scholarly journals An Empirical Investigation of the Internet and International Trade: The case of Bolivia

2004 ◽  
pp. 33-55
Author(s):  
Caroline L Freund ◽  
Diana Weinhold
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Relative Number ◽  
Sunk Costs ◽  
Trade Flows ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Trading Patterns ◽  
Percent Increase ◽  
Gravity Model Of Trade ◽  
Global Exchange

This paper builds on Freund and Weinhold (2000) to show that the results of that paper can be applied to the case of Bolivia. We review the implications of the Freund and Weinhold model, emphasizing the effects of the Internet on increasing trade and lessening the effects of historical trading patterns in determining trade flows. Specifically, using a gravity model of trade for 56 countries including Bolivia, we show that the Internet stimulates trade and that Bolivia stands to gain an economically significant benefit from increased Web connectivity. Our results imply that a 10 percent increase in the relative number of web hosts in Bolivia would have led to about 1 percent greater trade in 1998 and 1999. The evidence is consistent with a model in which the internet creates a global exchange for goods, thereby reducing market-specific sunk costs of exporting.

The Political Determinants of International Trade: The Major Powers, 1907–1990

1998 ◽  
Vol 92 (3) ◽  
pp. 649-661 ◽  
Author(s):  
James D. Morrow ◽  
Randolph M. Siverson ◽  
Tressa E. Tabares
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Trade Flows ◽  
The Political ◽  
Major Powers ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
The Third ◽  
Political Determinants ◽  
Common Interests ◽  
Gravity Model Of Trade ◽  
Political Variables

We test three arguments about the effect of international politics on trade flows. The first argument states that trade flows are greater between states with similar interests than those with dissimilar interests, the second that trade flows are greater in democratic dyads than nondemocratic dyads, and the third that trade flows are greater between allies. We examine trade flows between the major powers from 1907 to 1990. This period provides variation on all three independent variables of interest and allows us to separate the three arguments empirically. We estimate a gravity model of trade with the above political variables added. Our results demonstrate that joint democracy and common interests increase trade in a dyad, but alliances generally do not, even when controlling for polarity of the system.

Footprint of Export-Related GHG Emissions from Latin America and the Caribbean

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kun Li
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
International Trade ◽  
Technological Progress ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Trade Flows ◽  
Total Export ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Trade Partners ◽  
Composition Of Trade

To quantify the growth in GHG emissions related to international trade, we build an extensive database for export-related production and transportation GHG emissions covering 189 countries and 10 sectors from 1990 to 2014. We employ this database to quantify the contribution of production and international transportation to total export-related GHG emissions from Latin America and the Caribbean and decompose growth in these to contributions of the increase in the regions trade flows, shifts in the composition of trade partners, changes in the traded product basket, and technological progress.

scholarly journals Openness of the economy as a determinant of economic growth: The panel analysis of the Western Balkans region countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Filip Bugarčić ◽  
Petar Veselinović
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
International Trade ◽  
Applied Research ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Trade Flows ◽  
Panel Regression ◽  
Panel Analysis ◽  
Western Balkans ◽  
Economic Growth And Development ◽  
Positive Effect

The openness of the economy and its intensive involvement in international trade and economic flows has an important role in stimulating economic growth and development of a national economy. The aim of the research is to determine the degree of impact and effects of exports, imports and foreign direct investment (FDI) on economic growth. The applied research methodology is a panel regression analysis on the example of six countries in the Western Balkans region in the period from 2000 to 2018. Three hypotheses were tested in this paper. H1: Exports have a positive effect on economic growth; H2: Imports contribute to GDP growth; H3: FDI has a positive impact on economic growth. The results show that all three variables have a positive, statistically significant impact on GDP. The greatest effect on economic growth in the analyzed sample has exports, which implies the conclusion of the inevitability of more intensive participation of these economies in international trade flows.

scholarly journals Modeling International Trade Flows between CEEC and OECD Countries

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christophe Rault ◽  
Robert Sova ◽  
Anamaria Sova
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Oecd Countries ◽  
Trade Flows
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