Estimates of Ad Valorem Equivalents of Barriers Against Foreign Suppliers of Services in Eleven Services Sectors and 103 Countries

A new database on the barriers faced by foreign suppliers of services has been produced by the World Bank. Data for 103 countries are available on 11 of the most important services sectors in international trade. Based on these data and building on the methodology and publications supported by the Australian Productivity Commission, this paper produces estimates of the ad valorem equivalents of the barriers for all these sectors and countries. Compared with estimates available in the literature that are based on assessments of country- and sector-specific barriers to services providers, the estimates expand the set of sectors and more than triple the set of countries for which estimates of the ad valorem equivalents of the services barriers are available.

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Main Authors: Jafari, Yaghoob, Tarr, David G.
Format: Policy Research Working Paper biblioteca
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014-11
Subjects:ACCESS TO SERVICES, ACCOUNTING, ACCOUNTING SERVICES, ADVERSE EFFECT, ADVERTISING, AFFILIATES, AIR, AIR PASSENGER, AIR TRANSPORT, AUDITING, BANKING SECTOR, BANKING SERVICES, BANKS, BARRIER, BUSINESS SERVICES, CAPACITY BUILDING, CENTRAL BANK, CODE OF CONDUCT, COLLECTION OF INFORMATION, COST OF CAPITAL, CREDIT CARDS, DATA BARRIERS, DEMAND ELASTICITY, DEPOSIT, DEPOSIT INSURANCE, DEPOSITS, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DISCRETION, DISTRIBUTION SERVICES, DOMESTIC BANK, DOMESTIC CAPITAL, DOMESTIC CAPITAL MARKET, DOMESTIC MARKET, DOMESTIC PRICE, ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE, ELECTRICITY, FINANCIAL SECTORS, FINANCIAL SERVICES, FINANCIAL SUPPORT, FOREIGN BANKS, FOREIGN COMPANY, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, FOREIGN ENTRY, FOREIGN FIRMS, FOREIGN NATIONAL, GEOGRAPHIC REGION, HOUSING, ICT, INCOME, INCOMES, INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY, INSURANCE, INSURANCE POLICY, INSURANCES, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INVESTMENT BARRIERS, JOINT VENTURE, LABOR MARKET, LIBERALIZATION, LICENSE, LICENSES, LOCAL CURRENCIES, MANUFACTURING, MARITIME TRANSPORT, MARKET ACCESS, MARKET ENTRY, MARKET SHARE, MARKET SHARES, MARKET STRUCTURE, MARKETING, MOBILE PHONE, MOBILE PHONE SUBSCRIBERS, MOBILE TELEPHONE, MOBILE TELEPHONES, MODES OF TRANSPORT, MONOPOLIES, NET INTEREST MARGIN, OPEN ACCESS, OPEN ECONOMIES, OUTPUT, PASSENGER TRANSPORT, PAYMENT SYSTEM, PENETRATION RATE, PENETRATION RATES, POPULATION DENSITY, PREFERENTIAL, PRICE CHANGE, PRICE ELASTICITY, PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND, PROCUREMENT, PRODUCTIVITY, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PRUDENTIAL REQUIREMENTS, RAIL, RAIL TRANSPORT, RAIL TRANSPORTATION, RE-INSURANCE, REGIONAL TRADE, REGULATORY BODY, REGULATORY REGIME, REGULATORY REGIMES, RESULT, RESULTS, RETAIL SERVICES, ROAD, ROAD TRANSPORT, SALES GROWTH, SECURITIES, SECURITY SERVICES, SMALL BUSINESS, SMALL COUNTRY, SOLICITATION, SPREADSHEETS, SUBSIDIARY, TELECOM, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TELEPHONE SERVICE, TELEPHONE SERVICES, TRADE FLOWS, TRANSITION COUNTRIES, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT SERVICES, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION SERVICE, TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, USES, WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS, WORLD ECONOMY,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/11/20365710/estimates-ad-valorem-equivalents-barriers-against-foreign-suppliers-services-eleven-services-sectors-103-countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20620
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