Protection and Trade in Services: A Survey

Bernard Hoekman and Carlos Braga

Open Economies Review, 1997, vol. 8, issue 3, 285-308

Abstract: This paper surveys the literature on trade in services, focusing on the policies that are used to restrict such trade, the gains from liberalization, and the institutional mechanisms that have been adopted in the pursuit of liberalization. The paper argues that technological progress and international trade negotiations are likely to keep liberalization of trade in services a high profile policy issue. It also suggests that the research agenda should focus on developing better estimates of the welfare costs of protectionism in the service sector. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 1997

Keywords: trade in services; protectionism; World Trade Organization; trade negotiations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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