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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/ECDC.2013.6556732
