关键词: 地方政府竞争, 经济竞争, 创新竞争, 城市创新

Abstract:

Urban innovation, as a quasi-public good, is influenced by the interaction of intergovernmental strategies. Based on the data of 246 prefecture-level cities from 2009 to 2019, this paper analyzes the impact and internal mechanism of different local government competition models on urban innovation by using spatial econometric model and intermediary effect. The results show that, overall, the local government competition model with single GDP as the development target is not conducive to the improvement of the innovation level of local cities, and has a negative spatial spillover impact on surrounding cities; the local government competition model with scientific and technological innovation as the development target is conducive to local urban innovation and has a positive spatial spillover impact on surrounding cities. From a sub-regional perspective, the economic competition of local governments in the eastern region has a positive but not significant impact on urban innovation, and the innovation competition of local governments in the western region has a negative spatial spillover impact; in terms of periods, the role of local government innovation competition in promoting urban innovation is more obvious in 2014-2019; in terms of the urban hierarchy, local government competition in provincial capital cities and sub-provincial cities has a greater impact on urban innovation. Further research has found that different local government competition models will have different impacts on urban innovation by affecting industrial structure, human capital and opening up to the outside world. Measures such as emphasizing the demonstration effect of local competition and coordinating innovation cooperation between regions can be adopted to promote the overall improvement of urban innovation level.

Key words: competitions among local government, economy competition, innovation competition, city innovation