Najibullah Arshad , Idris Hamidi
Since the second half of the 20th century, with the entry of computers into the
market and the transformation in the field of information and communication, the
revolution of information and communication technology took place, and the
application of the effect of information and communication technology on
economic growth has become one of the controversial issues. In this research, the
impact of information and communication technology on exports and imports has
been investigated using a logarithmic model. It has been estimated that the GLS
method was used to estimate the parameters, and the results showed a positive and
significant impact of information and communication technology on the export and
import of BRICS member countries, as well as the impact of information and
communication technology variables on export and import. In case of a 1% increase
in mobile phone users in these countries, exports will decrease by 0.0899% and
imports will increase by 0.34159%. In case of a 1% increase in fixed phone users in
these countries, exports will be 0.2236 increases by 1% and import increases by
0.1860. In case of 1% increase in mobile internet users in these countries, export
increases by 0.1242% and import decreases by 0.2314% and in case of 1% increase
in Fast and fixed internet users in these countries, exports increase by 0.1560% and
imports increase by 0.0422%.