1st Edition

Services In World Economic Growth 1988 Symposium Of The Kiel Institute

By Herbert Giersch Copyright 1990
    275 Pages
    by Routledge

    275 Pages
    by Routledge

    This volume is the outcome of the 19th Kiel Week Conference held at the Institute of World Economics, 22-24 June 1988. It contains the revised versions of the papers and comments submitted after discussion. As in previous years, the purpose of the conference was to explore a subject of relevance for economic policy. This time, the focus was on serv

    Preface -- Services and the Changing Economic Structure -- Modern Service Sector Growth: Causes and Effects -- Comment on Herbert G. Grubel and Michael A. Walker, “Modern Service Sector Growth: Causes and Effects” -- Defining and Measuring Output and Productivity in the Service Sector -- Comment on Domenico Siniscalco, "Defining and Measuring Output and Productivity in the Service Sector" -- International Aspects -- International Transactions Involving Interactions: A Conceptual Framework Combining Goods and Services -- Services and Comparative Advantage Theory -- Comment on H. Peter Gray, “Services and Comparative Advantage Theory” -- Trade and Foreign-Owned Production in Services: Some Conceptual and Theoretical Issues -- Comment on John H. Dunning, "Trade and Foreign-Owned Production in Services: Some Conceptual and Theoretical Issues" -- Sectoral Analysis -- Telecommunications and the Scope of the Market in Services -- Comment on Gerald R. Faulhaber, “Telecommunications and the Scope of the Market in Services” -- Telecommunications Policy - Assessing Recent Experience in the US, Japan and Europe and Its Implications for the Completion of the Internal Common Market -- Comments on Günter Knieps, “Telecommunications Policy - Assessing Recent Experience in the US, Japan and Europe and Its Implications for the Completion of the Internal Common Market” -- Protection and the Structure of the Banking Industry in an International Context -- Comment on Robert Z. Aliber, "Protection and the Structure of the Banking Industry in an International Context" -- Integrated World Markets in Services: Problems and Prospects -- Comment on Brian Hindley, "Integrated World Markets in Services: Problems and Prospects" -- Services and International Division of Labour -- North-South Trade in Services: Some Empirical Evidence -- Comment on Rolf J. Langhammer, “North-South Trade in Services: Some Empirical Evidence”

    Biography

    Editor Herbert Giersch