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Services Reform and Manufacturing Performance: Evidence from India

Arnold, Jens; Javorcik, Beata; Lipscomb, Molly; Mattoo, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

Conventional explanations for the post-1991 growth of India’s manufacturing sector focus on goods trade liberalization … index of services liberalization resulted in a productivity increase of 11.7 percent for domestic firms and 13.2 percent for …

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Measuring Services Trade Liberalization and Its Impact on Economic Growth: An Illustration

Mattoo, Aaditya; Rathindran, Randeep - In: Journal of Economic Integration 21 (2006), pp. 64-98

The paper has three purposes. First, it explains how the impact of liberalization of service sectors on output growth … differs from that of liberalization of trade in goods. Second, it suggests a policy-based rather than outcome-based measure of …

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The Doha Development Agenda: What's on the table?

Martin, Will; Mattoo, Aaditya - In: The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development 19 (2010) 1, pp. 81-107

The outlines of a potential agreement, emerging after seven years of negotiations, imply that Doha offers three key potential benefits: reduced uncertainty of market access in goods and services; improved market access in agriculture and manufacturing; and the mobilization of resources to deal...

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Does Services Liberalization Benefit Manufacturing Firms?

Arnold, Jens; Javorcik, Beata; Mattoo, Aaditya - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

liberalization have not been empirically established. This study examines the link between services sector reforms and the … firms in downstream manufacturing sectors. When several aspects of services liberalization are considered, namely, the … industries is the key channel through which services liberalization contributes to improved performance of downstream …

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Does Services Liberalization Benefit Manufacturing Firms? Evidence from the Czech Republic

Arnold, Jens Matthias; Javorcik, Beata Smarzynska; … - 2006

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Regional Agreements and Trade in Services: Policy Issues

Mattoo, Aaditya; Fink, Carsten - In: Journal of Economic Integration 19 (2004), pp. 742-779

than multilateral forum. Finally, it reviews some evidence on services liberalization under the European Union’s Single …

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Impact Evaluation of Trade Interventions: Paving the Way

Cadot, Olivier; Fernandes, Ana; Gourdon, Julien; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

The focus of trade policy has shifted in recent years from economy-wide reductions in tariffs and trade restrictions towards targeted interventions to facilitate trade and promote exports. Most of these latter interventions are based on the new mantra of "aid-for-trade" rather than on hard...

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Liberalizing Trade in Services: Lessons from Regional and WTO Negotiations

Hoekman, Bernard M.; Mattoo, Aaditya - Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), … - 2013

Liberalization of trade and investment in services through trade agreements has progressed less than trade in goods. We … that the prospects for both services liberalization and welfare-enhancing regulatory reform in the context of trade …

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Are the Benefits of Export Support Durable? Evidence from Tunisia

Cadot, Olivier; Fernandes, Ana; Gourdon, Julien; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

This paper evaluates the effects of the FAMEX export promotion program in Tunisia on the performance of beneficiary firms. While most studies assess only the short-term impact of such programs, we consider also the longer-term impact. Estimates suggest that beneficiaries initially saw both...

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Financial services and the WTO: Liberalization in the developing and transition economies

Mattoo, Aaditya - Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), World … - 1998

-discrimination commitments should advance the process of progressive liberalization. The commitments do not compromise the ability of countries … liberalization programmes by precommitting to future market access. …

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