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Trade Effects of Digitalization

Berg, Sofia LU and Wladis, Isabella LU (2021) NEKH03 20202
Department of Economics
Abstract
This essay examines the impact digitalization has on trade in services inside the European Union (EU). Furthermore, it investigates whether countries with discrepancies in the degree of digitalization have identified such trade effects to different scopes. Initially, the application method used in this study is the gravity model using panel data with a disaggregated dataset from The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) with 19 exporting countries and 28 importing countries between 2015 and 2018. The dataset is divided into three subcategories - Blue collar services, White collar services, and Other services. An array of econometric estimation methods are tested and the fixed-effect method is found to be the most... (More)
This essay examines the impact digitalization has on trade in services inside the European Union (EU). Furthermore, it investigates whether countries with discrepancies in the degree of digitalization have identified such trade effects to different scopes. Initially, the application method used in this study is the gravity model using panel data with a disaggregated dataset from The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) with 19 exporting countries and 28 importing countries between 2015 and 2018. The dataset is divided into three subcategories - Blue collar services, White collar services, and Other services. An array of econometric estimation methods are tested and the fixed-effect method is found to be the most accurate estimator. The key finding of this paper is that some dimensions of the level of digitalization in the exporting country have a positive and significant effect on services trade. To our knowledge, no earlier studies have investigated the effects of trade on digitalization, hence there is room for further research. (Less)
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author
Berg, Sofia LU and Wladis, Isabella LU
supervisor
organization
course
NEKH03 20202
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Trade effects, Digitalization, Gravity model, European digital single market
language
English
id
9038195
date added to LUP
2021-03-11 12:00:45
date last changed
2021-03-11 12:00:45
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  abstract     = {{This essay examines the impact digitalization has on trade in services inside the European Union (EU). Furthermore, it investigates whether countries with discrepancies in the degree of digitalization have identified such trade effects to different scopes. Initially, the application method used in this study is the gravity model using panel data with a disaggregated dataset from The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) with 19 exporting countries and 28 importing countries between 2015 and 2018. The dataset is divided into three subcategories - Blue collar services, White collar services, and Other services. An array of econometric estimation methods are tested and the fixed-effect method is found to be the most accurate estimator. The key finding of this paper is that some dimensions of the level of digitalization in the exporting country have a positive and significant effect on services trade. To our knowledge, no earlier studies have investigated the effects of trade on digitalization, hence there is room for further research.}},
  author       = {{Berg, Sofia and Wladis, Isabella}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Trade Effects of Digitalization}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}