proximity - a new proxy for cultural proximity based on bilateral hyperlinks and bilateral website visits between countries …

proximity -- a new proxy for cultural proximity based on bilateral hyperlinks and bilateral website visits between countries …

via travel or directly over the internet, trade costs vary both across trade partners and within products. This paper … proposes that interacting the level of internet connectivity with a measure of physical distance can help shed light on the … unique role of the internet as a direct means of trading services. On aggregate and for 7 of the 10 services sectors …