02163cas a2200337 a 4500 AALejournalIMF022397 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781616359218 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Cavallo, Alberto. E-commerce During Covid : Stylized Facts from 47 Economies / Alberto Cavallo, Prachi Mishra, Antonio Spilimbergo. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2022. 1 online resource (19 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students We study e-commerce across 47 economies and 26 industries during the COVID-19 pandemic using aggregated and anonymized transaction-level data from Mastercard, scaled to represent total consumer spending. The share of online transactions in total consumption increased more in economies with higher pre-pandemic e-commerce shares, exacerbating the digital divide across economies. Overall, the latest data suggest that these spikes in online spending shares are dissipating at the aggregate level, though there is variation across industries. In particular, the share of online spending in professional services and recreation has fallen below its pre-pandemic trend, but we observe a longer-lasting shift to digital in retail and restaurants. Mode of access: Internet Innovation imf Intellectual Property Rights imf International Economics imf Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics imf Research and Development imf Technological Change imf Mishra, Prachi. Spilimbergo, Antonio. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2022/019 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2022/019/001.2022.issue-019-en.xml IMF e-Library