请把下面这句话改写的学术一点Lags in economic development may cause it to be less efficient in allocating its production factors Restuccia and Rogerson 2017 We uses per capita GDP to reflect the level of regional ec

Delays in economic development can lead to suboptimal allocation of production factors, as noted by Restuccia and Rogerson (2017). In this study, per capita GDP is employed as a proxy for regional economic development.