Trade costs and productivity in services sectors

Miroudot, Sébastien; Sauvage, Jehan; Shepherd, Ben

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2011.09.005

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“…A third strand has resorted to theoretical and empirical techniques to estimate barriers to trade in services and foreign direct investment, and/or to provide estimates of services trade costs (Francois, Hoekman, and Woerz 2007;Miroudot, Sauvage, andShepherd 2012, 2013;van der Marel 2011).…”

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Why Do Economies Enter into Preferential Agreements on Trade in Services? Assessing the Potential for Negotiated Regulatory Convergence in Asian Services Markets

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Shingal

2016

Asian Development Review

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More than one-third of the World Trade Organization-notified services trade agreements that were in effect between January 2008 and August 2015 involved at least one South or Southeast Asian trading partner. Drawing on Baier and Bergstrand's (2004) determinants of preferential trade agreements and using the World Bank's database on the restrictiveness of domestic services regimes (Borchert, Gootiiz, and Mattoo 2012), we examine the potential for negotiated regulatory convergence in Asian services markets. Our results suggest that Asian economies with high levels of preexisting bilateral merchandise trade and wide differences in services regulatory frameworks are more likely candidates for services trade agreement formation. Such results lend support to the hypothesis that the heightened "servicification" of production generates demand for the lowered services input costs resulting from negotiated market openings.

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Why Do Economies Enter into Preferential Agreements on Trade in Services? Assessing the Potential for Negotiated Regulatory Convergence in Asian Services Markets

Sauvé

Shingal

2016

Asian Development Review

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“…Services trade data are, however, not sufficiently detailed for estimating the trade cost equivalent of trade barriers and behind the border regulation that affect services trade. Nevertheless, there is a growing literature on measuring trade costs on the basis of observed trade patterns in services, but usually at a higher level of aggregation than what is required for the STRI (Miroudot et al, 2012). Furthermore, the different approaches to measuring trade costs on the basis of observed trade flows have strengths and weaknesses (Nordås, 2011) and as of yet a widely accepted methodology is unavailable.…”

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Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI): Telecommunication Services

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OECD Trade Policy Papers

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“…For trade restrictiveness indices, however, it is clear that the measures should be weighted according to their contribution to trade costs, which in turn consist of entry costs and operational costs. trade patterns in services, but usually at a higher level of aggregation than what is required for the STRI (Miroudot et al, 2012). Furthermore, the different approaches to measuring trade costs on the basis of observed trade flows have strengths and weaknesses (Nordås, 2011) and as of yet a widely accepted methodology is not available.…”

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confidence: 99%