住房价格是否阻碍了地区创新——基于中国285个地级市的空间计量研究

Dose Housing Price Impede Regional Innovation?——A Spatial Econometric Study of 285 Prefecture-level Cities in China

基于中国285个地级市的面板数据,并运用空间计量模型实证考察住房价格影响地区创新的机制。基于三类权重的空间计量检验表明:地区创新具有明显的空间溢出效应;地级市层面的住房价格不仅没有对地区创新产生抑制效应,在一定程度上还提升了地区创新;商品房实际价格每上涨1个标准差,将引致地区创新水平提高0.07个标准差;住房价格对地区创新的促进效应在地区经济发展水平更高、产业结构更合理、城市规模更大、人口密度较高、交通基础设施更完善、信息化程度较高、政府科技支出力度更大的地区更强。文章研究结论对澄清住房价格与创新的关系问题具有重要的学术价值和实践意义。

This paper uses spatial panel econometric models to assess the effect of housing price on regional innovation based on panel data of 285 prefecture-level cities from 2003 to 2014 in China. Spatial econometric tests show the regional innovation has obvious spatial spillover effects, based on three kinds of spatial weights; Housing price for prefecture-level cities in China doesn＇t inhibit re- gional innovation, but, instead, promotes regional innovation to a certain extent; If commercial housing real price increases by one standard deviation, regional innovation can be increased by 0. 162 8 standard deviation. The driving effect of housing price on regional innovation has a remarkable spatial heterogeneity, which means that housing price has a stronger role in promoting regional innovation in areas with higher degree of economic development and industrial structure, relatively larger scale and higher population density, better infrastructure, and those with a local government supporting science and technology more actively. The conclusion of this paper has an important academic value and practical significance to clarify the relationship between housing prices and regional innovation.