Table 3 Empirical indicators and thinking
From: Institutional inertia, local leadership turnover, and changes in the structure of fiscal expenditure
“Goals” | Inspection indicators | Empirical thinking | |
|---|---|---|---|
Economic construction | “Strive for the upper end” | Deviation rate of economic construction expenditures from the national average | Examine whether the length of the tenure has a significant positive impact and whether a complete impact mechanism exists |
Public security | “Converge to the average” | The absolute value of the deviation rate of public security expenditures from the national average | Examine whether the length of the tenure has a significant negative impact and whether a complete impact mechanism exists |
Science, Education, Culture, and Health | The absolute value of the deviation rate of science, education, culture, and health expenditures from the national average |