Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI): Legal and Accounting Services

Massimo Geloso Grosso, Hildegunn Nordås, Frédéric Gonzales, Iza Lejárraga, Sébastien Miroudot, Asako Ueno and Dorothée Rouzet
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Massimo Geloso Grosso: OECD
Frédéric Gonzales: OECD
Iza Lejárraga: OECD
Asako Ueno: OECD

No 171, OECD Trade Policy Papers from OECD Publishing

Abstract: 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 market completely closed to foreign services providers. The indices are calculated for 40 countries, the 34 OECD members and Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russia and South Africa. This report presents the first vintage of indicators for legal and accounting services and captures de jure regulations in force in 2013. The STRI supports the view that legal and accounting services are subject to a relatively high level of regulation. Restrictiveness for legal services ranges from 0.11 to 0.73, with an average of 0.31. Accounting and auditing services show an average of 0.3 and STRI values ranging from 0.13 to 1. The results provide useful policy insights, particularly in order to identify priorities for reform at the national and international levels. Notably, in the case of legal and accounting services, easing a few prominent restrictions could result in a significantly more liberal and competitive market environment.

Keywords: accounting services; auditing services; legal services; regulation; services trade; services trade restrictions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F13 F14 K33 L84 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-11-04
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