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ABSTRACT
The aim of the present study is to reveal the causal effects of Smart City policies on urban innovation. Using the panel data harvested from 103 cities in China, the constructed sample was analysed rigorously based on the combination of the strength of Propensity Score Matching (PSM) and Difference-in-Differences (DID). As suggested by the empirical results, Smart City policies indeed positively and significantly impact urban innovation . Besides, whether policy effects vary with the regional location and city scale is explored; the results reveal that the impact is significantly positive only for the megacities as well as cities in central China.
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Nini Xu
Nini Xu is a PhD Candidate at the School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Her research interests lie in public policy analysis and evaluation, particularly focusing on innovation policy and Smart City policy. Her articles have been published in journals such as E-Government, Studies in Science of Science, Forum on Science and Technology in China, Journal of Modern Information andJournal of Intelligence.
Yixia Ding
Yixia Ding is a PhD Candidate at the School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Her research interests lie in digital governance and government innovation, particularly focusing on the innovation of government service and the development of smart city. Her articles have been published in journals such as Journal of Intelligence, E-Government and China Computer-Mediated Communication Studies.
Junhua Guo
Junhua Guo is a professor in the School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. She specializes in public sector performance management and public policy analysis. She has published a number of books such as Mobile Government Service and User Demand, Government Administrative Cost Management in the Information Age, etc. Her articles have been published in journals such as Public Finance Research, E-Government, Journal of Public Administration and China Soft Science.She is a council member of the Chinese Association of Science of Science and S&T Policy Research. She is also a contributing researcher of Shanghai Municipal Development and Reform Research Institute and Shanghai Research Institute of Creative Engineering.