Anti-corruption, digital economy policy, and new quality productivity: Empirical analysis based on spatial and moderating effects

To explore how digital economy policies moderate the impact of anti-corruption on new quality productivity in local and neighboring regions, this study analyzes how digital economy policies and anti-corruption affect the new quality productivity. Using panel data from 30 provinces (municipalities, districts) in China from 2011 to 2016, empirical analysis was conducted applying spatial spillover effect and moderating effect models. The results show that: (1) Anti-corruption had a negative impact on local new quality productivity and a negative spatial spillover effect on those in neighboring regions with adjacent administrative and geographical distances; (2) Digital economy policies negatively moderated the impact of anti-corruption on new quality productivity, as did policies related to digital breakthrough and application-oriented innovations; (3) Digital economy policies intensified the impact of anti-corruption on new quality productivity in neighboring regions with geographical, economic, and combined economic-geographical distances. Therefore, a differentiated approach should be implemented in promoting anti-corruption, the integration between the digital economy and AC should be accelerated, and the implementation of digital economy policies should be expedited.

为探究数字经济政策如何调节反腐败对本地及周边地区新质生产力（new quality productivity）的影响，本研究剖析数字经济政策与反腐败如何作用于新质生产力。本研究采用2011至2016年中国30个省（直辖市、行政区）的面板数据（panel data），运用空间溢出效应（spatial spillover effect）与调节效应模型（moderating effect model）开展实证分析。研究结果显示：（1）反腐败对本地新质生产力产生负向影响，且在行政与地理邻近的情境下，对周边地区新质生产力存在负向空间溢出效应；（2）数字经济政策会负向调节反腐败对新质生产力的影响，与数字突破及应用导向型创新相关的政策亦呈现同等调节效应；（3）在地理距离、经济距离以及经济-地理复合距离的维度下，数字经济政策会强化反腐败对周边地区新质生产力的影响。因此，在推进反腐败工作时应采取差异化策略，需加快数字经济与反腐败的融合进程，并加快数字经济政策的落地实施。