source of exogenous variation to identify the impact of services liberalization on total factor productivity (TFP) of …This paper brings new evidence on the impact of services liberalization on performance of manufacturing firms. Using a … unique database of Ukrainian firms in 2001-2007, we utilize an external push for liberalization in services sector as a …

. Unfortunately, little attention has been paid to the service sector. In this paper we study separately manufacturing and services in … while in services the opposite is the case in a ten-year period. However, when we split the time horizon into two five … economic growth, the firm effect prevails for both manufacturing and services. These findings underline the importance of the …

productivity. Services play the role of both an intermediate input in production and a coordinator. Using a detailed Indian firm … associated with an increase in productivity, increased use of complex services and information technology services is associated … with higher productivity. The use of imported services is associated with higher productivity. Moreover, firms that are …