International Finance Discussion Papers: On the Effect of the Internet on International Trade - Couverture souple

Freund, Caroline; Weinhold, Diana

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1288731523 ISBN 13 : 9781288731527

Editeur : BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2013

Synopsis

The Internet stimulates trade. Using a gravity equation of trade among 56 countries, we find no evidence of an effect of the Internet on total trade flows in 1995 and only weak evidence of an effect in 1996. However, we find an increasing and significant impact from 1997 to 1999. Specifically, our results imply that a 10 percent increase in the relative number of web hosts in one country would have led to about 1 percent greater trade in 1998 and 1999. Surprisingly, we find that the effect of the Internet on trade has been stronger for poor countries than for rich countries, and that there is little evidence that the Internet has reduced the impact of distance on trade. The evidence is consistent with a model in which the Internet creates a global exchange for goods, thereby reducing market-specific sunk costs of exporting.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: BiblioBazaar, LLC
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1288731523
• ISBN 13: 9781288731527
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 46
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