The Evolution of Regional Entrepreneurial Comparative Advantage:Path Dependence or Path Transition
High-quality entrepreneurship is not only an effective way to improve employment rate but also a significant driving force to promote high-quality economic development.Based on the product space framework theory,we define the comparative advantage of regional entrepreneurial projects,and adopt the data of National Business Registration Enterprises(1996-2020)to calculate the path dependence index of entrepreneurial development across 337 prefecture-level cities in China for the first time.and defines the specific evolution pattern of entre-preneurial comparative advantage in each region,so as to study and judge the overall quality level of entrepreneurial development in China.Our study shows that:(1)Chinese entrepreneurship is inclined to follow a path-dependent pattern,reflecting the serious low-quality conver-gence problem in China's entrepreneurial development.Only a few developed regions can successfully break away from the path dependence,open new industries and realize the overall transition of entrepreneurial comparative advantage.(2)Improvement in financial development,edu-cation quality,and population mobility can contribute to enabling the regional entrepreneurial comparative advantage to get rid of path depen-dence and realize leapfrog development.(3)Regional coordinated and interconnected development can also help all regions break the path de-pendency lock of entrepreneurship.From the perspective of comparative advantage evolution analysis,this paper provides a new exploration perspective for the measurement of regional entrepreneurial development quality,and also provides theoretical support for the government to stimulate market vitality and promote high-quality entrepreneurial development.
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