This study uses the Granger causality model to conduct an empirical analysis of the relationship between the scale of local government debt and urbanization levels. It further ap- plies public economic theory to analyze the internal logical relationships and mechanisms of action governing the relationship between the scale of local government debt and urbanization levels. The study indicates that the scale of local government debt is a Granger cause of urbanization levels, and that the two exhibit a long-term coordinated relationship. In the process of rapid urban de- velopment, the expanding ...