Research on The Intermediary Effect of Innovation Ability on The Internationalization and Competitiveness of Western Central-cities

Ying Zhang and Qianxiao Zhang
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Ying Zhang: School of Economics and Finance, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
Qianxiao Zhang: School of Economics and Finance, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China

Journal of Regional Economics, 2022, vol. 1, issue 1, 24-38

Abstract: Based on the panel data of western central-cities from 2002 to 2021, this paper uses the intermediary effect model to analyze the relationship between urban internationalization, innovation ability and urban competitiveness. It is found that: (1) The internationalization of western central-cities has a positive and direct impact on the promotion of urban competitiveness, which has a significant impact on economic strength and infrastructure, and a weak impact on government efficiency and market efficiency The marginal growth effect of internationalization on urban scale will gradually decrease with the improvement of urban development level. (2) The continuous promotion of city internationalization can promote the innovation ability to enhance the competitiveness of the city. Compared with the internationalization of cities, the influence of innovation ability on the competitiveness of cities is small, and the innovation ability of western central-cities and each city is weak. The scale effect has become the main motivation to promote the competitiveness of cities. (3) In the process of internationalization of western central-cities, innovation ability has a part of intermediary effect on the improvement of urban competitiveness, and the effect on urban “hard environment” is significantly greater than that on urban “Soft-environment”. The results of direct and indirect impact tests show that the impact of the process of internationalization of western central-cities on urban competitiveness is exogenous.

Keywords: City internationalization; Innovation ability; Urban competitiveness; Mediation effect (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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