Does innovative city construction improve the industry–university–research knowledge flow in urban China?

Zhang, Shaopeng; Wang, Xiaohong

doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2021.121200

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“…Recent research showed that the ICP significantly improved the level of urban innovation. The mechanism of action was not limited to enhancing government fiscal expenditure, industrial agglomeration, and human capital [ 10 ], but also included improved knowledge innovation and transformation efficiency from the industry/university/research perspective [ 11 ].…”

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“…However, the relationship between innovative city construction and regional innovation convergence is not absolutely positive. Some heterogeneity analyses have pointed out that policy effects are more obvious in regions with better economic development [ 10 , 11 ]. The differences could be explained by the following two aspects:…”

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“…On the other hand, owing to the particularity of China’s system, the coordinated interaction between central and local innovation practices has become an important experience and characteristic of China’s implementation of innovation-driven development strategies and the construction of an innovative economy [ 9 ]. Among them, the innovative city pilot (ICP) is an essential exploratory program for the government and supports urban innovation development; prior studies have confirmed its positive effect on innovation and knowledge flow for pilot cities [ 10 , 11 ]. However, few empirical studies have examined whether such pilot city programs can narrow regional innovation differences.…”

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Convergence or dispersion? The impact of China’s innovative city pilot policy on regional innovation differences

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Although constructing innovative cities stimulates innovation, it may further widen regional innovation differences. Based on panel data from 275 cities in China from 2003 to 2020, the difference-in-differences method was used to examine the impact of the innovative city pilot policy on urban innovation convergence. The study finds that the pilot policy not only improves the innovation level of cities (basic effect) but also promotes innovation convergence among pilot cities (convergence effect). However, in the short-term, the policy slows the innovation convergence of the entire region. The results reveal the innovative city policy’s multiple effects and dual character and capture the spatial spillover and regional heterogeneity of policy impact, highlighting the risk of further marginalizing some cities. This study supplements the evidence that government intervention affects regional innovation patterns based on the place-based innovation policy in China, providing theoretical support for expanding the follow-up pilot scope and the coordinated development of regional innovation.

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“…Fan et al [ 28 ] verify that increased efficiency of urban innovation significantly improves haze pollution in cities, and that increased levels of urban innovation can effectively reduce environmental risks [ 29 ] and achieve sustainable urban economic development [ 30 ]. By studying the effect of innovative city pilots on knowledge innovation and knowledge conversion using spatial difference models, Zhang and Wang [ 31 ] argue that innovative pilot cities can simultaneously prompt both knowledge innovation and knowledge conversion efficiency [ 32 ].…”

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How to Achieve Carbon Neutrality: From the Perspective of Innovative City Pilot Policy in China

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The innovative city pilot policy is a new engine to accelerate the social development of China, which is an important support feature for realizing sustainable economic development. Using the city pilot policy issued by the Chinese government in 2008 as a quasi-natural experiment and the method of multi-period difference-in-differences (DID) model, we explore the effect of the policy on regional carbon emission efficiency. The research shows that the innovative city pilot policy could lead a significant promotion of the carbon emission efficiency of cities, which shows the characteristics of dynamic sustainability, that is, the policy effect continues to increase over time. Mechanism analysis reveals that the innovative city pilot policy mainly drives the improvement of urban carbon emission efficiency through improving the green technology innovation level of pilot cities, promoting the upgrading of regional industrial structure and increasing government investment in science and technology. In addition, the innovative city pilot policy has a spatial spillover effect on urban carbon emission efficiency, that is, the innovative city pilot policy not only promotes the local carbon emission efficiency, but also improves the carbon efficiency of neighboring areas.

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“…In the policy evaluation of the NICPP, a typical innovation policy, many studies have focused on the impact of the policy on environmental, energy, and innovation factors [10,37,38]. The most similar studies to this paper focused on the impact of NICPP on energy efficiency, energy productivity, and eco-efficiency: Li et al (2021) [39] used the SBM-DEA method to measure ecological efficiency and concluded that NICPP can positively affect urban eco-efficiency through technological innovation, industrial restructuring, and direct government intervention effects; Yu et al (2022) [6], using the stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) method to construct an energy productivity index, concluded that NICPP can improve energy productivity by enhancing innovation quality, R&D expenditure, and innovation behavior; and Yang et al (2022) [9] conducted a study using single-factor energy efficiency and concluded that NICPP improves energy efficiency directly or indirectly by establishing evaluation indicators, optimizing industrial structure, and promoting the level of urban innovation, but did not consider the inclusion of non-desired outputs, which would result in a large deviation from the reality.…”

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Does Innovative City Policy Improve Green Total Factor Energy Efficiency? Evidence from China

2022

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Relying on innovation to drive green energy efficiency improvement has emerged as the key to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) under the pressure of the global economic downturn and carbon emission reduction targets. Using the multi-period difference-in-difference (DID) method and panel data of the 282 cities between 2004 and 2019, this study evaluates and examines the effects, channels, and heterogeneity of the impact of the national innovative city pilot policy (NICPP) on the green total factor energy efficiency (GTFEE). The results are as follows: (1) the baseline regression results show that the NICPP has a positive impact on GTFEE, and the conclusions are still valid after robustness tests and instrumental variables approach to solve endogeneity problems; (2) channel tests show that the NICPP can enhance GTFEE through three channels: industrial structure transformation, green technology innovation, and resource allocation improvement; (3) heterogeneity analysis shows that the NICPP is more effective in improving GTFEE in cities with rich science and education resources, newer industrial bases, and higher initial industrial concentration. This study offers encouraging empirical support and policy implications for employing innovative city policies to improve GTFEE, cities should adapt to local conditions to encourage sustainable development-oriented innovation, industrial clustering, and optimize the market-based allocation of energy.

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Does innovative city construction improve the industry–university–research knowledge flow in urban China?

Cited by 62 publications

References 37 publications

Convergence or dispersion? The impact of China’s innovative city pilot policy on regional innovation differences

Convergence or dispersion? The impact of China’s innovative city pilot policy on regional innovation differences

How to Achieve Carbon Neutrality: From the Perspective of Innovative City Pilot Policy in China

Does Innovative City Policy Improve Green Total Factor Energy Efficiency? Evidence from China

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