E-government, Economic Growth and Trade: A Simultaneous Equation Approach

Muhammad Majeed and Amna Malik
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Amna Malik: Officer Grade 1, State Bank of Pakistan, Karachi

The Pakistan Development Review, 2016, vol. 55, issue 4, 499-519

Abstract: Does e-government promote trade and economic growth? This paper attempts to answer this question by employing simultaneous equation estimation approach and using a cross-section data of 147 countries. This is first study which has empirically estimated the bilateral relationships between economic growth and e-government, trade and e-government and trade and economic growth. The findings indicate that e-government is a stimulant of both economic growth and trade. The results predict the presence of a bilateral relationship between e-government and economic growth, trade and e-government, and unilateral causality exists from trade to growth.

Keywords: E-government; Economic Growth; Trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F14 H10 O40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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