DIFFERENCE OF CHINA'S REGIONAL FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT——BASED ON THE METHOD OF THEIL INDEXES
运用泰尔指数分析了1978-2001年中国区域金融发展的差异，发现总差异主要来自地区间差异，东部地区贡献最大，而地区内差异较小。
According to the method of Theil indexes,the text analyses China's regionally financial development difference among 1978-2001,and decomposition the total difference.The results indicate that total difference of regionally financial development mainly stems from difference among the areas,while the difference of financial development in the areas only forms a small part of the overall difference.As far as the contribution to total difference,the contribution from among the areas is far greater than the contribution in the areas.Eastern area contributes great to total difference,and central and western areas contributes very small to overall difference.The characteristics of regionally financial development difference presented above correlate tightly with the development difference of regional economy,the deepening of the market-based reform,the involvement of the local government in the financial development and the coordinated development policies implemented by central authorities.According to the characteristics of the difference of regionally financial development,we think the coordinated development of finance in China should emphatically reduce the difference among the areas.