The Impact of Digital Trade Development on the Technological Sophistication of Manufacturing Exports
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Digital Trade, Export Technological Sophistication, Mediation Effects.Abstract
As a new trade model, digital trade has a significant impact on economic development. China attaches great importance to the development of digital trade, but the added value of export products lacks competitive advantages, and there is an urgent need to improve the technical complexity of exports. In this study, we sort out the research related to digital trade and export technical complexity, analyse its current situation and shortcomings, and test it by constructing double fixed model, mediation model and threshold effect model. The results show that digital trade can improve the export technology complexity and has regional heterogeneity. In addition, industrial structure upgrading plays an intermediary role and threshold effect in it. Based on the above research content and conclusions, this study puts forward a series of policy recommendations, aiming to provide reference for the development of digital trade and the enhancement of export technological complexity.
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