Modeling Services Liberalization : The Case of Kenya

This paper employs a 55 sector small open economy computable general equilibrium model of the Kenyan economy to assess the impact of the liberalization of regulatory barriers against foreign and domestic business service providers in Kenya. The mod...

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Main Authors:	Balistreri, Edward J., Rutherford, Thomas F., Tarr, David G.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INSURANCE ACCOUNTING AFFILIATE AFFILIATES AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURE AIR BANK PAPERWORK BANK POLICY BANKING SERVICES BANKS BASE YEAR BENCHMARK BOARDS OF DIRECTORS BRANCH BANKING BUSINESS LICENSES CAPITAL OWNERS CAPITAL STOCK CAPITALS COLLATERAL COLLATERAL REQUIREMENTS COMMON MARKET COMPETITIVENESS CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CONSUMER INTERESTS COST STRUCTURE CREDIT RATING CREDIT RATING AGENCIES CUSTOMS UNION DEBT DEBT CONTRACTS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DOMESTIC INVESTORS DOMESTIC MARKET ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS LITERATURE ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EMPLOYMENT EQUILIBRIUM EQUILIBRIUM VALUE EXCHANGE RATE EXPENDITURES EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES EXTERNALITY FACTORS OF PRODUCTION FEDERAL RESERVE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FIRM PERFORMANCE FIXED RATE FOREIGN BANKS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN ENTRY FOREIGN FIRM FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS FREIGHT GDP GOVERNMENT BUDGET GOVERNMENT REGULATION GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT IMPERFECT COMPETITION IMPORT TARIFFS INCOME INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INSURANCE INSURANCE COMPANY INSURANCE MARKET INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT BARRIERS JOINT VENTURE JOINT VENTURE PARTNERS JOINT VENTURES LAWS LEGAL SYSTEM LOCAL INVESTOR MARGINAL COST MARGINAL COSTS MARGINAL PRODUCT MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY MARGINAL REVENUE MARITIME TRANSPORT MARKET ACCESS MARKET ECONOMY MARKET PRICES MARKET SHARES MICRO ENTERPRISES MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION MONOPOLY MULTINATIONAL BANK MULTINATIONAL BANKS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPEN ECONOMY OPTIMIZATION PACIFIC REGION POLITICAL ECONOMY POSITIVE EFFECTS PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES PROFITABILITY PUBLIC POLICY RAIL RAILROADS RAILWAY RAILWAYS RATE OF RETURN RATE OF RETURN ON CAPITAL RATING AGENCIES REAL ESTATE REAL EXCHANGE RATE REFORM PROGRAM REGULATOR REGULATORY BARRIERS REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT REGULATORY REGIME REGULATORY REGIMES REINSURANCE RETURN ON INVESTMENT RIDER ROAD ROAD SERVICES SKILLED WORKERS SMALL ENTERPRISES SUPPLY CURVE SUPPLY CURVES TARIFF REVENUE TAX TELECOMMUNICATIONS THIRD WORLD TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TOTAL OUTPUT TRADE FLOWS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICY TRADE SECTOR TRADING TRANSPORT TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES TRANSPORTATION NETWORK TRANSPORTATION SERVICES UNIFORM TARIFFS UNIVERSAL ACCESS URUGUAY ROUND VALUE ADDED VALUE OF OUTPUT WAGES WEALTH WEALTH CREATION WORLD INVESTMENT REPORT WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO
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Modeling Services Liberalization : The Case of Kenya

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