Global trade in services

Jensen, J. Bradford.

Global trade in services fear, facts, and offshoring / [electronic resource] : J. Bradford Jensen. - Washington, D.C. : Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2011. - xix, 245 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Some basic facts about the service sector and service trade -- A new approach to identifying tradable services -- Characteristics of workers in tradable service industries -- Comparative advantage : lessons from manufacturing -- Comparative advantage : prospects for the service sector -- Impediments to trade in services -- Labor market impact of increased service trade -- Tradable services across US regions : opportunities and vulnerabilities.


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Service industries.
Service industries--United States.
International trade.


Electronic books.

HD9980.5 / .J46 2011eb

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