城市经济竞争力:关键因素与作用机制——基于亚洲566个城市的结构方程分析

Urban Economic Competitiveness: Key Factors and Action Mechanism:A Structural Equation Analysis Based on 566 Cities in Asia

城市经济竞争力不仅反映城市本身的综合实力,更反映了城市参与世界、改变世界的能力,尤其是亚洲城市的迅速崛起,正逐渐改变着全球城市体系。运用结构方程模型对亚洲566个城市经济竞争力的影响因素和作用机制进行研究,可以为提升亚洲城市经济竞争力提供理论依据。实证结果表明。1)人力资本、基础环境和金融服务会对亚洲城市经济竞争力造成显著正向的直接影响,其中人力资本的直接影响效应最大,基础环境的直接影响效应次之,人力资本和基础环境已经成为提升亚洲城市经济竞争力的关键因素。2)基础环境、城市软联系和人力资本对亚洲城市经济竞争力的总影响效应依次最大,科技创新的总影响效应最小。3)城市软联系、产业体系和科技创新只会对亚洲城市经济竞争力造成间接影响,各个要素之间联系紧密,相互作用机制显著。以上的研究对提升亚洲城市经济竞争力和各要素之间的作用机制具有一定的参考借鉴意义。

The economic competitiveness of the city not only reflects the comprehensive strength of the city itself,but also reflects the ability of the city to participate in the world and change the world.Especially the rapid rise of Asian cities is gradually changing the global urban system.Therefore,it is essential to study the influencing factors of Asian cities'economic competitiveness and the interaction mechanism between various factors within the city,and provide a theoretical basis for improving the economic competitiveness of Asian cities.This paper studies the influencing factors and mechanism of economic competitiveness of566cities in Asia by using structural equation modeling.The empirical findings indicate the following:1)Human capital,basic environment and financial services will have a significant positive direct impact on Asian cities'economic competitiveness.Impact,in which the direct impact of human capital is the most important,the direct impact of the basic environment is second,human capital and the basic environment have become the key factors to enhance the economic competitiveness of Asian cities;2)Among the basic environment,urban soft links and human capital to Asia,the total impact of urban economic competitiveness is the largest,and the total impact of technological innovation is the smallest;3)The urban soft links,industrial systems and technological innovations will only have an indirect impact on the economic competitiveness of Asian cities,and the various factors are closely related to each other.The mechanism of action is significant.The above research has certain reference significance for improving the economic competitiveness of Asian cities and the mechanism of interaction between various elements.