经济学报2025，Vol.12Issue(4)：105-123,19.
数字产业发展的制度性基础:知识产权保护视角
The Institutional Foundations of Digital Industry Development:Insights from Intellectual Property Protection
摘要
Abstract
Accelerating the development of the digital industry is a vital task for China to seize the commanding heights of international competition in the new era.Given the intangible,replicable,and easily infringed nature of digital technological achievements,strengthening the protection of digital intellectual property is particularly critical.This paper leverages the ongoing efforts to improve China's judicial system for intellectual property protection and exploits the staggered establishment of specialized intellectual property courts and tribunals(IPCs)across various regions since 2014 as a quasi-natural experiment.Based on a comprehensive dataset covering over 50 million new enterprises,we find that the introduction of IPCs significantly enhances the vibrancy of digital industry development in the jurisdictions concerned,as evidenced by a 12.5%increase in the share of digital startups among all newly founded firms.Mechanism analysis shows that stronger judicial protection of digital property rights boosts the innovation motivation of digital talent and the investment willingness of investors,thereby facilitating more digital innovation outcomes that underpin digital industrial growth.Heterogeneity analysis indicates that these effects are more pronounced in regions with stronger intellectual resources,more mature financial markets,and more proactive local policy and fiscal support.Finally,in terms of economic consequences,judicial empowerment of digital industry development significantly contributes to regional economic growth,making it an important driver of local development in the new era.This study provides robust evidence for the positive impact of judicial intellectual property protection on the development of the digital industry and offers important policy implications for China to gain a first-mover advantage in the global digital economy.关键词
司法赋能/产权保护/数字产业/数字创新/数字创业分类
社会科学引用本文复制引用
林楠,宁博,阮氏秋河,梁师赫..数字产业发展的制度性基础:知识产权保护视角[J].经济学报,2025,12(4):105-123,19.基金项目
本研究受国家自然科学基金面上项目"行政执法数字化转型与公司财务行为:机制、影响及后果研究"(72472027) （72472027）
国家社科基金一般项目"数字技术的生产网络扩散效应研究"(24BJL075) （24BJL075）
福建省自然科学基金面上项目"新时代数字产权司法保护赋能数字产业发展研究"(2023J011136)的资助. （2023J011136）
