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

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  • Shiying Hou
  • Jianjia He
  • Liangrong Song

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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.

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  • Shiying Hou & Jianjia He & Liangrong Song, 2023. "Fiscal science and technology expenditure and the spatial convergence of regional innovation efficiency: evidence from China’s province-level data," Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(1), pages 1848-1866, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:reroxx:v:36:y:2023:i:1:p:1848-1866
    DOI: 10.1080/1331677X.2022.2094436
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