地方政府创新偏好的区域差异及其影响因素研究——来自295个城市的经验证据

A Study on the Regional Differences of Local Government Innovation Preferences and its Influencing Factors——Empirical Evidence from295 Cities in China

探究地方政府创新偏好对提升国家创新体系整体效能意义重大。本文使用2011—2020年中国295个城市的面板数据,剖析地方政府创新偏好的区域差异特征及其影响因素。研究发现,政府创新偏好较强的地区集聚在经济发达的长三角和珠三角以及高行政级别城市。高行政级别城市比普通地级市有更强的政府创新偏好意愿。回归分析表明,财政能力、创新潜力和政府竞争是解释地方政府创新偏好存在区域差异的关键因素。财政能力越强和创新潜力越大城市的地方政府,更加偏好增加财政科技支出。政府竞争会促进地方政府增加财政科技支出,提升政府创新偏好。本研究为规范地方财政科技支出以及引导地方政府从“为创新而竞争”的发展理念转向“为创新而竞合”提供理论与实践依据。

Exploring local government innovation preferences(GIPs)is of great significance for improving the overall effectiveness of NIS construction.This paper uses panel data from 295 cities in China in 2011—2020 to analyze the regional differences of local GIPs and its influencing factors.The research finds that the regions with strong GIPs are concentrated in the economically developed Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta,as well as the high administrative level cities.Higher administrative level cities have stronger GIPs than ordinary prefecture level cities.The regression analysis shows that fiscal capacity,innovation potential and government competition are the key factors explaining the regional differences of local GIPs.Local governments of cities with stronger fiscal capacity and greater innovation potential are more inclined to increase fiscal expenditure on science and technology(FEST).Government competition will further promote local governments to increase FEST,which will enhance the GIPs.This study provide enlightenment for regulating local FEST and guiding local governments to transform the idea of development from“competition for innovation”to“coopetition for innovation”.