Title: Policy Barriers to International Trade in Services

Abstract: Compared to the vast empirical literature on policies affecting trade in goods, the empirical analysis of services trade policy is still in its infancy. A major constraint has been inadequate data on policies affecting services trade, especially in developing countries. Previous research has tended to rely on secondary sources and policy commitments under international agreements (e.g. Hoekman 1996)...

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Publication ID: 32

Category Description: General Issues of International Trade Statistics

Publication Type: Paper

Inistitute: The World Bank

Year: 2012

Month: June

Sub Title: Evidence from a New Database

Author 1: Ingo Borchert

Author 2: Batshur Gootiiz

Author 3:Aaditya Mattoo

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Link: http://www-wds.worldbank.org/servlet/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2012/06/28/000158349_20120628132350/Rendered/PDF/WPS6109.pdf

Tags: quantification , service trade barriers , trade policy patterns ,

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