管理评论 ›› 2023, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (11): 3-15.

• 经济与金融管理 •    下一篇

财政纵向失衡影响地方政府财政支出效率吗?——兼论财政透明度的调节效应

何文盛, 郭蕾蕾, 张国兴   

  1. 兰州大学管理学院, 兰州 730000
  • 收稿日期:2022-07-14 出版日期:2023-11-28 发布日期:2023-12-27
  • 通讯作者: 张国兴(通讯作者),兰州大学管理学院教授,博士生导师,博士。
  • 作者简介:何文盛,兰州大学管理学院教授,博士生导师,博士;郭蕾蕾,兰州大学管理学院,硕士。
  • 基金资助:
    国家社会科学基金重大项目(22&ZD089)。

Do Fiscal Vertical Imbalances Affect Local Fiscal Expenditure Efficiency?——A Concurrent Discussion on the Moderating Effect of Fiscal Transparency

He Wensheng, Guo Leilei, Zhang Guoxing   

  1. School of Management, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000
  • Received:2022-07-14 Online:2023-11-28 Published:2023-12-27

摘要: 调整央地财权关系和提高地方政府财政支出效率是缓解地方债务风险和优化地方治理方式的重要手段,也是推进财政体制改革实现国家治理现代化的重要内容。本文在厘清财政纵向失衡影响地方政府财政支出效率的理论逻辑以及财政透明度如何调节这一关系的基础上,采用2010—2019年中国省级政府的面板数据进行实证分析。研究结果表明:现阶段财政纵向失衡推高了地方政府财政支出效率,且存在区域差异,财政透明度则可以正向调节财政纵向失衡程度对财政支出效率的影响程度。因此,应该从严格预算管理制度、加强公众监督和加大信息公开力度、调整地方官员激励机制三个角度出发来提高地方政府财政支出效率。

关键词: 财政纵向失衡, 财政透明度, 地方政府财政支出效率, 调节效应

Abstract: Adjusting the relationship between central and local financial power and improving the efficiency of local fiscal expenditure are not only important means to alleviate local debt risks and improve local governance methods, but also an important part of the deepening fiscal-system reform for national governance modernization. Starting from clarifying the theoretical logic of how vertical fiscal imbalance affects the efficiency of local fiscal expenditure and how fiscal transparency regulates this relationship, this paper conducts an empirical analysis based on panel data of Chinese provincial governments in the period of 2010-2019. The research shows that the current fiscal vertical imbalance promotes the efficiency of fiscal expenditure to a certain extent, though with regional differences, and fiscal transparency can positively adjust the impact of the degree of fiscal vertical imbalance on the efficiency of fiscal expenditure. Therefore, the efficiency of local fiscal expenditure should be improved by tightening budget management system, strengthening public supervision and information disclosure, and adjusting the incentive mechanism of local officials.

Key words: fiscal vertical imbalance, fiscal transparency, local fiscal expenditure efficiency, adjustment effect