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Cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zones, tax expenditures, and firm innovation

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  • Jiang, Yun
  • Zhang, Yanru

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Based on data from listed companies between 2012 and 2023, this study systematically evaluates the policy effects of Comprehensive Cross-Border E-Commerce Pilot Zones (CCBEPZs) on enterprise innovation using a multi-period difference-in-differences (DID) model. The findings reveal that the establishment of these zones significantly increases the number of enterprise patent applications. However, tax incentives exhibit a "substitution effect" on corporate innovation: government subsidies crowd out firms' independent R&D investments, fostering policy dependence. This counterintuitive finding suggests that merely increasing tax incentives may not sustainably enhance firms' innovation momentum. Mediation effect analysis further indicates that CCBEPZs indirectly unlock innovation resources by reducing transaction costs for enterprises.

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  • Jiang, Yun & Zhang, Yanru, 2025. "Cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zones, tax expenditures, and firm innovation," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:finlet:v:83:y:2025:i:c:s1544612325009833
    DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2025.107725
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