“...Surprisingly little is known about policies that affect international trade in services. Previous analyses have focused on policy commitments made by countries...”

“...While there is considerable empirical evidence on the impact of liberalizing trade in goods, the effects of services liberalization have not been empirically...”

“...Regional agreements on standards have been largely ignored by economists and blessed by multilateral trade rules. Using a constructed panel data that...”

“...Singapore's inward and outward investments with industrialized countries in both manufacturing and service sectors were skill seeking while outward investments...”

“...This paper investigates the occupational placement of immigrants in the US labor market using census data. We find striking differences among highly educated...”

“...A range of health care services are tradable, in that consumers can travel abroad for treatment. In this paper we first estimate the gains from trade. An...”

“...•We estimate the effects of policy restrictions on transport costs and trade flows.•The cost-inflating effect of policy restrictions ranges from 26% to...”

“...This paper estimates the effect of China's exchange rate changes on exports of developing countries in third markets. The degree of competition between China...”

“...Studies on innovation and international trade have traditionally focused on manufacturing because neither was seen as important for services. Moreover, the few...”