Freund, Caroline L.; Weinhold, Diana - Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the … - 2000
The Internet stimulates trade. Using a gravity equation of trade among 56 countries, we find no evidence of an effect of the Internet on total trade flows in 1995 and only weak evidence of an effect in 1996. However, we find an increasing and significant impact from 1997 to 1999. Specifically,...