摘要
本文从理论和实证两方面考察了中国式分权背景下地方财政支出对环境质量的影响。分析认为,财政支出既能以提供环境公共服务的方式直接作用于环境质量,也能通过经济发展对环境质量产生间接影响,其净环境效应取决于两种影响的方向与大小,并且存在显著的地区差别。进一步地,本文构建了由增长方程和环境方程共同组成的动态面板模型,采用中国286个城市2003-2011年的数据,实证检验了以上理论假设。结果显示,地方财政支出目前无法为环境质量带来正向的直接影响;间接影响居于主要地位,且与地区经济收入水平高度相关。对中国绝大多数城市而言,财政支出的净环境效应目前均为负向,具体来看,财政支出规模增长对东部地区环境质量的总体影响为负,在中西部地区则为正,但程度上不及前者。
This paper both theoretically and empirically investigates the impact of local government spending on the environment under the institutional background of China＇s fiscal decentralization. Our analysis suggests that local fiscal expenditure could generate not only direct environmental effects by providing environmental public service, but also indirect ones through economic development. Codetermined by the direction and extent of bothinfluences above, tile net effects of local government spending would present significant regional differences. Using municipal data fiom 2003 to 2011 in China, our empirical study, based on a two equation dynamic panel model, provides strong evidence for the theoretical implication. The results indicate that local public spending could not cast any positive direct impact on environment quality, and the indirect impact, taking up a major position, is highly correlated to the levels of local economy. For the vast majority of cities in China, the net environmental effects of fiscal expenditure have proved to be negative at the present stage. Specifically, the growth of local fiscal spending may deteriorate the environment quality in eastern China, while having a positive but weaker effect for central and western areas.
出处
《财贸经济》
CSSCI
北大核心
2014年第2期30-43,74,共15页
Finance & Trade Economics
基金
暨南大学"宁静致远工程远航计划"(12GNYH004)
关键词
地方财政支出
环境质量
直接效应
间接效应
Local Fiscal Expenditure, Environmental Effect, Direct Effect, Indirect Effect
作者简介
冯海波，教授、博士生导师；
方元子,暨南大学经济学院财税系博士研究生
