(1) Panel data of local government debt in 30 provinces
1. Data source: self-organization
2. Time span: 2012-2018
3. Regional scope: 30 provinces across the country (except Tibet)
4. Indicator description:
Some indicators are as follows:
Debt ratio (proportion of local government debt balance in each province's GDP), and per capita GDP growth rate, import and export investment ratio, industrial structure ratio, urbanization rate, fixed asset investment ratio, etc.
(2) Fiscal revenue and expenditure and government fiscal transparency data of prefecture-level cities
1. Data source: local statistical bureaus, "Research Report on Fiscal Transparency of Municipal Governments in China"
2. Time span: 2013-2019 (fiscal revenue and expenditure data of prefecture-level cities in China), 2013-2019 (research report on fiscal transparency of Chinese municipal governments)
3. Regional scope: 293 prefecture-level cities across the country
4. Indicator description:
Part of the data is as follows:
(3) Fiscal expenditure and income gap between urban and rural areas
1. Data sources: local statistical bureaus, independent calculations
2. Time span: 2007-2016 (local finance), 2007-2016 (national finance), 1981-2016 (Gini coefficient), 2013-2016 (disposable income)
3. Regional scope: nationwide
4. Indicator description:
Data are as follows:
(4) Government debt data of provinces, prefecture-level cities
1. Data sources: provincial statistical yearbooks, city statistical yearbooks, audit bureaus, third parties
2. Time span: 2000-2016
3. Regional scope: nationwide
4. Indicator description: The data includes GDP, per capita income and government debt of prefecture-level cities in each province
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