地方经济增长目标与城市创业活跃度

Local Economic Growth Targets and Urban Entrepreneurial Activity

基于2005—2019年中国280个地级及以上城市面板数据,实证分析地方经济增长目标对城市创业活跃度的影响及机制。研究表明:地方经济增长目标对城市创业活跃度的影响呈倒U型关系;科教支出、基础设施与融资约束是地方经济增长目标影响城市创业活跃度的重要渠道;在中西部、北方、规模较小、经济发展较为落后、市场化程度较低与互联网普及率较低的城市中,地方经济增长目标对城市创业活跃度的影响更为显著。

Based on the panel data from 280 cities at prefecture-level and above in China from 2005 to 2019,this paper empirically analyzed the impact and action mechanism of local economic growth targets on urban entrepreneurial activity.The study found that:local economic growth targets had a pronounced inverted U-shaped effect on urban entrepreneurial activity.Education and technology expenditures,infrastructure,and financing constraints were important channels through which local economic growth targets affected urban entrepreneurial activity.This influence was more evident in the Midwest and northen regions,medium and small cities,backward regions,as well as those with a lower level of marketization and internet penetration.