Spatial Diffusion Of Technology And The Spillover Effects Of Developed Regions

This paper studies the spillover effects of developed regions from the perspective of technology spatial diffusion and tries to offer some practical advice on regional balanced development and innovation driven development.By introducing the following methods and indicators of technology:TFP?Malquist index and Index of Comprehensive Science and Technology Progress Level,several representative developed regions are selected to be technology senders,the rest are regarded as technology recipients.Based on the concepts of technology diffusion,this paper analyzes the influence factors and mechanism of technology diffusion.Considering not easy to divide the channels of domestic technology diffusion,this paper decides to study technology diffusion effects from two aspects:R&D spending and industrial specialization based on the analysis of diffusion mechanism and process.The explained variable of this empirical study is the recipients' Index of Comprehensive Science and Technology Progress Level.Besides,the exponential form of distance variable is also added into the measurement equation to test if diffusion effects grow weaker as distances between senders and recipients increase.On the population level,the spillover effects of representative developed regions do improve the technology level of the recipients.And these effects grow weaker as the distances increase.On the individual level,these chosen areas show different characteristics to some extent.Eventually,on the basis of the empirical results,this paper suggests the following to make the best use of domestic technology diffusion:increasing investments in R&D,improving the basic transportation facilities and encouraging the regional economic cooperation and transregional talent flows.