DocumentCode
617568
Title
The effect of the Internet on international trade in services: Developing countries´ case study
Author
Salmani, Behzad ; Pourebrahim, Farhad ; Saremi, Mehrin
Author_Institution
Fac. of Econ., Tabriz Univ., Tabriz, Iran
fYear
2013
fDate
17-18 April 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
9
Abstract
This study has explored the effect of the Internet on international service trade in developing countries using the method of unbalanced panel data and modified gravity model from 1990 to 2011. The obtained results showed that on the investigation period, The Internet has had a positive and significant effect on the service trade of developing countries. Furthermore, there is a positive relation among service trade and GDP, financial depth and population.
Keywords
Internet; economic indicators; international trade; GDP; Internet; developing countries; financial depth; international service trade; modified gravity model; population; unbalanced panel data; Data models; Economic indicators; Equations; Gravity; International trade; Internet; Mathematical model; Internet; Service trade; gravity model; panel data;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
e-Commerce in Developing Countries: With Focus on e-Security (ECDC), 2013 7th Intenational Conference on
Conference_Location
Kish Island
Print_ISBN
978-1-4799-0394-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ECDC.2013.6556732
Filename
6556732
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