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Does Government Purchasing Science and Technology Public Service Promote Regional S&T Innovation Ability? Evidence from China

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  • Dongdan Zhu

    (Jingjiang College, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
    School of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China)

  • Yuting Zhang

    (School of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
    Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada)

  • Zhengnan Lu

    (School of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China)

Abstract

During the development of scientific and technological innovation, the importance of Government Purchasing Public Services (GPPS) in the field of science and technology (S&T) has become increasingly prominent. To investigate the relationship between Government Purchasing Science and Technology Public Services (GPSTPS) and regional S&T innovation ability, this paper first constructs a PMC index model to estimate GPSTPS objectively. Then, the spatial econometric model is adopted to explore the impact of GPSTPS policy on the regional S&T innovation ability based on the provincial panel data from 2008 to 2017 in China. Results show that: (1) Regional S&T innovation ability has a significant spatial positive correlation in geographical space from 2008 to 2017. (2) From the overall perspective, the GPSTPS policy does not play a role in improving the regional S&T innovation ability. (3) From the perspective of subregions, there are differences in the impact of GPSTPS on the regional S&T innovation ability between the eastern, central and western regions of China. (4) From the perspective of spatial spillover effect, the policy of GPSTPS has a positive spatial spillover effect on the improvement of regional S&T innovation ability in the eastern region, while the effect is not obvious in central and western regions.

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  • Dongdan Zhu & Yuting Zhang & Zhengnan Lu, 2023. "Does Government Purchasing Science and Technology Public Service Promote Regional S&T Innovation Ability? Evidence from China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(3), pages 1-20, January.
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