• ISSN: 2010-023X (Print)
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    • DOI: 10.18178/IJTEF
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IJTEF 2011 Vol.2(3): 175-178 ISSN: 2010-023X
DOI: 10.7763/IJTEF.2011.V2.99

Impact of e-Commerce on International Trade—Based on a Iceberg Cost Model

HE Yong, LI Jun-yang, WU Xue-pin, and JIANG Jiao-jiao

Abstract—There are a few empirical studies on the impact of e-commerce on international trade. This study focus on how e-commerce affects international trade. In this paper, we introduce e-commerce to international trade model with the help of Paul Krugman(1991)’s iceberg cost, and we find that e-commerce does have impact on international trade, which affects the output, prices, imports and exports of merchandise trade, the total global merchandise trade, and enterprise’s profits etc. in the end.

Index Terms—International trade, e-Commerce, Iceberg cost, Impact.

HE Yong is with School of Management, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China(phone: 86-13918945414; fax: 86-021-59515766; e-mail: heyong007007@shu.edu.cn).
LI Jun-yang is with School of Economics, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China(e-mail: junyli@mail.shu.edu.cn).
WU Xue-pin is with School of Management, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China(e-mail: wxp19@sohu.com).
JIANG Jiao-jiao is with School of Economics, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China(e-mail: jjj87316@163.com).

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Cite:HE Yong, LI Jun-yang, WU Xue-pin, and JIANG Jiao-jiao, "Impact of e-Commerce on International Trade—Based on a Iceberg Cost Model," International Journal of Trade, Economics and Finance vol.2, no.3, pp. 175-178, 2011.

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