Trade in Services in the Asia-Pacific Region (National Bureau of Economic Research-East Asia Seminar on Economics)
Contributors: Takatoshi Ito (Editor); Anne O. Krueger (Editor)
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press; University of Chicago Press
Published: February 2, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9780226386775
Subjects: Economics; Geography; Banks And Banking; Service Industries Management; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; ASIA; Commerce; Exports & Imports; International - General; Business & Economics / Commerce; Banks & Banking; Management - General; Telecommunications; Banks and banking, Internation; Banks and banking, International; Congresses; East Asia; Pacific Area; Service industries
First sentence: To what extent can the traditional tools of trade policy analysis be used to analyse the economic costs of barriers to trade in services?
Description: This volume attempts to analyze trade in services in the Asia-Pacific region. Contributors provide overviews of basic issues involved in studying the service sector; investigate the impact of increasing trade in services on the economies of Taiwan, Korea, and Hong Kong; present detailed analyses of specific service sectors (telecommunications, financial services, international tourism, and accounting); and extend our understanding of trade in services beyond the usual concept (measured in balance of payment statistics) to include indirect services and services undertaken abroad by subsidiaries and affiliates.