Efficient Scale of Local Government in China: Quantile Regression Approach to County-Level Data
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Keywords
Efficient scale; Local government; Quantile regression; China;JEL classification:
- H40 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - General
- H72 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Budget and Expenditures
- R51 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Finance in Urban and Rural Economies
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ALL-2014-04-11 (All new papers)
- NEP-GER-2014-04-11 (German Papers)
- NEP-PBE-2014-04-11 (Public Economics)
- NEP-TRA-2014-04-11 (Transition Economics)
- NEP-URE-2014-04-11 (Urban & Real Estate Economics)
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