Promotion Incentive, Official Characteristics, and Local Debt Scale

摘要

Since the reform of tax sharing system, the scale of local government debt in China has been expanding, which has attracted more and more attention. Many scholars have studied the causes of debt scale expansion. This paper mainly combines the micro level and macro level, and studies the relationship between the characteristics of local government officials and debt scale from the perspective of promotion incentive. The research finds that the age, education level, political identity and debt scale of local government officials are negatively related, the relationship between period and debt scale is not significant and uncertain, and the specific reasons need further analysis. The study of this paper will enrich the cause analysis of the scale of local government debt, and this paper also puts forward relevant policy recommendations, which has a certain reference role.