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The Impact of Services Trade Restrictiveness on Export Flows

Lundqvist, Ebba LU (2021) NEKH03 20202
Department of Economics
Abstract
Services trade is increasingly becoming more important in the international economy. However, barriers to trade in services remain more obstructive than those to trade in goods. This paper uses the OECD Services Trade Restrictiveness Index to analyze the relationship between restrictions to trade in services and cross-border service exports. The empirical analysis is carried through with the help of a gravity model with Poisson Pseudo-Maximum Likelihood (PPML) estimation and panel data. All 37 OECD countries are included in this analysis, as well as nine of their most important trading partners Brazil, China, Costa Rica, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Russian Federation, South Africa and Thailand. Both disaggregated regressions divided into... (More)
Services trade is increasingly becoming more important in the international economy. However, barriers to trade in services remain more obstructive than those to trade in goods. This paper uses the OECD Services Trade Restrictiveness Index to analyze the relationship between restrictions to trade in services and cross-border service exports. The empirical analysis is carried through with the help of a gravity model with Poisson Pseudo-Maximum Likelihood (PPML) estimation and panel data. All 37 OECD countries are included in this analysis, as well as nine of their most important trading partners Brazil, China, Costa Rica, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Russian Federation, South Africa and Thailand. Both disaggregated regressions divided into twelve service sectors are investigated along with aggregated data including a pooled sample of all the sectors. Results show that more restrictive countries both import and export less services. However, for some sectors the results tend to be positive or unsignificant. (Less)
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author
Lundqvist, Ebba LU
supervisor
organization
course
NEKH03 20202
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Trade in services, Restrictiveness to trade, Barriers to trade in services, Gravity model
language
English
id
9038141
date added to LUP
2021-03-11 12:03:37
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2021-03-11 12:03:37
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  abstract     = {{Services trade is increasingly becoming more important in the international economy. However, barriers to trade in services remain more obstructive than those to trade in goods. This paper uses the OECD Services Trade Restrictiveness Index to analyze the relationship between restrictions to trade in services and cross-border service exports. The empirical analysis is carried through with the help of a gravity model with Poisson Pseudo-Maximum Likelihood (PPML) estimation and panel data. All 37 OECD countries are included in this analysis, as well as nine of their most important trading partners Brazil, China, Costa Rica, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Russian Federation, South Africa and Thailand. Both disaggregated regressions divided into twelve service sectors are investigated along with aggregated data including a pooled sample of all the sectors. Results show that more restrictive countries both import and export less services. However, for some sectors the results tend to be positive or unsignificant.}},
  author       = {{Lundqvist, Ebba}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The Impact of Services Trade Restrictiveness on Export Flows}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}