The impact of fiscal transfer on public goods provision: cross county analysis of Shanxi province, China 1994---2005.

Duan, Haiyan.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 79-83).Abstracts also in Chinese.LIST OF FIGURES --- p.viLIST OF TABLES --- p.viiChapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1Chapter 1.1 --- Research Question --- p.1Chapter 1.2 --- Approach and Methods --- p.4Chapter 1.3 --- Structure of the Thesis --- p.7Chapter Chapter 2 --- Literature Review --- p.8Chapter 2.1 --- Provision of Public Goods as a Governmental Function --- p.8Chapter 2.2 --- The Design and Practice of Fiscal Transfer --- p.11Chapter Chapter 3 --- China´ةs Fiscal Institution --- p.20Chapter 3.1 --- "The Drop of “Two Ratios"", and 1994 Fiscal Reform" --- p.20Chapter 3.2 --- Post-1994 System and the Intergovernmental Fiscal Relation --- p.23Chapter 3.3 --- The Finance of Public Goods Provision --- p.37Chapter 3.4 --- Fiscal Institution below Province --- p.45Chapter Chapter 4 --- The Impact of Fiscal Transfer on Public Goods Provision: Cross-county Analysis of Shanxi --- p.52Chapter 4.1 --- The Equalization Effect of Fiscal Transfer --- p.54Chapter 4.2 --- The Impact of Fiscal Transfer on County Governments´ة Preference of Expenditure --- p.58Chapter Chapter 5 --- Conclusion --- p.75REFRENCES --- p.7