Mobile and Internet Usage, Institutions and the Trade Balance: Evidence from African Countries

• Main Authors: Nguyen, Canh Phuc, Doytch, Nadia, Schinckus, Christophe, Su, Thanh Dinh
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2023
• Subjects: Africa; export; import; institutional quality; internet usage; mobile usage; trade balance; Economics; Macroeconomics; Science and Technology Studies; Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/asog-pubs/262; https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.2782
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This study examines the influences of institutions; the Internet and mobile usage on the trade balance of African countries between 2003 and 2017. Our empirical results have been estimated with a panel-corrected standard error method (PSCE) and they have been confirmed by several alternative techniq...