Digital economy and urban economic resilience: The mediating role of technological innovation and entrepreneurial vitality

Suping Xiao, Ping Zhou, Lin Zhou and Sike Wong

PLOS ONE, 2024, vol. 19, issue 6, 1-17

Abstract: Drawing on the diffusion of innovation theory, we argue that the development of digital economy has a positive effect on urban economic resilience. Using panel data from 284 cities in China from 2011 to 2018, we empirically examine the relationship between digital economy and urban economic resilience. We find a positive and significant link between them, mediated by technological innovation and entrepreneurial vitality. Moreover, the heterogeneity analysis shows that the impact of digital economy is most pronounced in smaller cities, with its effects diminishing in larger cities and megacities. Our results underscore the importance and the direction of fostering digital economy development.

Date: 2024
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