From Predator to Debtor: Soft Budget Constraint and the Semi-Planned Administration in Rural China

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العنوان: From Predator to Debtor: Soft Budget Constraint and the Semi-Planned Administration in Rural China
المؤلفون: 劉雅靈, Liu, Yia-Ling
المساهمون: 社會系
سنة النشر: 2012
المجموعة: National Chengchi University Institutional Repository (NCCUIR)
مصطلحات موضوعية: Budget deficits, Public finance, Grass roots movement, Bailouts, Public administration, Deficit financing
الوقت: 50
الوصف: This article explores the institutions of the Chinese semi-planned administration under which the grassroots role of debtors has loomed large and made possible the transition of grassroots cadres from predators to debtors. The institutional features of the semi-panned administration -- the institution of target responsibility, the legacy of cost shifting, and the paternalistic care provided by the socialist state -- together with related policy measures explain the pathology of budget deficits and debt problems at the grassroots level across rural China. An investigation into the public finances of grassroots governments in Wenzhou, Wuxi, and Jianshi illuminates how the Chinese semi-planned administration has shaped individual cadres' calculations and behavior, perpetuated their irresponsible spending, and reproduced local soft budget constraints. This article argues that without an outright revamping of the institutions of the Chinese semi-planned administration, the current practice of simply writing off rural debt through financial bailouts perpetuates soft budget constraints across the countryside.
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اللغة: English
العلاقة: Modern China,38(3), 308-345; http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw//handle/140.119/72273Test
الإتاحة: http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw//handle/140.119/72273Test
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.5CFB4DC8
قاعدة البيانات: BASE