经济理论与经济管理

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ICT发展是否增强地方政府财政回应性*

刘成奎,徐啸   

  1. 刘成奎、徐啸,武汉大学经济与管理学院。
  • 出版日期:2017-08-16 发布日期:2017-09-04
  • 基金资助:
    本文得到国家自然科学基金青年项目 (71503270)的资助。

DOES ICT PROMOTE THE CHINESE LOCAL GOVERNMENT RESPONSIVENESS

LIU Cheng-kui,XU Xiao   

  1. Economics and Management School of Wuhan University
  • Online:2017-08-16 Published:2017-09-04

摘要: 信息不对称导致政府对居民公共服务偏好的回应出现偏离。如何在网络社会下修正这种偏离成为建设服务型政府的重要课题。互联网等ICT技术通过降低信息成本提高政府透明度,有效增强了政府投资公共服务领域的外在约束和内在激励。本文从理论上分析了ICT对政府财政回应的影响机理,寻找政府财政回应的替代变量,并利用中国省级层面面板数据对理论假说加以检验。研究发现:(1)ICT发展加强了民众和中央政府对地方政府的监督,促使地方政府支出偏好由寻租空间更大的基础设施建设转向公共服务;(2)ICT发展增加了社会结构的复杂性,威胁了地方政府晋升考核体系中的社会治理指标,我国使地方政府的支出偏好主动转型;(3)ICT对地方公共服务水平有直接和间接两种影响机制,对东中西部有不同影响。实证结果通过了安慰剂等稳健性检验。本文的政策含义是:促进网信事业发展有助于刺激地方政府向满足居民公共服务需求转型,进而加速服务型政府建设。

关键词: 政府回应 , 网络社会 , ICT , 系统GMM

Abstract: Modern information and communication technologies, such as the Internet, reduce the cost of information to improve government transparency. This can enhance the external constraints and intrinsic motivation in the field of public services. Empirical results pass the placebo test and substitution variable test.Theoretical analysis shows as follows. First, the ICT development strengthens the supervision of the public and the central government to local governments, forcing local government spending preferences to transfer the infrastructure construction to public services. Second, the ICT development increasing the complexity of the social structure, and it threats the promotion of the local government governance, which forces the government to transform the spending preferences. Third, ICT has direct and indirect effect mechanism of local public services, and examining the impact of ICT on the different regions. The policy implication of this paper is to promote the development of the network information industry, and accelerate the serviceoriented government construction.

Key words: government responsiveness , network society , ICT , systematic GMM