Fiscal science and technology expenditure and the spatial convergence of regional innovation efficiency: evidence from China’s province-level data

Shiying Hou, Jianjia He and Liangrong Song

Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja, 2023, vol. 36, issue 1, 1848-1866

Abstract: Narrowing the gap in regional innovation efficiency is conducive to the coordinated development of regional economies. Fiscal science and technology (S&T) expenditure is the government’s primary means of supporting regional innovation. It also plays an essential role in improving the efficiency of regional innovation. This study constructs a spatial convergence economic model based on a dynamic perspective. It also examines the relationship between fiscal S&T expenditure and spatial convergence of regional innovation efficiency. China’s regional innovation efficiency shows a trend of conditional β-convergence. Fiscal S&T expenditure positively affects the spatial convergence of regional innovation efficiency and has an inverted U-shaped, nonlinear relationship as a whole. The transmission mechanism test revealed that the cross-regional flow of research and development (R&D) personnel can enhance this positive effect, and the role of R&D capital is not significant.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1080/1331677X.2022.2094436

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