U.S. Trade in Information-Intensive Services

Hiranya Nath and Uday Apte ()
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Uday Apte: Graduate School of Business and Public Policy, Naval Postgraduate School

No 1202, Working Papers from Sam Houston State University, Department of Economics and International Business

Abstract: Trade in services has increased significantly and the United States has been a leader in services trade. The U.S. not only accounts for the largest share of world trade in private services but also runs a substantial amount of surplus in services trade. One important trend has been the rapid growth of U.S. trade in information-intensive services. This paper examines the growth and patterns in U.S. exports and imports of various information-intensive services. The analysis indicates that trade in business, professional, and technical services; financial services; and insurance has experienced the most rapid growth in recent times. This paper further discusses some of the intuitively plausible explanations for the growth of trade in information-intensive services.

Date: 2012-02
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