The Determinants of Services Sector Growth: A Comparative Analysis of Selected Developed and Developing Economies

Muhammad Salam, Javed Iqbal, Anwar Hussain and Hamid Iqbal
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Muhammad Salam: School of Economics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.
Javed Iqbal: School of Economics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.
Anwar Hussain: Department of Environmental Economics, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), Islamabad.
Hamid Iqbal: MPhil Scholar, School of Economics, Quaid-i- Azam University, Islamabad.

The Pakistan Development Review, 2018, vol. 57, issue 1, 27-44

Abstract: This study empirically examines the possible factors that determine the services sector growth, both in selected developed and developing economies. For estimation purpose, the study employs the static as well as the dynamic panel data estimation technique with panel data over the period 1990-2014. The results suggest that GDP per capita, FDI net inflow, trade openness and innovations are the common factors that significantly affect the services sector growth both in developed and in developing economies. However, the productivity gap is the only factor that does not have any significant impact on services sector growth, both in developed and developing economies, which indicates that the Baumol's cost disease has been cured. Keywords: Services Sector Growth, Panel Data Analysis, Innovations

Keywords: Services Sector Growth; Panel Data Analysis; Innovations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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