the lack of integrated innovation adoption behind environmental productivity performance. In this work, we analyse the …

theory. The empirical part applies Exploratory Data Analysis on trade and production data from OECD’s Inter-Country Input …-Output Tables. International Input-Output data introduce a new dimension in the definition of comparative advantages: upstream or …

This paper takes stock of the forces that lie behind the recent rise of preferential agreements in services trade. Its … initial focus is with a number of distinguishing features of services trade that sets it apart from trade in goods and shapes … trade liberalization and rule-making approaches in the services field. The paper then documents the nature, modal and …

This paper paints the first empirical portrait of services firms in the developing world. Compared with manufacturers … than for services exporters, the reverse is often true for foreign-owned firms. …

unfortunately, while the importance of the services is growing statistical data and other relevant information of the services are … estimation of services sector GDP …

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 …

The paper tests the role of agglomeration effects on the export decision of services firms. Recent theories on trade … predictions are tested for the services industry, with due account for the possible role of agglomeration effects in large …-city areas. Standard empirical tests of the new trade models consistently find productivity-based ex ante self selection by …

sector, trading firms in the service sector exhibit premia relative to non-traders with respect to size, labor productivity … find that the initiation of trade with foreign nations by trading firms is followed by improvements in the productivity of …