互联网的经济增长与收敛效应---基于空间面板数据的实证检验互联网的经济增长与收敛效应--基于空间面板数据的实证检验

The Economic Growth and Convergence Effect of the Internet--Empirical Test based on Spatial Panel Data

文章用网络接入和网络应用区分互联网低阶能力和高阶能力,经验分析互联网在经济区域增长和收敛机制中的空间效应。研究发现,省际和各地区经济增长都具有显著收敛特征,现阶段提高互联网应用水平不仅可以有效拉动经济增长,而且还有利于促进收敛、缩小经济差距。对各地区而言,互联网接入水平的提升对西部地区的增长和收敛作用明显,互联网应用的提高则主要正向影响东部地区。由于竞争效应的存在,省际间相邻地区互联网接入和应用水平的提高都不利于本地经济增长。有鉴于此,政府推动互联网发展战略应具有层次性,对西部欠发达地区而言应继续致力于提高互联网的普及率,对于中、东部地区而言,则应着力于提高对互联网的利用率以促进经济增长和收敛。

The article uses network access and network applications to distinguish between low-level and high-level capabilities of the Internet,and empirically analyzes the spatial effects of the Internet in the growth and convergence mechanism of economic regions.The study found that inter-provincial and regional economic growth has significant convergence characteristics.At this stage,increasing the level of Internet applications can not only effectively stimulate economic growth,but also help promote convergence and narrow the economic gap.For all regions,the increase in Internet access has a significant effect on the growth and convergence of the western region,while the increase in Internet applications mainly positively affects the eastern region.Due to the existence of competition effects,the increase in Internet access and application levels in adjacent regions between provinces is not conducive to local growth.In view of this,the government's strategy for promoting the development of the Internet should be hierarchical.For the underdeveloped areas in the west,it should continue to work to increase the penetration rate of the Internet;For the central and eastern regions,efforts should be made to increase the utilization rate of the Internet to promote economic growth and convergence.