Exploring Comparative Advantages in Services Trade: Insights from Thirteen Emerging Developing Economies

Farhat Azad () and Mohammad Shafi Sofi ()
Additional contact information
Farhat Azad: University of Kashmir, Department of Commerce, Faculty of Commerce
Mohammad Shafi Sofi: Islamic University of Science and Technology, Department of Economics, School of Business Studies

A chapter in Business and Sustainable Development in a Globalized and Digitalized Era, 2026, pp 277-301 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The exchange of goods and services across international borders has been essential in driving economic growth and development. This investigation calculates the revealed symmetric comparative advantage (RSCA) of five key services from 2000 to 2023 across thirteen fast-emerging economies (India, Brazil, China, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia, Turkiye, Philippines, Malaysia, Egypt, Bangladesh, South Africa and Kenya), ranked as per GDP growth statistics for the year 2021in the World Population Review.The results indicate that India, China, and the Philippines possess significant comparative advantages in the fields of Telecommunications, Computer, and Information services. China,Russia, Egypt, Kenya, and Turkey exhibit distinct strengths in transport services. Indonesia, Turkey, Malaysia, Egypt, South Africa, and Mexico exhibit a comparative advantage in the travel services sector. Mexico exhibits a notable comparative advantage in the areas of insurance and pension services. Malaysia and South Africa possess distinct strengths in personal, cultural, and recreational services. The findings indicate that every nation focuses on exporting services where it holds a comparative advantage.

Keywords: Service Exports; Revealed Symmetric Comparative Advantage (RSCA); Services; Fast-Emerging Economies; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:prbchp:978-3-032-29346-6_14

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.springer.com/9783032293466

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-29346-6_14

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics from Springer
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().