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Effect of the Internet on Services Export Diversification

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  • Gnangnon, Sèna Kimm

    (World Trade Organization, Switzerland)

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This study empirically examines the effect of Internet access on services export diversification. A panel dataset containing 131 countries is analyzed over 1995-2014 and shows that greater access to the Internet is positively associated with services export diversification.T his outcome applies to both high-income and developing countries, and particularly to least developed countries (LDCs) among developing countries. Additionally, the effect of Internet access on services export product diversification translates to countries’ level of innovation, merchandise exports, including export product concentration and size of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows.T hese findings highlight the need for developing digital infrastructure and regulations that would facilitate access to the Internet, particularly in developing countries.T he international community must focus on developing countries, particularly LDCs, by helping them to develop the requisite digital infrastructure and regulations to better participate in international trade, especially through greater series export diversification.

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  • Gnangnon, Sèna Kimm, 2020. "Effect of the Internet on Services Export Diversification," Journal of Economic Integration, Center for Economic Integration, Sejong University, vol. 35(3), pages 519-558.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:integr:0809
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    1. Li, Hao & Han, Jian & Xu, Yayun, 2023. "The effect of the digital economy on services exports competitiveness and ternary margins," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 47(7).
    2. Herman, Peter R. & Oliver, Sarah, 2023. "Trade, policy, and economic development in the digital economy," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 164(C).
    3. Woraphon Yamaka & Rui Shi & Paravee Maneejuk & Chihyi Chi, 2023. "Spatial Spillover Effects of Internet Development on Foreign Trade in China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(5), pages 1-16, February.
    4. Gnangnon, Sèna Kimm, 2020. "Effect of Poverty on Services Export Concentration in Developing Countries," EconStor Preprints 223178, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics.
    5. Néstor Adrián Le Clech, 2023. "Productive capacity and international competitiveness: evidence from Latin America and Caribbean countries," Empirica, Springer;Austrian Institute for Economic Research;Austrian Economic Association, vol. 50(3), pages 695-724, August.
    6. Sèna Kimm Gnangnon, 2022. "Export diversification and financial openness," International Economics and Economic Policy, Springer, vol. 19(4), pages 675-717, October.
    7. Brice Kamguia & Manuella Ndjakwa & Sosson Tadadjeu, 2023. "Does infrastructural development foster export upgrading in Africa?," African Development Review, African Development Bank, vol. 35(1), pages 79-94, March.
    8. Honoré Tekam Oumbé & Ronald Djeunankan & Alain Mekia Ndzana, 2023. "Does information and communication technologies affect economic complexity?," SN Business & Economics, Springer, vol. 3(4), pages 1-25, April.

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    Keywords

    Internet access; Services export diversification; Innovation; Merchandise exports; Export product diversification; Foreign Direct Investment inflows;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
    • O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • O14 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives

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