Passive Reaction and Active Choice:How National Land Supervision Inhibits Urban Expansion
The land system is a significant factor affecting urban expansion.This paper empirically analyzes whether and how National Land Supervision inhibits urban expansion by regarding the establishment of National Land Supervision System as a quasi-natural experiment and using a dataset of 287 cities at and above the prefecture-level from 2000 to 2021.The study finds that National Land Supervision effectively curbs urban expansion,with the expansion speed of the inspected cities decreasing by approximately 5.3％.Mechanism analysis suggests that the restraining effect of National Land Supervision on urban expansion is mainly achieved by"passive reaction",i.e.deterring the urban governments to promote the marketization level of land transfer,curbing illegal land use,and correcting the strategic allocation of land,and"active choice",i.e.encouraging urban governments reducing the growth targets and improving land use efficiency.Heterogeneity analysis shows that both"passive reaction"and"active choice"exhibit spatial heterogeneity:cities far from the coast,with high land dependence,and with shorter tenures of the municipal party secretaries exhibit a more substantial"passive reaction effect."In contrast,cities located near the coast,with low land dependence,and with longer tenures of the municipal party secretaries show a more substantial"active choice effect"This paper provides new empirical evidence for a deeper understanding of the economic effect of the National Land Supervision system,and has some inspiration for promoting the modernization of urban governance.
National Land SupervisionUrban ExpansionPassive ReactionActive Choice
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