Paper Title :The Role of Internet Adoption on Trade within Asian Countries Plus People’s Republic of China

Author :Wei Zhai, Prapatchon Jariyapan, Jianxu Liu

Article Citation :Wei Zhai ,Prapatchon Jariyapan ,Jianxu Liu , (2018 ) " The Role of Internet Adoption on Trade within Asian Countries Plus People’s Republic of China " , International Journal of Management and Applied Science (IJMAS) , pp. 72-74, Volume-4,Issue-3

Abstract : The Internet stimulates trade. This paper estimates the effect of Internetadoption on trade promoting international trade between ASEAN and People’s Republic of China. The article uses five-year cross-section data from 2011 to2015 for the sample-selection.We study the effect of the Internet on trade by using the gravity equation with the Internet.The results show that Internet affects tradepositively. Specifically, our results imply that a 10 percent increase in the Internet users would have led to about 3 percent increase in international trade volume. Index terms - Internet; international trade, gravity model, cross-section data.

Type : Research paper

Published : Volume-4,Issue-3

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