Landlocked or Policy Locked? How Services Trade Protection Deepens Economic Isolation

Landlocked or Policy Locked? How Services Trade Protection Deepens Economic Isolation

A new cross-country database on services policy reveals a perverse pattern: many landlocked countries restrict trade in the very services that connect them with the rest of the world. On average, telecommunications and air-transport policies are si...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Borchert, Ingo, Gootiiz, Batshur, Grover, Arti, Mattoo, Aaditya
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ACCESSIBILITY
ACCOUNTABILITY
ACCOUNTING
ADVERSE EFFECT
ADVERSE IMPACT
AIR
AIR CARGO
AIR FREIGHT
AIR MOVEMENTS
AIR PASSENGER
AIR ROUTES
AIR SERVICE
AIR SERVICES
AIR TRAFFIC
AIR TRANSPORT
AIR TRANSPORT SECTOR
AIRCRAFT
AIRPORT
AIRPORT CONGESTION
AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
AIRPORTS
AIRWAYS
AVERAGE COSTS
AVIATION POLICIES
BARRIERS TO ENTRY
BENCHMARK
CARRIERS
COMMON MARKET
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
COMPETITIVENESS
CONSUMER SURPLUS
CONSUMERS
CONTESTABILITY
CORRUPTION
COST FUNCTIONS
COST OF TRANSPORTATION
DECISION MAKERS
DEMAND CURVE
DEMAND ELASTICITIES
DEMAND ELASTICITY
DEMAND FUNCTION
DEMAND FUNCTIONS
DEMOCRACY
DEMOCRATIC COUNTRIES
DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISCRETION
DISECONOMIES OF SCALE
DOMESTIC AIR TRANSPORT
DUOPOLY
ECONOMETRIC ANALYSES
ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC SIZE
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
FAIRS
FLIGHT CONNECTIONS
FREIGHT
FREIGHT TRANSPORT
FUEL
FUEL PRICES
FUTURE RESEARCH
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
HIGH TRANSPORT
INCOME LEVELS
INEFFICIENCY
INELASTIC DEMAND
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT
INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS
INTERNATIONAL GATEWAYS
INTERNATIONAL MARKET
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT
INVESTIGATION
LOBBYING
MARGINAL COST
MARGINAL REVENUE
MARITIME TRANSPORT
MARKET ACCESS
MARKET CONCENTRATION
MARKET ENTRY
MARKET LIBERALIZATION
MARKET POWER
MARKET SHARE
MARKET STRUCTURE
MARKET STUDY
MODE OF TRANSPORTATION
MONOPOLY
OLIGOPOLY
PASSENGER TRAFFIC
PASSENGER TRANSPORT
PASSENGERS
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLICES
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
POLITICAL PROCESS
POPULATION DENSITY
POSITIVE EXTERNALITY
PRICE ELASTICITY
PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND
PRIVATIZATION
RADIO
RAIL
RAIL TRANSPORT
RAILWAY
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
REMEDY
RETAIL
RETAILING
ROAD
ROAD TRANSPORT
ROAD TRANSPORT SERVICES
ROADS
ROUTE
ROUTES
RUNWAY
RUNWAYS
SALE
SALES
SCALE EFFECT
SEAT CAPACITY
SERVICES MARKETS
STRATEGIC COMPLEMENTARITY
SUBSTITUTE
SUNK COSTS
SUPPLIER
SUPPLIERS
SUPPLY CHAIN
SURPLUS
TARIFF BARRIERS
TAX
TELECOM SECTOR
TELECOM SERVICES
TELECOMMUNICATION
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORM
TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORMS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
TELEDENSITY
TRADE POLICIES
TRADE POLICY
TRAFFIC
TRANSIT
TRANSPARENCY
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT COSTS
TRANSPORT ECONOMICS
TRANSPORT MARKET
TRANSPORT POLICIES
TRANSPORT SECTOR
TRANSPORT SERVICE
TRANSPORT SERVICE PROVIDERS
TRANSPORT SERVICES
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
TRUE
URUGUAY ROUND
VALUATION
WTO
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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3227

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