This paper deals with forward and backward linkages stemming from foreign multinational enterprises (MNEs) in services … sectors and their impact on the productivity of local manufacturing firms. We distinguish between pecuniary and technological … spillovers. Using a database on foreign MNEs in service sectors in Italy, over the 1999-2005 period, we find that pecuniary …

Working with a mix of panel data on goods and services trade for the OECD for 1994-2004, combined with social accounts … services as inputs in manufacturing, with a particular focus on indirect exports of services through merchandise exports, and … cross-section, we also develop a set of stylized facts linking services to level of development and the density of …

countries ( the ‘Tigers’), while other economies, led by India, have had a drive towards services. The production and exports of … readiness are significant for services. Infrastructure is highly significant for exports. Tertiary enrollment gross percentage … coefficients are positive for services and are negative for manufacturing …

rate of services input intensity, a 10% improvement in services productivity is associated with an increase in …This paper analyzes the linkage between services and manufacturing productivity performance, using firm-level data for … manufacturing productivity 0.3%, and a resulting increase in exports of 0.2%. Services trade restrictiveness indices (STRI) are …

This paper uses a structural gravity model to show the effects of services policies on manufacturing exports. Whereas … the previous literature has focused on indirect effects of policies - flowing through productivity effects in domestic … services markets - we look at direct effects, namely the ability of domestic manufacturers to access services inputs on world …