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- ISSN: 25189808 (online)
- https://doi.org/10.30875/4445c521-en
The evolution of services trade policy since the great recession
Are changes in services markets provoking reform, restrictions, or inertia? To address this question, we draw upon a new World Bank-WTO Services Trade Policy Database (STPD) to analyse the services trade policies of 68 economies in 23 subsectors across five broad areas—financial services, telecommunications, distribution, transportation and professional services, respectively.
Keywords: Services trade policy, Investment, Trade restrictions, Quantification, STRI
JEL:
L80: Industrial Organization / Industry Studies: Services / Industry Studies: Services: General;
F23: International Economics / International Factor Movements and International Business / Multinational Firms; International Business;
F13: International Economics / Trade / Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations;
O24: Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth / Development Planning and Policy / Development Planning and Policy: Trade Policy; Factor Movement; Foreign Exchange Policy;
F14: International Economics / Trade / Empirical Studies of Trade
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