互联网发展对经济增长的影响——基于我国省级面板数据的实证检验

Research on the Impact of Internet Development on the Economic Growth——Empirical Test Based on Provincial Panel Data in China

互联网的发展虽然历史不长,但是它对于中国经济的推动作用是有目共睹的。为了深入探索互联网发展对于经济增长的影响程度,以互联网普及率作为核心解释变量,通过分析2004—2014年这11年间我国省级面板数据,在Hausman检验基础上,建立随机效应模型。研究结果表明:互联网的发展能够促进经济增长,并且促进作用越来越大;互联网普及率每提高1%,就会带来人均GDP提高大约0.0410%。

Considering the importance of the Internet for economic development,the paper takes the Internet penetration as the core explanatory variable to further explore the impact of Internet development on economic growth. The paper establishes a random effect model on the basis of Hausman test through the provincial panel data from 2004 to 2014. The results show that the development of the Internet can promote economic growth and its function becomes more and more powerful; 1% increase of the Internet penetration rate will bring nearly 0. 0410% of GDP per capita.