The proliferation of services trade agreements and improved availability of data on bilateral services trade flows has … resulted in a growing literature on the theoretical and empirical assessment of services trade effects. In this paper, we … revisit the trade effects of services agreements using an updated database on bilateral services trade flows from the OECD and …

More than half of the World Trade Organization (WTO)-notified services trade agreements (STAs) in effect since 2008 …) determinants of preferential trade agreements and using the World Bank’s database on the restrictiveness of domestic services … levels of preexisting trade, and restrictive services regulations are more likely candidates for regulatory convergence. Our …

The importance of services trade and "servicification" of economic activity has grown in countries overtime. However … total services trade in 2005 and 2.9% in 2017. While trade costs for services have been computed in the literature, barriers … specific to Mode 4 services trade have not yet been quantified. We contribute by constructing an index to quantify regulatory …

The proliferation of services trade agreements and improved availability of data on bilateral services trade flows has … resulted in a growing literature on the theoretical and empirical assessment of services trade effects. In this paper, we … revisit the trade effects of services agreements using an updated database on bilateral services trade flows from the OECD and …

More than half of the World Trade Organization (WTO)-notified services trade agreements (STAs) in effect since 2008 …) determinants of preferential trade agreements and using the World Bank’s database on the restrictiveness of domestic services … levels of preexisting trade, and restrictive services regulations are more likely candidates for regulatory convergence. Our …