创业活跃度与经济包容性增长关系研究——来自中国自由贸易试验区的证据

Research on the Relationship between Entrepreneurial Activity and Inclusive Economic Growth——Evidence from China's pilot free trade zone

作为制度改革的“试验田”,自贸区建设为城市发展“赋能聚力”和“加挡提速”的战略意义更加凸显。基于创业活跃度的视角,以2009-2022年中国287个城市面板数据为研究对象,基于创业活跃度的视角,选取多期DID方法(Time-varying DID),检验了自贸区建设对区域经济包容性增长的影响效应及作用机理。研究表明,自贸区建设能够显著促进区域经济包容性增长,平均作用力度达到25.18%。该结论在考虑内生性问题及稳健性检验后依然成立,且这一政策效应在具有资源禀赋优势的城市中表现更明显。机制检验表明,创业活跃度是自贸区建设提升区域经济包容性增长水平的有效路径。研究结论为激活自贸区建设的创业效应,探寻区域经济包容性增长的实现路径提供了经验证据。

As the“experimental field”of institutional reform,the strategic significance of the construction of free trade zones for urban development“enabling cohesion”and“increasing speed”is more prominent.Based on the perspective of entrepreneurial activity,the panel data of 287 cities in China from 2009 to 2022 are taken as the research object.Based on the perspective of entrepreneurial activity,the multi-period DID method(Time-varying DID)is selected to test the impact and mechanism of free trade zone construction on regional economic inclusive growth.The research shows that the construction of free trade zone can significantly promote the inclusive growth of regional economy,with an average effect of 25.18%.This conclusion is still valid after considering endogenous problems and robustness tests,and this policy effect is more obvious in cities with resource endowment advantages.The mechanism test shows that entrepreneurial activity is an effective way for the construction of free trade zones to improve the inclusive growth level of regional economy.The research conclusions provide empirical evidence for activating the entrepreneurial effect of free trade zone construction and exploring the realization path of regional economic inclusive growth.