An Empirical Analysis of the Relationship between Cross-border E-commerce and Trade Growth

Abstract

Based on the current situation and development trend of cross-border e-commerce and trade growth, this article focuses on the interactive development relationship between cross-border e-commerce and foreign trade growth from the perspective of quantitative analysis. This paper selects time-series data from 2006 to 2018. It uses unit root test, cointegration test, OLS estimation, Granger causality test and error correction model to study the interactive development relationship between cross-border e-commerce and China’s foreign trade growth. Finally, based on the problems of China's cross-border e-commerce and the results of empirical research, the countermeasures and suggestions for applying cross-border e-commerce to promote China's foreign trade growth.