The Impacts of Political and Administrative Factors on Service Economy in China:A Cross City Analysis
The Chinese economy is characterized by relative underdevelopment of the services sector.This paper attempts to identify political as well as economic determinants behind the underdevelopment of the service economy in China by explaining the variation of the services sector as a share of GDP across Chinese cities.It is found that the variation is shaped mainly by political factors, while economic factors play only a secondary role.Two political and administrative factors are crucial: administrative rank of city and the city-managing-county (CMC) system.The statistical results indicate that other things being equal, the highera city ranks in Chinas administrative hierarchy, the larger proportion of the citys GDP derive from the services sector.And the more people a city administers, the higher share of service economy in GDP the city proper has.Market forces like employment in the private sector and foreign direct investment have much less explanatory power than the above two political factors.These findings suggest that a de-emphasis, if not an abolishment, of the CMC system and the hierarchical city system, would do much good for the development of service economy in China.
Service economy Administrative status of cities The city managing county system China
ZHANG Guang TANG Jinxu
Xiamen University
国际会议
The 1st Chinese Conference on Comparative Political Economy (第一届比较政治经济学国际学术会议)
北京
英文
276-292
2013-09-08（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）