Mupela, Evans; Szirmai, Adam - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2012
Africa (SSA). Data from 19 exporter countries was used together with communication costs data in a gravity model of trade … setup. The export data derive from the IMF Direction of Trade and the COMTRADE databases, while the communication cost data … an important factor in bilateral trade in the region. Communications have a significant negative effect on export …