Fiscal pressure and carbon intensity: A quasi-natural experiment based on education authority reform

M Xue, A Razzaq, S Afshan, X Yang - Energy Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
Local governments are experiencing a sharp increase in fiscal pressures because of the
slowdown in economic shifts and the external shock of COVID-19. Existing research is …

Drivers of local government borrowing in China: Fiscal hunger and competition game under asymmetric decentralization

Y Xu, J Liang, Y Wu - Applied Geography, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper contributes two mechanisms through which asymmetric fiscal decentralization
drives local government borrowing:'fiscal hunger'(borrowing to address budgetary fiscal …

Spatial interactions in local public debt. Evidence from Poland

M Banaszewska - Economics and Business Review, 2023 - ceeol.com
The aim of the paper is to investigate spatial interactions among the debt of 2,442
municipalities in Poland over the period 2005–2020. Using dynamic spatial Durbin model …

[HTML][HTML] China's Housing Crisis: Will it end?

J Abdinoor - jakeabdinoor.com
China's housing industry drives one-third of its economy, yet the sector is in a crisis. In this
article, I argue that China's housing market crisis is a perpetual phenomenon due to China's …