The Impact of Digital Trade on the Export Competitiveness of Enterprises—An Empirical Analysis Based on Listed Companies in the Yangtze River Economic Belt

With the in-depth development of globalization and informatization, digital trade, as an emerging form of trade, is gradually reshaping the global economic landscape and becoming a new engine for driving economic growth. Among them, the impact of digital trade on the export competitiveness of enterp...

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Main Authors: Lifan Yang, Weixin Yang, Longjiang Nan, Yuxun Gu
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description With the in-depth development of globalization and informatization, digital trade, as an emerging form of trade, is gradually reshaping the global economic landscape and becoming a new engine for driving economic growth. Among them, the impact of digital trade on the export competitiveness of enterprises in developing countries has become a common concern in academia. To reveal the causal relationship between the development of digital trade and the enhancement of export competitiveness in developing countries, this paper first constructs a theoretical model based on product quality heterogeneity and analyzes the impact of digital trade on the export competitiveness of enterprises on the basis of achieving supply and demand equilibrium; then, this paper constructs a comprehensive index system for measuring digital trade and enterprise export competitiveness, and establishes an empirical analysis model; on this basis, this paper uses the data of listed companies in the A-share market in the Yangtze River Economic Belt area from 2011 to 2021 for empirical analysis. The results of the empirical analysis show that for every one-unit increase in the level of digital trade development in the region, there will be a positive impact of 0.9041 units on the export competitiveness of enterprises. After a series of robustness tests and endogeneity analyses, the above empirical results are confirmed to be robust and reliable. Furthermore, this paper conducts a heterogeneity analysis and finally puts forward corresponding policy recommendations based on the above theoretical and empirical research results.
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spelling doaj-art-c5a922a22df947db8c2e041dc5fcb0792025-08-20T02:01:19ZengMDPI AGSystems2079-89542024-12-01121258010.3390/systems12120580The Impact of Digital Trade on the Export Competitiveness of Enterprises—An Empirical Analysis Based on Listed Companies in the Yangtze River Economic BeltLifan Yang0Weixin Yang1Longjiang Nan2Yuxun Gu3Business School, East China University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai 201620, ChinaBusiness School, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, ChinaBusiness School, East China University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai 201620, ChinaSchool of Humanities and Social Sciences, Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University, Suzhou 215123, ChinaWith the in-depth development of globalization and informatization, digital trade, as an emerging form of trade, is gradually reshaping the global economic landscape and becoming a new engine for driving economic growth. Among them, the impact of digital trade on the export competitiveness of enterprises in developing countries has become a common concern in academia. To reveal the causal relationship between the development of digital trade and the enhancement of export competitiveness in developing countries, this paper first constructs a theoretical model based on product quality heterogeneity and analyzes the impact of digital trade on the export competitiveness of enterprises on the basis of achieving supply and demand equilibrium; then, this paper constructs a comprehensive index system for measuring digital trade and enterprise export competitiveness, and establishes an empirical analysis model; on this basis, this paper uses the data of listed companies in the A-share market in the Yangtze River Economic Belt area from 2011 to 2021 for empirical analysis. The results of the empirical analysis show that for every one-unit increase in the level of digital trade development in the region, there will be a positive impact of 0.9041 units on the export competitiveness of enterprises. After a series of robustness tests and endogeneity analyses, the above empirical results are confirmed to be robust and reliable. Furthermore, this paper conducts a heterogeneity analysis and finally puts forward corresponding policy recommendations based on the above theoretical and empirical research results.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-8954/12/12/580digital tradeexport competitivenessYangtze river economic beltlisted companies
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The Impact of Digital Trade on the Export Competitiveness of Enterprises—An Empirical Analysis Based on Listed Companies in the Yangtze River Economic Belt
Systems
digital trade
export competitiveness
Yangtze river economic belt
listed companies
title The Impact of Digital Trade on the Export Competitiveness of Enterprises—An Empirical Analysis Based on Listed Companies in the Yangtze River Economic Belt
title_full The Impact of Digital Trade on the Export Competitiveness of Enterprises—An Empirical Analysis Based on Listed Companies in the Yangtze River Economic Belt
title_fullStr The Impact of Digital Trade on the Export Competitiveness of Enterprises—An Empirical Analysis Based on Listed Companies in the Yangtze River Economic Belt
title_full_unstemmed The Impact of Digital Trade on the Export Competitiveness of Enterprises—An Empirical Analysis Based on Listed Companies in the Yangtze River Economic Belt
title_short The Impact of Digital Trade on the Export Competitiveness of Enterprises—An Empirical Analysis Based on Listed Companies in the Yangtze River Economic Belt
title_sort impact of digital trade on the export competitiveness of enterprises an empirical analysis based on listed companies in the yangtze river economic belt
topic digital trade
export competitiveness
Yangtze river economic belt
listed companies
url https://www.mdpi.com/2079-8954/12/12/580
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