Effect of digitalization on bilateral trade in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

Etse, Nkukpornu

dc.contributor.author	Etse, Nkukpornu
dc.date.accessioned	2025-02-18T15:04:55Z
dc.date.available	2025-02-18T15:04:55Z
dc.date.issued	2024-12
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/30647
dc.description	FACULTY/STAFF PUBLICATION	en_US
dc.description.abstract	ABSTRACT This article investigates the effect of digitalization on bilateral trade in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). We estimate the augmented gravity model to capture the effect of digitalization on bilateral trade using the POLS, GLS, and PPML estimators over 2000 to 2018. We find a significant positive effect of digitalization on bilateral trade for the ECOWAS region. The policy implication of this article is that bilateral trade in the region depends on digitalization. Therefore, economic agents’ efforts in the ECOWAS region should aim at policies that promote digitalization to enhance bilateral trade. KEYWORDS:  Bilateral Trade  Ecowas  Digitalization  Gravity  Pooled OLS  GLS	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	CHRISTIAN SERVICE UNIVERSITY	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	CHRISTIAN SERVICE UNIVERSITY	en_US
dc.subject	trade. KEYWORDS:  Bilateral Trade  Ecowas  Digitalization  Gravity  Pooled OLS  GLS	en_US
dc.title	Effect of digitalization on bilateral trade in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)	en_US
dc.title.alternative	ABSTRACT	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US