Government Technological Expenditure, Total Factors Productivity and Regional Economic Growth: Empirical Evidence from China

摘要

This paper has empirically studied the effects of total factors productivity (TFP) improvement of three items of government technological expenditure, that is, the government expenditure for innovation enterprises, government expenditure for science and technology promotion and government expenditure for operating expenses of department of science, in the eastern region, the central region and the western region by using stochastic coefficient model based on provincial panel data. The results show that different items of government technological expenditure have different effects on TFP improvement in three regions. In the eastern region all items of government technological expenditure have statistically significantly positive impacts on TFP; in the western region only government expenditure for science and technology promotion has statistically significant positive effects on TFP; and in the central region none of government technological expenditure has statistically significant positive effects on TFE The different effects of government technological expenditure on TFP in three regions can be regarded as one of reasons that cause the differences of technology innovation and economic growth among three regions.