A Study on the Effect of Partner Assistance Policy on Promoting the Economic Growth of Recipient Areas: Based on a Quasi-natural Experiment of Inter-provincial Partner Assistance in Tibet
WANG Lei
School of Economics, Shandong Normal University,Jinan 250358, China
Abstract：
Partner assistance is an important regional policy to promote regional coordinated development in China, and it is a regional cooperation mechanism with Chinese characteristics. This paper theoretically analyzes the mechanism of partner assistance policy in promoting the economic growth of recipient areas. Based on the balanced panel data of 43 prefecture-level cities in 10 provinces of western China from 1991 to 2017, this paper uses the double difference-in-differences method to empirically verify the effect of partner assistance policies of 17 provinces and cities on Tibet’s economic growth. The study reveals that the policy of partner assistance to Tibet has significantly promoted Tibet’s economic growth, but its growth effect has a certain degree of regional difference. Compared with the relatively backward regions of Tibet, the positive impact of the policy of partner assistance on the relatively developed regions of Tibet is more obvious. Therefore, Supporter and recipient should strengthen communication and cooperation, reasonably identify projects of partner assistance, and improve the accuracy of the use of resources of partner assistance and resource allocation efficiency. They should give full play to the additional economic effects of the policy of partner assistance, promote the endogenous development momentum of Tibet, optimize distribution of partner assistance, and coordinate the use of resources of partner assistance. The comprehensive assessment and evaluation mechanism for the performance of the policy of partner assistance also should be improved.
WANG Lei.A Study on the Effect of Partner Assistance Policy on Promoting the Economic Growth of Recipient Areas: Based on a Quasi-natural Experiment of Inter-provincial Partner Assistance in Tibet[J] Economic Survey, 2021,V38(4): 3-12
2021 
