Title Page
Abstract
Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction 8
1.1. Background 8
1.2. Research Plan 11
Chapter 2. Literature Review 14
2.1. The Concept of Digital Trade 14
2.2. The Evolution of Digital Trade Rules 16
2.2.1. Digital trade rules at the WTO level 16
2.2.2. American and European mode of digital trade rules 18
2.2.3. Digital trade rules in East Asia 19
2.3. Application of the Gravity Model 24
2.4. Statistics on Digital Trade and Rules 25
2.5. Research Gap 27
Chapter 3. Digital Trade and Rules in East Asia 28
3.1. Digital Trade in China, Japan and South Korea 28
3.2. Classification of FTA Digital Trade Rules 30
3.3. Influence Mechanism 32
3.3.1. Trade Promotion Rules 32
3.3.2. Data Flow Rules 32
3.3.3. Privacy Protection Rules 33
3.4. Research Hypotheses 35
Chapter 4. Methodology and Data 36
4.1. Explained Variable 36
4.2. Core Explanatory Variables 37
4.3. Control Variables 43
4.4. Model Construction 44
4.5. Descriptive Statistics 45
Chapter 5. Empirical Results 47
5.1. Regression Method 47
5.2. Baseline Results 47
5.3. Robustness Test 52
5.3.1. Top and bottom 1% shrinkage 52
5.3.2. Reclassify sample period 52
5.4. Heterogeneity Analysis 54
Chapter 6. Conclusion and Policy Recommendation 57
6.1. Conclusion 57
6.2. Policy Recommendation 58
Bibliography 61
국문초록 66