TITLE:
Research on the Structure of Public Fiscal Expenditure Based on the Cluster Analysis Methods
AUTHORS:
Qingjie Liu, Dexiao Ren
KEYWORDS:
Structure of Public Fiscal Expenditure, Factor Analysis, Cluster Analysis
JOURNAL NAME:
Modern Economy,
Vol.6 No.6,
June
16,
2015
ABSTRACT: The paper extracts the principal component of China’sexpenditure per capita of local government based on the factor and cluster
analysis method, to determine the structure of fiscal expenditure by category of
basic services, senior services, economics, resource protection factor, etc. Then
the paper analyzes the regional differences in the distribution of fiscal expenditure
structure based on the systematic cluster analysis method. The conclusion is that
Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai are the advanced service category of expenditure growth
pole, which drives around cities’ technology as well as education spending, and
promotes regional economic growth.