政府数据开放的价值创造作用：企业全要素生产率视角

Abstract

As a major initiative to promote the digital economy strategy and digital government construction, open government data is widely believed to create enormous economic and social value. However, whether and how open government data can create value still requires in-depth argumentation. Based on a quasi-natural experiment of provincial government data opening platforms, this paper uses a difference-in-differences model to test the impact of open government data on firm total factor productivity, aiming to reveal the value creation role of open government data at the micro-firm level. Empirical evidence shows that open government data can significantly improve total factor productivity. The main reason is that open government data helps optimize the business environment, enhance enterprise capabilities, and promote high-quality innovation. Moreover, the enhancing effect of open government data on total factor productivity mainly exists in young firms and non-state-owned enterprises. Tests based on the Open Data Index show that the higher the level of open government data, the higher the total factor productivity, and the quality of open data, the quality of platform construction, and the strength of policy support are important dimensions that determine the magnitude of total factor productivity improvement. This paper reveals the value creation role of open government data from the perspective of firm total factor productivity, providing important decision-making references for promoting high-quality open government data.