Chinese Urban Land Finance and Green Space Panel Data

Panel data from 284 Chinese prefecture-level cities covers the years 2005 to 2022. The dataset measures land finance dependency and urban green space supply, compiled by author Liu for academic research. It was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze the 'inverted U-shaped' relationship between the land_finance_dependency metric and urban_green_space supply using two-way fixed effects models.
• Test mediation effects of infrastructure_investment_level and real_estate_investment_level columns on the primary land finance-green space relationship.
• Conduct subgroup regression analysis to compare impact intensities across eastern, central, western, and northeastern region codes.
• Model the stage-specific transition between 'promotion' and 'inhibition' effects of land finance on green spaces over the 17-year time_range.

Strengths

• Panel data spans 17 years from 2005 to 2022.
• Covers 284 distinct prefecture-level city units.
• Empirical analysis employs multiple econometric models including mediation effect testing.

Limitations

• Small file size of 573.4 KB suggests limited raw data or aggregated summary statistics.
• Specific column names and row counts are not provided, limiting reproducibility.
• Focus is exclusively on China, limiting generalizability to other governance contexts.

Provenance

Source

Author Liu, shared via figshare.

Collection Method

Constructed from publicly available city-level panel data, with dependency and green space metrics reasonably measured.

Time Range

2005 to 2022

Freshness

Data updated to 2022, with metadata last updated in April 2026.

Geography

284 prefecture-level cities in China.