Measuring the cost of international trade in services
Measuring the cost of international trade in services
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DOI：
10.1017/s1474745613000049
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发表时间：
2013-10-01
影响因子：
1.3
通讯作者：
Shepherd, Ben
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作者：
Miroudot, Sebastien;Sauvage, Jehan;Shepherd, Ben
我们提供了一个新的服务部门国际贸易成本数据集。使用基于理论的方法，结合国内运输和跨境贸易的数据，我们发现，服务贸易成本远远高于商品部门：在许多情况下是两到三倍。在过去十年中，服务贸易成本保持相对稳定，而货物贸易成本总体上以令人印象深刻的速度下降。我们发现，即使在一个为促进单一服务市场做出了很大贡献的地区集团--欧盟--中，各国之间的贸易成本仍存在相当大的异质性。我们的调查结果总体上表明，未来的政策改革将发挥重要作用，以减轻服务业面临的监管负担，并促进服务贸易。
We present a new dataset of international trade costs in services sectors. Using a theory-based methodology combined with data on domestic shipments and cross-border trade, we find that trade costs in services are much higher than in goods sectors: a multiple of two to three times in many cases. Trade costs in services have remained relatively steady over the last ten years, whereas trade costs in goods have fallen overall at an impressive rate. We show that even in a regional grouping that has done much to promote a single market in services-the EU-there remains considerable heterogeneity in trade costs across countries. Our findings generally suggest an important role for future policy reforms to reduce the regulatory burdens facing services sectors and facilitate trade in services.