productivity developments were quite heterogenous, with services industries generally recording positive contributions to …

Services play a key role in enhancing competitiveness of manufacturing and establishing global value chains. Realising … the importance of services, a number of countries such as China, Taiwan, Philippines and United Arab Emirates (UAE, Dubai …) are focusing on special economic zones (SEZs) for services sectors. Moreover, the World Trade Organization (WTO) is yet to …

This paper investigates spatial dependence of FDI knowledge spillovers in manufacturing and services using spatial … research indicates that for knowledge absorption, geographic distance plays differing roles in manufacturing and services, due …

This paper analyses the proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between EU and India focusing on services trade. Based on … agreement and next predict the impact on services trade flows using a general equilibrium structural gravity analysis. I find … a doubling of EU services exports to India, while India's services exports to the EU would increase by about 50%. EU …