Quantifying the Benefits of Liberalising Trade in Services [electronic resource] /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co operation and DevelopmentContent Provider
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentContent Provider
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2003.
What are the major barriers to services trade? To what extent would further liberalisation of trade in services result in increased welfare gains and economic growth? Empirical evidence is also important to demonstrate the economic effects of market and regulatory changes as an aid to the design of adequate regulatory reform. Amongst other issues, the papers in this volume explore fundamental issues for empirical research on trade in services. It highlights the specific data requirements and conceptual challenges for modelling liberalisation of services.
CONTENTS; Introduction; Chapter 1. The Economy-Wide Effects of Product Market Policies; Chapter 2. Methodologies for Measuring Restrictions on Trade in Services; Chapter 3. Quantifying the Effects of Liberalising Services: The Experience of the Australian Productivity Commission; Chapter 4. Liberalising Basic Telecommunications Evidence from Developing Countries; Chapter 5. Quantifying Costs to National Welfare from Barriers to Services Trade a Review of the Literature; Chapter 6. Quantification of the Costs to National Welfare of Barriers to Trade in Services: A Scoping Paper
Papers from a conference, the Third OECD Services Experts Meeting, organized in conjunction with the World Bank in Paris in March 2002, under the chairmanship of Anders Ahlind.
Includes bibliographical references.
What are the major barriers to services trade? To what extent would further liberalisation of trade in services result in increased welfare gains and economic growth? Empirical evidence is also important to demonstrate the economic effects of market and regulatory changes as an aid to the design of adequate regulatory reform. Amongst other issues, the papers in this volume explore fundamental issues for empirical research on trade in services. It highlights the specific data requirements and conceptual challenges for modelling liberalisation of services.
General Agreement on Trade in Services (1994 April 15)
Service industries.
Free trade.
International business enterprises.