关键词: 制度环境, 知识生产效率, 区域差异, 高技术产业

Abstract: This paper selects the panel data of China’s provincial high-tech industries during 1997-2009, and makes an empirical study on the influences of the institutional environment for knowledge productivity. It finds that the institutional environment is an important factor affecting the knowledge productivity, and this effect has been showing significant regional differences. The contribution of the institutional environment is obviously different between eastern region, central region and western region, namely 19.5%, 11.8% and 23.4%. Five aspects index of the institutional environment are also showing significant regional differences, the non-state economic development has a significant positive effect only in the western region, the market development produces a catalytic role only in the eastern region, and the factor market development is ineffective in the western region. Although the relation of government and market and the legal environment of all regions have positive effects on the knowledge productivity, but the degree is obvious difference.

Key words: institutional environment, regional differences, knowledge productivity, high-tech industries