Does the internet generate economic growth,international trade, or both?
by Huub Meijers UNU-MERIT Working Paper No. 2012/050, May 2012 Recent cross country panel data studies find a positive impact of internet use on economic growth and a positive impact of internet use on trade. The present study challenges the first finding by showing that internet use does not explain economic growth directly in a [...]
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