Services policies in transition economies : on the European Union and the World Trade Organization as commitment mechanisms (English)

The authors analyze the extent to which the EU-15 and 16 transition economies used the WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) to commit to service sector policy reforms. They compare GATS commitments with the evolution of actual policy stances over time. While there is substantial variance across transition economies on both actual policies and GATS commitments, the authors find an inverse relationship between the depth of GATS commitments...

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Eschenbach,Felix;

Hoekman,Bernard M.;
Document Date
2006/06/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS3951
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Europe and Central Asia,
Region
Europe and Central Asia,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Services policies in transition economies : on the European Union and the World Trade Organization as commitment mechanisms
Keywords
general agreement on trade in service

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Eschenbach,Felix; Hoekman,Bernard M..

Services policies in transition economies : on the European Union and the World Trade Organization as commitment mechanisms (English). Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 3951 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/351251468254088608

Services policies in transition economies : on the European Union and the World Trade Organization as commitment mechanisms (English)

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