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No. 185 | 01 Oct 2015 |
Water in the GATS
The water in the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) refers to the difference between the bound level of trade restrictiveness permitted by the GATS and the actual trade regime. Using the OECD Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI),... |
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No. 184 | 29 Sept 2015 |
International Trade and Investment by State Enterprises
The recent surge in competition between state and private firms in global markets calls for a reflection on how to minimise any potentially distortionary effects on international trade and investment created by state enterprises while at the same... |
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No. 183 | 04 Aug 2015 |
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI): Logistics Services
This paper presents the services trade restrictiveness indices (STRIs) for logistics services. The STRIs are composite indices taking values between zero and one, zero representing an open market and one a market completely closed to foreign services... |
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No. 182 | 26 Jun 2015 |
Trade, global value chains and wage-income inequality
The rise in global value chain (GVC) participation has coincided with significant changes in the distribution of wage income both within and across countries. This paper sets out to identify the linkages between these phenomena. It shows that GVC... |
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No. 181 | 29 May 2015 |
Contribution of Trade Facilitation Measures to the Operation of Supply Chains
This report assesses how specific border procedures impact on the operation of supply chains and the resulting policy implications, using data from the OECD Trade Facilitation Indicators (TFIs) database and from the OECD-WTO database on... |
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No. 180 | 01 May 2015 |
Emerging Policy Issues
Despite the predominately negative evidence of the impact of local content requirements on trade, they continue to play a significant role in trade policy. This has been particularly true since the financial crisis of 2008. The work presented here... |
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No. 179 | 01 Apr 2015 |
Participation of Developing Countries in Global Value Chains
Although global value chains (GVCs) are often considered a defining feature of the current wave of globalisation, little is known about: i) what drives GVC participation; ii) what the benefits associated to growing participation are; or iii) how... |
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No. 178 | 06 Feb 2015 |
The Impact of Services Trade Restrictiveness on Trade Flows
This paper uses newly released OECD data on services trade restrictions (STRI) to analyse the relationship between services trade restrictions, cross-border trade in services and trade in downstream manufactured goods. A standard gravity model is... |
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No. 177 | 23 Jan 2015 |
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI): Scoring and Weighting Methodology
This paper presents the scoring and weighting methodology for calculation of the services trade restrictiveness indices (STRIs) for 18 sectors. The STRIs are composite indices taking values between zero and one, zero representing an open market and... |
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No. 176 | 04 Nov 2014 |
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI): Transport and Courier Services
This paper presents the services trade restrictiveness indices (STRIs) for transport and courier services. The STRIs are composite indices taking values between zero and one, zero representing an open market and one a market completely closed to... |
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No. 175 | 04 Nov 2014 |
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI): Financial Services
This paper presents the services trade restrictiveness indices (STRIs) for financial services. The STRIs are composite indices taking values between zero and one, zero representing an open market and one a market completely closed to foreign services... |
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No. 174 | 04 Nov 2014 |
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI): Audio-visual Services
This paper presents the services trade restrictiveness indices (STRIs) for motion pictures, television and broadcasting and sound recording. The STRIs are composite indices taking values between zero and one, zero representing an open market and one... |
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No. 173 | 04 Nov 2014 |
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI): Distribution Services
This paper presents the services trade restrictiveness indices (STRIs) for distribution services. The STRIs are composite indices taking values between zero and one, zero representing an open market and one a market completely closed to foreign... |
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No. 172 | 04 Nov 2014 |
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI): Telecommunication Services
This paper presents the services trade restrictiveness indices (STRIs) for telecommunications. The STRIs are composite indices taking values between zero and one, zero representing an open market and one a market completely closed to foreign services... |
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No. 171 | 04 Nov 2014 |
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI): Legal and Accounting Services
This paper presents the services trade restrictiveness indices (STRIs) for the regulated professions of legal and accounting services. The STRIs are composite indices taking values between zero and one, zero representing an open market and one a... |
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No. 170 | 04 Nov 2014 |
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI): Construction, Architecture and Engineering Services
This paper presents the services trade restrictiveness indices (STRIs) for construction, architecture and engineering services. The STRIs are composite indices taking values between zero and one, zero representing an open market and one a market... |
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No. 169 | 04 Nov 2014 |
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI): Computer and Related Services
This paper presents the services trade restrictiveness indices (STRIs) for computer services. The STRIs are composite indices taking values between zero and one, zero representing an open market and one a market completely closed to foreign services... |
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No. 168 | 17 Oct 2014 |
Deep Provisions in Regional Trade Agreements: How Multilateral-friendly?
Over the past decade, an increasing number of economies have resorted to regional trade agreements (RTAs) as a means to further the market-opening and rule-making agenda. In this context, this paper addresses the question as to whether and how... |
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No. 167 | 11 Aug 2014 |
Uncovering Trade Secrets - An Empirical Assessment of Economic Implications of Protection for Undisclosed Data
This paper takes stock of the protection of trade secrets for a sample of 37 countries, provides historical data for the period since 1985, and considers the relationship of the stringency of the protection of trade secrets to relevant economic... |
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No. 166 | 01 Aug 2014 |
Exports and Employment in China, Indonesia, Japan and Korea
This paper examines the effects of exports on employment in China, Indonesia, Japan and Korea. It draws on input-output data for the period from 1995 to 2009 to estimate the effects on each industry's employment (i.e. direct effects) and on other... |
OECD Trade Policy Papers
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Water in the GATS
Sébastien Miroudot and Kätlin Pertel
01 Oct 2015
The water in the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) refers to the difference between the bound level of trade restrictiveness permitted by the GATS and the actual trade regime. Using the OECD Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI),...
International Trade and Investment by State Enterprises
Przemyslaw Kowalski and Kateryna Perepechay
29 Sept 2015
The recent surge in competition between state and private firms in global markets calls for a reflection on how to minimise any potentially distortionary effects on international trade and investment created by state enterprises while at the same...
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI): Logistics Services
Kazuhiro Sugie, Massimo Geloso Grosso, Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås, Sébastien Miroudot, Frédéric Gonzales and Dorothée Rouzet
04 Aug 2015
This paper presents the services trade restrictiveness indices (STRIs) for logistics services. The STRIs are composite indices taking values between zero and one, zero representing an open market and one a market completely closed to foreign services...
Trade, global value chains and wage-income inequality
Javier Lopez Gonzalez, Przemyslaw Kowalski and Pascal Achard
26 Jun 2015
The rise in global value chain (GVC) participation has coincided with significant changes in the distribution of wage income both within and across countries. This paper sets out to identify the linkages between these phenomena. It shows that GVC...
Contribution of Trade Facilitation Measures to the Operation of Supply Chains
Evdokia Moïsé and Silvia Sorescu
29 May 2015
This report assesses how specific border procedures impact on the operation of supply chains and the resulting policy implications, using data from the OECD Trade Facilitation Indicators (TFIs) database and from the OECD-WTO database on...
Emerging Policy Issues
Susan Stone, James Messent and Dorothee Flaig
01 May 2015
Despite the predominately negative evidence of the impact of local content requirements on trade, they continue to play a significant role in trade policy. This has been particularly true since the financial crisis of 2008. The work presented here...
Participation of Developing Countries in Global Value Chains
Przemyslaw Kowalski, Javier Lopez Gonzalez, Alexandros Ragoussis and Cristian Ugarte
01 Apr 2015
Although global value chains (GVCs) are often considered a defining feature of the current wave of globalisation, little is known about: i) what drives GVC participation; ii) what the benefits associated to growing participation are; or iii) how...
The Impact of Services Trade Restrictiveness on Trade Flows
Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås and Dorothée Rouzet
06 Feb 2015
This paper uses newly released OECD data on services trade restrictions (STRI) to analyse the relationship between services trade restrictions, cross-border trade in services and trade in downstream manufactured goods. A standard gravity model is...
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI): Scoring and Weighting Methodology
Massimo Geloso Grosso, Frédéric Gonzales, Sébastien Miroudot, Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås, Dorothée Rouzet and Asako Ueno
23 Jan 2015
This paper presents the scoring and weighting methodology for calculation of the services trade restrictiveness indices (STRIs) for 18 sectors. The STRIs are composite indices taking values between zero and one, zero representing an open market and...
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI): Transport and Courier Services
Massimo Geloso Grosso, Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås, Asako Ueno, Frédéric Gonzales, Iza Lejárraga, Sébastien Miroudot and Dorothée Rouzet
04 Nov 2014
This paper presents the services trade restrictiveness indices (STRIs) for transport and courier services. The STRIs are composite indices taking values between zero and one, zero representing an open market and one a market completely closed to...
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI): Financial Services
Dorothée Rouzet, Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås, Frédéric Gonzales, Massimo Geloso Grosso, Iza Lejárraga, Sébastien Miroudot and Asako Ueno
04 Nov 2014
This paper presents the services trade restrictiveness indices (STRIs) for financial services. The STRIs are composite indices taking values between zero and one, zero representing an open market and one a market completely closed to foreign services...
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI): Audio-visual Services
Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås, Iza Lejárraga, Sébastien Miroudot, Frédéric Gonzales, Massimo Geloso Grosso, Dorothée Rouzet and Asako Ueno
04 Nov 2014
This paper presents the services trade restrictiveness indices (STRIs) for motion pictures, television and broadcasting and sound recording. The STRIs are composite indices taking values between zero and one, zero representing an open market and one...
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI): Distribution Services
Asako Ueno, Massimo Geloso Grosso, Iza Lejárraga, Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås, Sébastien Miroudot, Frédéric Gonzales and Dorothée Rouzet
04 Nov 2014
This paper presents the services trade restrictiveness indices (STRIs) for distribution services. The STRIs are composite indices taking values between zero and one, zero representing an open market and one a market completely closed to foreign...
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI): Telecommunication Services
Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås, Massimo Geloso Grosso, Frédéric Gonzales, Iza Lejárraga, Molly Lesher, Sébastien Miroudot, Asako Ueno and Dorothée Rouzet
04 Nov 2014
This paper presents the services trade restrictiveness indices (STRIs) for telecommunications. The STRIs are composite indices taking values between zero and one, zero representing an open market and one a market completely closed to foreign services...
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI): Legal and Accounting Services
Massimo Geloso Grosso, Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås, Frédéric Gonzales, Iza Lejárraga, Sébastien Miroudot, Asako Ueno and Dorothée Rouzet
04 Nov 2014
This paper presents the services trade restrictiveness indices (STRIs) for the regulated professions of legal and accounting services. The STRIs are composite indices taking values between zero and one, zero representing an open market and one a...
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI): Construction, Architecture and Engineering Services
Massimo Geloso Grosso, Iza Lejárraga, Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås, Frédéric Gonzales, Sébastien Miroudot, Asako Ueno and Dorothée Rouzet
04 Nov 2014
This paper presents the services trade restrictiveness indices (STRIs) for construction, architecture and engineering services. The STRIs are composite indices taking values between zero and one, zero representing an open market and one a market...
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI): Computer and Related Services
Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås, Massimo Geloso Grosso, Frédéric Gonzales, Iza Lejárraga, Sébastien Miroudot, Asako Ueno and Dorothée Rouzet
04 Nov 2014
This paper presents the services trade restrictiveness indices (STRIs) for computer services. The STRIs are composite indices taking values between zero and one, zero representing an open market and one a market completely closed to foreign services...
Deep Provisions in Regional Trade Agreements: How Multilateral-friendly?
Iza Lejárraga
17 Oct 2014
Over the past decade, an increasing number of economies have resorted to regional trade agreements (RTAs) as a means to further the market-opening and rule-making agenda. In this context, this paper addresses the question as to whether and how...
Uncovering Trade Secrets - An Empirical Assessment of Economic Implications of Protection for Undisclosed Data
Douglas C. Lippoldt and Mark F. Schultz
11 Aug 2014
This paper takes stock of the protection of trade secrets for a sample of 37 countries, provides historical data for the period since 1985, and considers the relationship of the stringency of the protection of trade secrets to relevant economic...
Exports and Employment in China, Indonesia, Japan and Korea
Kozo Kiyota
01 Aug 2014
This paper examines the effects of exports on employment in China, Indonesia, Japan and Korea. It draws on input-output data for the period from 1995 to 2009 to estimate the effects on each industry's employment (i.e. direct effects) and on other...