Abstract：The reform of“province-directly-administrated county”has become an important measure to reduce the administrative levels and enhance the administrative efficiency. This paper classified 108 counties in Henan Province into three types, namely province-governing county, city-governing county and expansion county, and then analyzed the development efficiency of counties of different types by DEA model, and researched the impact of expansion policies on the industrial structure and output of counties based on the econometric model. The results show that: (1) The reform of“province-directly-administrated county”has a significant effect on the economic efficiency improvement of the counties in lower development level; (2) Counties with larger proportion of economy and poorer initial development bases have better performance after being directly managed by province; (3) The decentralization of economic management has promoted the growth of the county, and decentralization of social management has inhibited the growth, while the reform of“provincedirectly-administrated county”has positive effect on the economic growth; (4) We should carry out the reform of “province-directly-administrated county”in the counties with poor initial development base, with a larger proportion of economy in central cities and with long distance from central cities.
Keyword：Province-Directly-Administrated County; Economic Growth; Development Efficiency; Industrial Structure; Henan Province;
【source】Economic Survey2017年03期
