This paper examines how the applied multi-sector computable general equilibrium (CGE) literature has moved into quantification of the impacts of greater market access for services. This includes discussion of multisector linkages to the service sector, as well both measuring barriers to trade...

We develop a new analytical framework for both cross-border services trade and services trade through foreign affiliates, based on heterogeneous firms operating under oligopoly. This leads to direct predictions about choice of services delivery (mode of delivery) at the firm level, and about the...

Most firm-level research on the characteristics and strategies of globalized firms focuses on manufacturing industries while firm-level evidence on trade in services is still rare and has just recently begun to emerge. This study uses an unique dataset of Austrian service exporting firms over a...

Im Jahr 2014 stieg die heimische Wirtschaftsleistung um nur 0,3%. Damit war bereits das dritte Jahr in Folge eine sehr träge Entwicklung zu verzeichnen. Maßgebend war dafür neben der anhaltenden Investitionszurückhaltung der Unternehmen und der gedämpften Ausgabenbereitschaft der privaten...