The interconnections between services and goods trade at the firm-level

Ariu, Andrea; Breinlich, Holger; Corcos, Grégory; Mion, Giordano

doi:10.1016/j.jinteco.2018.10.005

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“…Column 1 of Table 6 reports Finally, the joint effect of all five policy induced services trade barriers are reported in Column 7 and only for Transport and W&R are negative and significant. These results are in line with Nordås and Rouzet (2015) and Ariu et al (2016) who found similar results by using OECD STRI index and OECD PMR index, respectively.…”

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The effect of border barriers to services trade on goods trade

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Tekin‐Koru

2020

World Economy

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This paper has two objectives: (i) to introduce border policy-induced barriers (PIBs) to services trade and (ii) analyze the impact of border PIBs in services sectors on goods trade. The World Input-Output Database covering 43 countries is used over the period 2000-2014. A threestage analysis is employed. The measures of bilateral services trade barriers calculated in each services sector in the first stage are decomposed into its cultural/geographical and policy-induced parts in the second stage. Border PIBs to services trade are used in the structural gravity estimations of bilateral goods trade in the final stage. The results demonstrate significant and robust adverse effects of barriers to services trade on goods trade. When the level of development is taken into consideration, there are marked differences in the impact of these barriers on goods trade.

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The effect of border barriers to services trade on goods trade

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Tekin‐Koru

2020

World Economy

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“…They found a statistically significant and negative effect on total services and business services imports, but also report statistically insignificant results at the sector level. Another approach to identify country‐specific trade restrictions is to add intra‐national trade to the data and interacting country‐specific trade barriers with an international trade dummy (Benz, 2017; Benz & Jaax, 2020) or an FTA dummy (Ariu et al., 2017).…”

Section: Services Trade Policy and Performancementioning

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Regulatory barriers to trade in services: A new database and composite indices

2020

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This paper presents new data on services trade regulation for 46 countries in 22 services sectors over 6 years (2014–2019). The data consist of qualitative information which is scored and weighted to produce composite indices. They cover market access and national treatment restrictions with respect to all GATS modes of supply, but also behind the border domestic regulation such as licensing, non‐transparent regulatory procedures and competition policy. The database is updated annually. The trade restrictiveness indices (STRIs) are significantly correlated with services trade flows, but also with the performance of the sectors subject to the restrictions including logistics performance indicators, interest spreads, density of ATMs and secure servers, broadband penetration and outcomes such as legal rights and the time to resolve insolvency.

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“…Other recent research highlights the close relationship between goods and services trade, finding that companies are more likely to source services and goods inputs from the same country, and that increases in barriers to goods imports reduce services imports from the same market, and vice-versa (Ariu et al, 2019).…”

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Services Trade Policy, WTO Commitments, and their Role in Economic Development and Trade Integration

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WTO Working Papers

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Services have long been perceived as playing a secondary role in world trade. In particular, the role of services trade policies and multilateral services commitments often tends to be downplayed. However, in value added terms, services account for about 50% of world trade and are significant in exports of countries of all levels of development. In addition, crossborder trade is expanding as a result of technological advances, and the supply of services by foreign affiliates (mode 3) exceeds trade through other modes of supply. Services trade policies, which cover a wide range of 'inside-the-border' measures, are an important determinant of foreign direct investment, economy-wide productivity, manufacturing competitiveness and exports, and flows of services value added. This paper underscores, on the basis of recent services data and a growing body of research on the impact of services policies, the role of services trade in economic development, trade integration, and inclusiveness. It argues that the limited attention given to services trade policies and to international commitments is increasingly out of step with the role of services in the global economy. Indeed, services trade policies are often restrictive and multinational commitments are generally modest. Taking steps to raise the profile of services trade within government policy-making would help close this gap and highlight the contribution of services trade policy to a wide range of broader national objectives that have an important services dimension, whether SME and gender policy, or the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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The interconnections between services and goods trade at the firm-level

Cited by 58 publications

References 42 publications

The effect of border barriers to services trade on goods trade

The effect of border barriers to services trade on goods trade

Regulatory barriers to trade in services: A new database and composite indices

Services Trade Policy, WTO Commitments, and their Role in Economic Development and Trade Integration

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