Documents de travail de l'OCDE sur la politique commerciale
Cette série porte sur la politique commerciale.
- ISSN : 18166873 (en ligne)
- https://doi.org/10.1787/18166873
Services Trade Restrictiveness, Mark-Ups and Competition
This report explores the relationship between services trade policies and mark-ups at the firm level, taken as a measure of competitive pressure. Restrictive regulations are found to enable firms to charge higher mark-ups in a majority of services sectors, suggesting ample scope for pro-competitive gains from trade liberalisation. Barriers to establishment consistently enable incumbent firms shielded from competition to raise their prices, while a lack of regulatory transparency and complex administrative procedures tend to add to all firms’ operating expenses. A “tax equivalent” of trade-restrictive regulations is then inferred from the abnormal price-cost margin of domestic firms in each service sector. These estimates indicate the magnitude of the welfare costs of regulatory trade restrictions across sectors and countries. The sectors with the highest average tax equivalents of STRI indices are broadcasting, construction, storage, and air and maritime transport, while those with the lowest averages are road transport, architecture and cargo-handling. There is however considerable variation between countries in all sectors.
Mots-clés: regulation, trade liberalisation, competition, services trade restrictions
JEL:
F14: International Economics / Trade / Empirical Studies of Trade;
F13: International Economics / Trade / Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations;
F61: International Economics / Economic Impacts of Globalization / Economic Impacts of Globalization: Microeconomic Impacts;
L9: Industrial Organization / Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities;
D22: Microeconomics / Production and Organizations / Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis;
L8: Industrial Organization / Industry Studies: Services;
L11: Industrial Organization / Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance / Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
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