Abstract: Using panel data of 66 typical countries in 1996-2013, this paper empirically studies the effect of government R&D fundings to technological progress. The results show that the effect of government R&D fundings to technology progress is different among countries. The regional estimation results show that the technology progress effect of government R&D fundings is affected by many factors. Among them, The effect is significantly positive in high income countries, significantly negative in nations of low income; Samely, The effect is positive in nations of high urbanization level, but government R&D fundings can not promote technological progress in the low level of urbanization countries; the coefficient of government R&D fundings in densely populated areas is significantly positive, while the coefficients are all significantly negative in the middle population area and sparsely populated district , and the coefficient of sparsely populated areas is higher than middle population area.

摘要： 本文利用66个代表性国家1996-2013年的跨国面板数据考察政府研发资助对技术进步的影响，研究结果表明，政府研发资助的技术进步效应具有国别差异。分区域的估计结果表明，政府研发资助的技术进步效应受到多种因素的影响。其中，高收入水平国家政府研发资助的技术进步效应显著为正，中低收入水平国家政府研发资助的技术进步效应显著为负；高城市化水平国家政府研发资助显著促进技术进步，但低城市化水平国家政府研发资助没有对技术进步起到促进作用；人口密集区政府研发资助的系数显著为正，而人口中等区和人口稀少区政府研发资助的系数均显著为负，且人口稀少区的系数高于人口中等区。