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Does Government Digital Transformation Drive High-Quality Urban Economic Development? Evidence from E-Government Platform Construction

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Digitalization represents a pivotal global development trend and serves as a significant force propelling economic and social transformation. This manuscript uses the global Malmquist–Luenberger (GML) model to estimate green total factor productivity (GTFP) across 284 Chinese cities from 2003 to 2018, taking the pilot policy of “construction and application of e-government public platforms based on cloud computing” as an example to assess the impact of government digital transformation on the qualitative development of the economy by using a difference-in-differences model to explore the path of its role and driving mechanism. The results reveal that government digital transformation promotes the qualitative improvement of the city’s economic development, and its driving effect shows a marginal incremental law. Moreover, government digital transformation can contribute to the formation of a “latecomer advantage” in the lagging regions, which creates a “catch-up effect” on the regions with favorable development foundations, excellent geographical conditions, high urban ranking, and high education quality. Additionally, government digital transformation boosts economic and social development quality through both innovation spillover and structural optimization.

Source: Systems

DOI: 10.3390/systems12090372

Authors: Li Xiong, Xiaoyu Wang, Zijie Liu, Xiaoliang Long

Institution: Shanghai University

Language: English

Topic: Digital Economy and Transformation

Subfield: Strategy and Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Industry, innovation and infrastructure, Sustainable cities and communities, Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,728