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Features, Problems and Reform of County and Township Fiscal Administration System in China
Documentos de TrabalhoJulho 2013Feng XingyuanThat China’s counties and townships are in fiscal predicament is an acknowledged fact. This problem is largely attributed to the current multi-tier fiscal system, the county and township fiscal...
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Fiscal Disparity across Chinese Cities
Documentos de TrabalhoJulho 2013Li Zhang, Fanghua Li, and Xinye ZhengUsing county level data from 2006, we in this paper look at the fiscal disparity as measured by the CV in per capita expenditure at city level. We try to discern factors contributing to this measure...
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China’s Shifting Demographic Geography
Insights from the 2020 CensusDocumentos de TrabalhoFevereiro 2023Douglas Webster, Jianming Cai, Larissa Muller, and Feifei ZhangThis monograph identifies key changes (trends, abrupt changes) in the 21st Century spatial distribution of the Chinese population, based primarily on absolute and relative changes between the 2010 (...
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Plus ça Change
Three Decades of Fiscal Policy and Central-Local Relations in ChinaDocumentos de TrabalhoJunho 2021Christine WongIn China’s decentralised fiscal system, since virtually all vital public services (education, healthcare, social welfare) are provided by local governments, a well-functioning intergovernmental...
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Neighborhood Restructuring, the Built Environment, and Quality of Life in Urban China
A Comparative AnalysisDocumentos de TrabalhoJunho 2021Qiang Fu, Jiaxin Gu, and Piao HanHas China’s urban transformation improved its urban environment in terms of quality of life? If so, how can we reconcile the influx of Chinese migrants who are seeking a better ‘...
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Land Tenure and Children’s Health
Evidence from ChinaDocumentos de TrabalhoJunho 2021Li Fang and Chuanhao TianDoes land tenure improve children’s wellbeing? We answer this question using a natural experiment – the 2003 Land Contract Law in China, which bans land adjustments in villages. This...
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Nationwide Mass Appraisal Modeling in China
Feasibility Analysis for Scalability Given Ad Valorem Property Tax ReformDocumentos de TrabalhoAbril 2019Peadar Davis, Michael McCord, Paul Bidanset, and Margie CusackSince 2003, the Chinese government has considered introducing an annual property tax, and while it selected six pilot cities for experimenting with the viability of a mass appraisal system rollout,...
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Land Conversion and Misallocation Across Cities in China
Documentos de TrabalhoJunho 2019Shihe Fu, Xiaocong Xu, and Junfu ZhangThe Chinese government has been using quotas to control the amount of farmland that can be converted for urban uses in different cities every year. Using a sample of more than 1.5 million land-lease...
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Regional Tax Transfer and Horizontal Tax Assignment in China
Documentos de TrabalhoJunho 2013Weibo Xing and Joyce Yanyun ManThis study investigates the interregional tax mobility in China. Taxes are transferred among provinces mainly through five sources, such as the consolidation of corporate income tax, the regional...
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The Debt Magnitude and Insolvency Risk of Local Financing Platforms in China
Documentos de TrabalhoJunho 2013Yang He and Joyce Yanyun ManPolicy makers and researchers have been debating the financial health of Chinese local government debt after the global financial crisis. However, the lack of transparency makes it difficult to full...