ICT’s effect on trade: Perspective of comparative advantage

Yao Wang and Jie Li ()

Economics Letters, 2017, vol. 155, issue C, 96-99

Abstract: This paper uses country-level ICT data and bilateral trade data in 2013 to test whether cross-country differences in ICT can be a source of comparative advantage in international trade. Empirical results show that a country’s export in one industry increases 10 percent if the country’s ICT development index increases 1 standard deviation (SD) and industry’s R&D intensity increases 1 SD. The export increase is 25 percent in the case of task complexity.

Keywords: Information and communication technology (ICT) development; R&D intensity; Task complexity; Comparative advantage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D2 F1 O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2017.03.022

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