EU services liberalization and TFP growth: Industry level evidence

Sotiris Papaioannou ()

Economics Letters, 2018, vol. 172, issue C, 16-18

Abstract: We explore whether the announcement of the EU services directive affected total factor productivity growth of European services. Difference in differences estimates highlight a positive influence following the initial announcement. Medium and high growth sectors are those which mostly benefited.

Keywords: Services; Regulation; Productivity; European union (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O14 O43 O47 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2018.08.015

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