• 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