地方官员任期对企业研发投入的影响

On the Influence of Local Official Tenure on Enterprise R&D Investment

基于地方城市市委书记任职期限视角,考察2016年全国339个地级城市的市委书记任期对其所在地区企业研发投入的影响。研究发现:地方官员任期越长,越能促进当地企业研发投入的提高。地方官员任期对企业研发投入的影响具有异质性:在市场化进程低的地区,企业研发投入受地方官员任期的影响更为显著,地方官员任期与非国有企业研发投入的正相关更为显著。因此,政府在委派地方官员时,应考虑官员任期所带来的丰富经验和资源,依据不同地区的经济状况调任不同任期的官员,以促进企业增加研发投入。政府还应该充分利用官员任期对企业研发投入影响的机理,制定差异化的官员调任制度。

From the perspective of tenure of municipal Party secretaries of local cities,this paper investigates the influence of the tenure of municipal Party secretaries of 339 prefecture level cities on R&D investment of local enterprises in 2016.The results show that the longer the tenure of local officials is,the more it can promote the increase of R&D investment of local enterprises.The influence of local official tenure on enterprise R&D investment is heterogeneous--in regions with low marketization,enterprise R&D investment is more significantly affected by local official tenure and the positive correlation between tenure of local officials and R&D investment of non-state-owned enterprises is more significant.Therefore,when the government appoints local officials,it should consider the rich experience and resources brought by their tenure and transfer officials with different terms according to the economic conditions of different regions,so as to promote enterprises to increase R&D investment.The government should also make full use of the mechanism of the influence of official tenure on enterprise R&D investment and formulate differentiated official transfer system.