Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/336518 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
ADB Economics Working Paper Series No. 806
Publisher: 
Asian Development Bank (ADB), Manila
Abstract: 
This paper examines the determinants of service exports in emerging Asian economies, with particular emphasis on digital services, which have experienced considerable expansion across the region. Utilizing a structural gravity model, the findings indicate that supply-side factors predominantly drive service exports growth, rather than demand factors or trade policies. An indepth analysis of these supply-side factors underscores the pivotal role of human capital, specifically education and English proficiency, in bolstering exports, especially within the region's digital business process services sector. Further evidence reveals that stringent regulatory environments and barriers to digital infrastructure considerably impede exports in sectors such as telecommunications, computer and information services, and other business services. Conversely, enhanced internet connectivity not only increases exports of digital services but also boosts the exports of non-digital services.
Subjects: 
Asia
emerging economies
trade in services
digital services
JEL: 
F10
F14
L80
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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