efficiency scores of Chinese provinces are calculated with SFA for the period from 2005 to 2010. Then, these scores are regressed against two fiscal imbalance indicators in a second stage model. Finally, conditional EE scores are calculated. This paper finds that effects of fiscal imbalances on EE are nonlinear and conditional on economic development level. Fiscal imbalances are more detrimental to environment in less developed provinces. These results suggest that the one-sided fiscal decentralization in China may have regressive environmental effects and contribute to regional disparity in terms of sustainable development.

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    Paper provided by CERDI in its series Working Papers with number 201208.

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    Date of creation: 2012
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    Handle: RePEc:cdi:wpaper:1328

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    Keywords: Chinese provinces; Decentralization; Environmental efficiency; SFA;

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