Services trade reform : making sense of it / Philippa Dee, The Austrian National University, Australia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Philippa, Dee.

Contributor:

Lesmana, Monica.

Series:

World scientific studies in international economics ; v. 28.

World Scientific Studies in International Economics ; Volume 28

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Service industries--Government policy.

Service industries.

International trade.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 450 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New Jersey : World Scientific, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With the Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations moribund, it is time to reconsider the future of trade negotiations as an impetus for reform. Services trade is a leading-edge behind-the-border issue, so a services perspective offers critical insights into the future of trade negotiations more generally. This book traces the author''s thinking on how to make sense of services trade reform, drawing on her analytical, empirical and policy-related work on services issues from both academic and government perspectives. It covers policy reform, policy forums, and what it takes politically to

Contents:

Preface; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Making Sense of Services Trade Reform Philippa Dee; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Wheat and Chaff; 1.3 Tracing Through the Policy Implications; 1.4 How to Achieve Services Trade Reform in Future; Part 1 Model Frameworks; Chapter 2 Issues in the Application of CGE Models to Services Trade Liberalization Philippa Dee, Alexis Hardin and Leanne Holmes; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Past Modelling of Services Trade and Foreign Direct Investment; Model frameworks; Treatment of services trade barriers; Data; 2.3 A Way Forward; Data

2.4 Incorporating Services Trade Barriers in Petri's Framework The nature of barriers to services trade; Restrictions on ongoing operation; Restrictions on establishment; Who gets the rents?; 2.5 The Welfare Implications of Services Trade Liberalization; GTAP welfare decomposition; Incorporating FDI; Principles of services trade liberalization; Chapter 3 Modelling the Policy Issues in Services Trade Philippa Dee; 3.1 Why Worry?; 3.2 What is Special about Services?; 3.3 What is Special About Services Trade?; Theoretical issues in modelling ownership and location

Are economies of scale regional? Is McDonalds the same the world over?; Free entry?; Which factors of production move?; Who owns the FDI capital and how is it financed?; Data and parameter issues in modelling ownership and location; 3.4 What is Special about Services Trade Barriers?; How to measure barriers to services trade?; Assessment; Part 2 Model Applications; Chapter 4 Multilateral Liberalization of Services Trade Philippa Dee and Kevin Hanslow; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The FTAP Model; Theoretical structure; Model database; 4.3 The Effects of Eliminating Post-Uruguay Barriers to Trade

4.4 The Effects of Partial Liberalization of Services Trade 4.5 Agenda for Further Research; Chapter 5 Measuring the Cost of Barriers to Trade in Services Philippa Dee, Kevin Hanslow, and Tien Phamduc; 5.1 The FTAP Model; Estimates of barriers to services trade; 5.2 The Cost Impact of Barriers to Trade in Services; 5.3 The Sectoral Effects of Removing Barriers to Trade in Services; Partial equilibrium effects on sectoral output; General equilibrium effects on sectoral output; General equilibrium welfare effects; 5.4 Agenda for Further Research

Chapter 6 Economy-wide Effects of Further Trade Reforms in Tunisia's Services Sectors Philippa Dee and Ndiame Diop 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Methodological Approach to Measuring Services Trade Barriers; 6.3 Benchmarking Tunisia on Services Restrictiveness; 6.4 Reform Options; Reform strategies; First-round impacts on sectoral prices; 6.5 Economy-wide Effects of Services Trade Liberalization in Tunisia; Modelling framework; Results; 6.6 Economy-wide Effects of Further Liberalizing Agriculture and Manufacturing; Reform scenarios; Results; 6.7 Concluding Comments

Chapter 7 The Employment Implications of Liberalizing Foreign Direct Investment in Services Philippa Dee (with Appendix by Hildegunn Nordås)

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789814508759

9814508756

OCLC:

898079418