Ladrière, Maxime; Lundquist, Kathryn; Ye, Qing - 2022 - Manuscript date: 3 February 2022
In theory, e-commerce marketplaces connect buyers and sellers, open trade opportunities, and reduce transaction costs …-sized enterprises (MSMEs). Further, there is some evidence that MSMEs are more likely to use e-commerce marketplaces than large firms … firms. This discussion paper explores non-traditional data to investigate whether e-commerce marketplaces may contribute to …