Empowering Cities : Good for Growth? Evidence from China

This paper utilizes a countrywide, county-to-city upgrade in the 1990s to identify whether extending the powers of urban local governments leads to better firm outcomes. The paper hypothesizes that since local leaders in newly-promoted cities have...

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Main Authors:	Zhu, T. Juni, Mukim, Megha
Format:	Publications & Research
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO FINANCE ACCOUNTING ADMINISTRATIVE DECENTRALIZATION AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL TAX BANK COMPETITION BANK LOANS BANKS BUDGET CONSTRAINTS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CITIES CITY GOVERNMENTS CITY LEADERS CITY OUTCOMES CITY POPULATION CITY POWER CITY UPGRADING COMMERCIAL BANKS CREDIT ALLOCATION CREDIT CONSTRAINTS DEBT DEBT FINANCING DECENTRALIZATION DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICY EDUCATION LEVEL EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EXPENDITURE FINANCING OBSTACLES GENDER GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES GOVERNMENT POLICY HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INCOME INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT INDUSTRIALIZATION INTERNATIONAL BANK JOB CREATION LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS LOCAL GOVERNMENT SIZE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MAYOR MINISTRY OF FINANCE MUNICIPALITY NEW ENTRANTS OPERATING COST OPERATING COSTS OPERATING REVENUE POLICE POLICY DOCUMENT POLICY MAKERS PREFECTURES PRODUCTIVITY PROVINCE PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC PUBLIC EMPLOYEES PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC FUNDING PUBLIC HOSPITAL PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICE PROVISION PUBLIC SERVICES SALES REVENUES STATE BANKS STRUCTURAL REFORMS SUBNATIONAL SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS SUBNATIONAL REGIONS SURCHARGES TAX TAX COLLECTION TAX REVENUES URBAN CONSTRUCTION URBAN GOVERNANCE URBAN MANAGEMENT URBANIZATION WAGES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/02/23984231/empowering-cities-good-growth-evidence-china http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21448

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21448

Empowering Cities : Good for Growth? Evidence from China

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