Has the internet increased exports for firms from low and middle-income countries?

Information Economics and Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-37

  Clarke, George R G ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Exports; Internet

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL TRADE; INTERNET; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EXPORTS; GLOBALIZATION;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

EXPORT; FIRM SIZE; GLOBALIZATION; INCOME; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET;

ASIA; CENTRAL ASIA; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 38749105065     PISSN: 01676245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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