Agriculture, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 15(5), С. 530 - 530
Опубликована: Фев. 28, 2025
Against the backdrop of global challenges to food security and China’s push modernize its agriculture, it is critical understand how government strategies affect innovation efficiency. This study examines three modes intergovernmental competition—fiscal spending competition (strategically increasing public attract resources), tax (providing incentives promote investment), promotion (officials prioritizing short-term projects for promotion)—affect efficiency agricultural science technology innovations across provinces. Utilizing panel data (2000–2021) a Slack-Based Measure Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA-SBM) model, we find that fiscal suppresses efficiency, particularly in western regions where infrastructure investments crowd out R&D. Tax enhances yet impact attenuated central China due low industrial upgrading. Promotion impedes long-term innovation, as frequent official turnover prioritizes projects. Regional heterogeneity highlights eastern market-driven advantages versus central/western regions’ structural constraints. Policy implications advocate spatially differentiated governance, including R&D rebates east cross-regional alliances. contributes decentralization theory by revealing nonlinear effects on innovation.
Язык: Английский