内容提要: 本文在中国的政治经济体制的框架内解释了改革以来, 尤其是上世纪90
年代以来中国在建设和改善物质基础设施上所取得的显著成就. 文章依据现有的文献和省级面板 …

内容提要: 本文研究了分权背景下的财政体制和政府治理对非经济性公共物品供给的影响.
实证研究发现, 财政分权显著且可观地降低了基础教育的质量, 也减少了城市公用设施的供给 …

I provide a critical overview of the literature on political decentralization. After reviewing first-
and second-generation theories of federalism, I describe recent empirical studies focusing …

Decentralisation, which sends power and resources from the Central to local governments,
comes with several theoretical promises. One such promise is the improvement in local …

本文采用CGSS (2006) 数据, 评估了政府质量对居民幸福感的影响. 研究发现:(1)
政府质量显著影响了居民幸福感, 其对居民幸福感的促增效应远远高于经济增长.(2) 政府效率 …

Political scientists have long classified systems of government as parliamentary or
presidential, two-party or multiparty, and so on. But such distinctions often fail to provide …

Fiscal decentralization may indeed have a direct impact on economic growth but the
theoretical underpinnings for this relationship remain largely undeveloped. A fair summary …

We provide a new compilation of data on ethnic, linguistic, and religious composition at the
subnational level for a large number of countries. Using these data, we measure …

Why are some countries less corrupt and better governed than others? Challenging
conventional explanations on the remarkable differences in quality of government …

How does political decentralization affect the frequency and costliness of bribe extraction by
corrupt officials? Previous empirical studies, using subjective indexes of perceived …