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Has the internet increased trade? Evidence from industrial and developing countries

If the Internet made it easier for firms to enter new markets by reducing communication and search costs, then it may also have made it easier to export goods and services. The authors find that higher Internet penetration in developing countries is correlated with greater exports to industrial countries, but not with trade between developing countries or with exports from industrial countries.

Link http://www-wds.worldbank.…64258546&theSitePK=523679
Author Clarke, George R.G., Wallsten, Scott J.
Date 01-Feb-2004
Institute World Bank
Tags internet, trade, developing, export

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