Sebastian Reil’s scientific contributions

... The digitalization processes we look at facilitate trade via a reduction in transaction costs related to logistics and bureaucracy, that can be implemented more widely, in terms of general procedures and processes, or more specifically, in terms of facilitating compliance with NTMs. There is evidence that businesses find it important that governments adopt and improve their usage of technology as a means of reducing bureaucratic costs in the relationship between public authorities and citizens and companies (Reil et al. 2022). Therefore, despite the promising role of digitalization of trade procedures, SSA is threatened to be left behind by trade competitors due to a slower pace of adoption (Ibrahim et al. 2019). ...

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The effect of trade and customs digitalization on agrifood trade: A gravity approach