Heterogeneous Impact of Regional E-Commerce Development on Technological Innovation: An Empirical Analysis Based on China's Interprovincial Panel Data

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62517/jse.202511412

Author(s)

Kexin He

Affiliation(s)

School of Finance, Nankai University, Tianjin, China

Abstract

In today's booming development of e-commerce and the continuous display of national technological innovation level, the impact of e-commerce and technological innovation is receiving increasing attention. However, the question of whether e-commerce development has a promoting effect on technological innovation rather than structural optimization still needs to be explored. Based on China's provincial panel data from 2013 to 2021, this paper constructs a measurement system of e-commerce development level and a measurement function of technological innovation level through comprehensive analysis and entropy weight method, and uses a fixed effect model to explore the impact of e-commerce development on technological innovation. Research has found that the development of e-commerce has an extremely significant positive impact on technological innovation, and the development of e-commerce will promote the improvement of technological innovation level. Through heterogeneity analysis, it can be concluded that the development of e-commerce has an extremely significant positive impact on technological innovation in North China, Northeast China, East China, and Northwest China, with the largest impact on Northwest China, followed by East China and Northeast China, and the smallest impact on North China; The development of e-commerce has no significant impact on technological innovation in Central China, South China, and Southwest China.

Keywords

E-Commerce Development; Technological Innovation; Regional Heterogeneity; Comprehensive Evaluation Method; Entropy Weight Method; Fixed Effects Model

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