scholarly journals Information Frictions, Internet, and the Relationship between Distance and Trade

2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-163
Author(s):  
Anders Akerman ◽  
Edwin Leuven ◽  
Magne Mogstad
Keyword(s):  
Communication Technology ◽  
Bilateral Trade ◽  
Trade Costs ◽  
Broadband Access ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Information Frictions ◽  
Trade Patterns ◽  
Elasticity Of Demand ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Economic Size

We examine how the adoption of information communication technology affects bilateral trade. The context is a public program in Norway that rolled out broadband access points leading to plausibly exogenous variation in the availability and adoption of broadband by firms. We find that broadband makes trade patterns more sensitive to distance and economic size. These results are consistent with a model of trade with variable elasticity of demand. The model predicts that adoption of a technology that lowers information frictions enlarges the choice set of exporters and importers. This makes demand more elastic with respect to trade costs and thus distance. (JEL D83, F14, L86, O33)

scholarly journals Ethics of Retailers and Consumer Behavior in E-Commerce

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-126
Author(s):  
Zhi Yang ◽  
Quang Van Ngo ◽  
Chung Xuan Thi Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Commerce ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Purchase Intention ◽  
Purchase Decision ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Online Retailers ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

In the era of the information-communication technology with the development of electronic commerce, consumers can buy almost everything anywhere and at any time. One of the greatest benefits of e-commerce has been the convenience and the vast choices which consumers get online. However, some serious issues exist that impede consumers from transaction online. These issues have attracted the attention of many marketing researchers in recent years. In this research, the authors focus on the impact of consumers' ethics perception of e-retailer on their purchase intention and satisfaction. The authors also try to clarify the roles of trust and commitment in the relationship of ethics on consumers purchase decision and satisfaction because of their importance in e-commerce but also the privation in the research of previous studies. The data collected from a survey of 390 online consumers in Vietnam. Results reveal that there are significant relationships between online retailers' ethics and consumers' purchase intention and satisfaction via the mediation of trust and commitment.

scholarly journals The Effect of ICT Acceptance on Kindergarten Parents’ Empowerment: Deliberative Belief as the Mediator

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Chun-wen Lin
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Systems Theory ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
School Governance ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Technical Systems ◽  
The Relationship

The primary aim of this study was two-fold: 1) to identify information communication technology (ICT) acceptance of kindergarten parents that influence parents’ deliberative belief and empowerment by applying the socio-technical systems theory as theoretical framework; and 2) to examine the mediated effect of deliberative belief between ICT acceptance and empowerment. A total of 949 elementary school and kindergarten parents in Taiwan were asked to complete questionnaire about their ICT acceptance, deliberative belief, and empowerment. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was utilized to evaluate the validity of structural/ latent model. The results revealed that deliberative belief, mediate the relationship between the ICT acceptance and empowerment among parents. ICT acceptance had effect on deliberative belief, and deliberative belief had the effects on empowerment. According to this information, it is recommended that school administrators should encourage parents and teachers together to improve and enhance their deliberative belief, ICT acceptance that may lead to more positive parents’ empowerment in school governance.

scholarly journals Yield Variability and Agricultural Trade

2009 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 258-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey J. Reimer ◽  
Man Li
Keyword(s):  
Crop Yield ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Bilateral Trade ◽  
Agricultural Trade ◽  
Trade Costs ◽  
Low Income Countries ◽  
Yield Variability ◽  
Trade Patterns ◽  
Trade Model ◽  
Cereal Grain

We examine how changes in yield variability affect the welfare of cereal grain and oilseed buyers and producers around the world. We simulate trade patterns and welfare for 21 countries with a Ricardian trade model that incorporates bilateral trade costs and crop yield distributions. The model shows that world trade volumes would need to increase substantially if crop yield variability were to rise. Net welfare effects, however, are moderate so long as countries do not resort to policies that inhibit trade, such as export restrictions or measures to promote self-sufficiency in crops. Low-income countries suffer the most from increases in yield variability, due to higher bilateral trade costs and lower-than-average productivity.

Digital Divide of Shattered “Iron Rice Bowl”: Economic Insecurity and Digital Divide in China (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhuo Li ◽  
Haijie Yin ◽  
Teng Wang
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Economic Insecurity ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Health Related ◽  
History Survey ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insight Into

BACKGROUND Although economic factors account for the digital divide, the effect of economic insecurity on digital access has not been determined. The market-oriented reform of the Chinese State-Owned Enterprises in the 1990s resulted in massive layoffs, encouraging us to investigate the relationship between economic insecurity and the digital divide. OBJECTIVE First, the study investigates the relationship between economic insecurity and the digital divide. Second, the study provides insight into m-health for policymakers in the context of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS We draw on data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS 2011) and CHARLS Life History Survey (2014). To handle endogenous problems related to economic insecurity, we introduced instrumental variables to our models. We also divided digital access into personal and infrastructure information communication technology (ICT). RESULTS We found a negative relationship between economic insecurity and the digital divide only in infrastructure ICT. Additionally, we found that only chronic disease contributes to the digital divide among older people. CONCLUSIONS Older people are confronted with a dual digital divide: health-related and economic insecurity-related.This study provides insight into mobile health policy involving underprivileged people under the context of economic insecurity triggered by COVID-19.

ICT as an Engine for Community Participation

2014 ◽  
pp. 839-854
Author(s):  
Brian Semujju
Keyword(s):  
Community Participation ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Agenda Setting ◽  
Developing World ◽  
Information Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Patterns ◽  
Community Radio ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Community Media ◽  
The Relationship

This paper discusses two issues prevalent in community media: Information communication technology (ICT) and Community participation. While several studies have explored community media and ICT in Uganda (Nassanga, 2003, 2009a, 2009b), the view that ICT has changed the way media operate to an extent of reversing the agenda-setting role to the listeners (McQuail, 2006, pp. 38-39; Straubhaar & Larose 2002, p. 386) needed investigation. Using Kagadi-Kibale Community radio (KKCR), the paper shows how ICT is spreading in one Ugandan region and the relationship that technology has with participation in community media activities. Findings show that there is need to redefine the relationship between ICT and geographically defined community media as usage of ICT is dependent on forces that still require decades to harmonize. The paper therefore suggests that an alternative to community media, herein called Basic Media, is best suited to match the communication patterns of a developing world.

scholarly journals Do Deep Regional Trade Agreements Enhance International Technology Spillovers? Depth, Breadth, and Heterogeneity

2021 ◽  
pp. 127-144
Author(s):  
Naoto Jinji ◽  
Xingyuan Zhang ◽  
Shoji Haruna
Keyword(s):  
Direct Investment ◽  
Multinational Enterprises ◽  
Bilateral Trade ◽  
Patent Citation ◽  
Technology Spillovers ◽  
Host Countries ◽  
Trade Patterns ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Vertical Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractIn Chap. 10.1007/978-981-16-5210-3_5, we examine the relationship between bilateral trade patterns and international technology spillovers. In Chap. 10.1007/978-981-16-5210-3_6, we analyze how horizontal and vertical foreign direct investment (FDI) of multinational enterprises (MNEs) affects technology spillovers between themselves and firms in host countries. Both chapters analyze the issues from theoretical and empirical points of view. Each chapter shows that international trade or FDI is an important channel of international technology spillovers, but the effect on them is heterogeneous, depending on the type of trade patterns or the structure of FDI. In both chapters we measure technology spillovers using patent citation data.

scholarly journals The Relationship Between Information & Communication Technology and Foreign Direct Investment Inflow to Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Abdisalan Salad Warsame
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Foreign Direct Investment Inflow ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Difference In Differences ◽  
Ict Infrastructure ◽  
The Relationship

This paper examined the relationship between the increasing Information & Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure in Africa and foreign direct investment inflow to Africa using panel data sourced from ITU and WDI over 17 years (1998-2014). The paper applies both the fixed-effect and difference-in-differences models. The results indicate that there is a positive correlation between FDI inflow and ICT level in the host country.  The surge in ICT infrastructure in 2009 has substantially increased the FDI inflow to Africa. This increase in FDI inflow was more in the countries that have access to the sea than the countries that have no access to the sea. In other words, the average scale change in FDI inflow to the countries with no access to the sea is smaller than the countries with the coastline.

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