services? This article argues that regionalism is certainly a building block, not a stumbling block to a multilateral trading … system, using the services liberalization scheme of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as a case study. At the … same time, it is critical to set out a proper institutional arrangement to ensure that regional services liberalization …

sector. In light of the Republic of Korea's high income and development level, the poor performance of modern services is of …

The focal issue of this investigation is whether the rising services sector would contract cost disease and stagnate … model. Using provincial panel data for 1985-2001, the paper examines how labor productivity of the services sector has been … associated with GDP growth and whether the services sector has shown signs of cost disease. The key findings are: the currently …

Cet ouvrage analyse certains des pièges de la libéralisation des services, mais recommande néanmoins la persévérance … du secteur des services reposant sur l’élimination progressive des obstacles à la concurrence. Une évolution qui aurait …

This book demonstrates some of the pitfalls associated with services liberalisation but recommends perseverance and … services sector, based on the gradual removal of the barriers to competition. The benefits will be increased FDI flows and …