EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement: Exploring the Impact on E-Commerce

IF 0.9 4区经济学 Q3 ECONOMICS

Review of Network Economics Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI:10.2139/ssrn.3967047

Estrella Gomez-Herrera, Néstor Duch-Brown, M. Latorre

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Abstract

Abstract Recent technological changes have altered the way in which interactions take place between economic agents. One of the main advances is the possibility to broadly disseminate information at very low cost. E-commerce is a significant part of this change, becoming increasingly important within the EU. In this paper we analyze the impact of the recent trade agreement reached between EU and Mercosur countries on e-commerce flows. We take advantage of the political agreement announced on June 28, 2019 as a source for identification. We use data from SimilarWeb, a digital market intelligence company that provides information on worldwide Internet traffic. Our results show that the announcement of the Agreement has had a positive impact on Internet traffic between EU and Mercosur countries. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first empirical exercise to analyze the impact of this and other Agreements on e-commerce.

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欧盟-南方共同市场自由贸易协定:探讨对电子商务的影响

最近的技术变革已经改变了经济主体之间相互作用的方式。主要的进步之一是有可能以极低的成本广泛传播信息。电子商务是这一变化的重要组成部分，在欧盟内部变得越来越重要。本文分析了欧盟与南方共同市场国家最近达成的贸易协定对电子商务流动的影响。我们利用2019年6月28日宣布的政治协议作为识别的来源。我们使用的数据来自SimilarWeb，这是一家提供全球互联网流量信息的数字市场情报公司。我们的研究结果表明，该协议的宣布对欧盟和南方共同市场国家之间的互联网流量产生了积极影响。据我们所知，这是第一次实证分析该协定和其他协定对电子商务的影响。

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