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Table 7 Robustness test of the influence of central policy

From: Institutional inertia, local leadership turnover, and changes in the structure of fiscal expenditure

 

Governor

Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Economic construction

Science, education, culture, and health

Public security

Economic construction

Science, education, culture, and health

Public security

Length of governor’s term

0.225***

0.007***

− 0.003

0.147***

0.004*

− 0.003

The absolute deviation between the local and central expenditure structure (previous period)

− 3.082**

− 0.564*

− 3.477***

− 4.150***

− 0.660**

− 4.054***

Control variable

Control

Control

Control

Control

Control

Control

Time effect

Control

Control

Control

Control

Control

Control

Individual effect

Control

Control

Control

Control

Control

Control

  1. (1) *p < 0.1, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01. (2) The table shows the coefficient results of the core explanatory variables in each regression. The control variables at the local leader level are used in Table 2, and the control variables related to provincial economic and social development are controlled during the regression process