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The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on High-Quality Economic Development in the Yangtze River Delta Region

Author(s)

Jing Yang, Qianyu Shen, Yaru Liu

Affiliation(s)

College of Finance and Economics, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China

Abstract

This paper employs panel data from 41 cities in the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) region from 2010 to 2019 to investigate the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the high-quality development of the economy in terms of innovation, greenness and coordination. The findings demonstrate that AI has a considerable impact on the advancement of economic innovation, green development and coordinated development in the YRD region. This has a notable positive effect on the quality of economic development, with the region at the forefront of the country in this regard. Further analysis shows that the Yangtze River Delta region is a follower of the eastern region in terms of economic innovation and development, but a leader in the central and western regions, and a leader in coordinated economic development.

Keywords

Artificial Intelligence; High-Quality Economic Development; Yangtze River Delta Region; Innovative Development; Coordinated Development

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