Sáez, Sebastián; Taglioni, Daria --- "Nurturing the competitiveness of services exports: Metrics and policy options" [2016] ELECD 1147; in Sauvé, Pierre; Roy, Martin (eds), "Research Handbook on Trade in Services" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016) 123

Book Title: Research Handbook on Trade in Services

Editor(s): Sauvé, Pierre; Roy, Martin

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781783478057

Section: Chapter 6

Section Title: Nurturing the competitiveness of services exports: Metrics and policy options

Author(s): Sáez, Sebastián; Taglioni, Daria

Number of pages: 29

Abstract/Description:

Enhancing services competitiveness is important because countries increasingly operate in a context of internationally fragmented models of production. This chapter is a contribution to the empirical literature on services competitiveness and aims to support policymakers to assess how policies may influence the efficiency of services determinants and of services exports, and to address the main policy constraints for the growth and development of trade in services. The chapter provides a framework for conducting an analysis and diagnostics of trade competitiveness of the services sector and provides policy responses to overcome identified constraints.