Trade in services is a rapidly growing phenomenon. Consequently, the question of individual countries? competitiveness in trade in services is of increasing importance. In this paper we describe patterns of competitiveness in services sectors for EU members over the period 1995 to 2005,...

Using bilateral trade data for 16 service categories, this paper examines the patterns, evolution, and determinants of comparative advantage (CA) in U.S. services trade with China and India from 1992 to 2010. The results indicate that the U.S. has a CA in most services, except in more...

Much of the globalization debate revolves around differences in living standards across nations after trade, not just the Ricardian gains as one moves from autarky to free trade. Further, productivity growth stemming from greater competition arguably outweighs the Ricardian gains in the...

The nominal effective exchange rate (EER) of a currency is an index of the tradeweighted average of its bilateral exchange rates vis-à-vis the currencies of selected trading partners, while the real EER is derived by adjusting the nominal index for relative prices or costs. The nominal EER...

Rice is an important source for foreign exchange earnings for Pakistan's economy, keeping this fact in mind, this study is to calculate competitiveness of rice export of Pakistan in the international market compared to largest exporter countries and this article is the first empirical attempt...

Does digital infrastructure increase trade benefits in services, and how large are these trade benefits? This paper uses the prevalence of countries' data centres and secure internet servers to investigate the impact of data-related infrastructures on services trade. Data centres and internet...