van der Marel, ErikShepherd, Ben2014-02-042014-02-042013-11https://hdl.handle.net/10986/16901This paper uses a theoretically grounded model of international trade to estimate the cross-border tradability of services. The resulting indices cover up to 99 countries and ten sectors. The results show that information and communications technology capital and legal institutions are particularly important determinants of a country's ability to successfully export services. The tradability indices are strongly correlated with outcome indicators, such as trade shares of individual countries. In addition, they are strongly correlated with important inputs, including country productivity and size, factor endowments, trade costs, and regulatory measures. In particular, the results suggest that a more restrictive regulatory environment significantly reduces the international tradability of services.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABSOLUTE VALUEACCORDACCORDSACTUAL VALUEAD VALOREMAGREEMENT ON TRADEAIR TRANSPORTBALANCE OF PAYMENTSBANKING SERVICESBILATERAL TRADEBUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCINGBUSINESS SERVICESCAPITAL STOCKCITIESCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGYCOMMUNICATIONS SERVICESCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECOMPETITIVENESSCOMPUTER AND INFORMATION SERVICESCONSTRUCTION SERVICESCONSUMER MOVESCONSUMERSCROSS-BORDER TRADEDEVELOPING WORLDDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSDEVELOPMENT POLICYDOMESTIC MARKETDOMESTIC REGULATIONDOMESTIC REGULATIONSECONOMETRIC ANALYSISECONOMIC POLICYEXPORT PROSPECTSEXPORT SECTORSEXPORT SHARESEXPORT VALUEEXPORTERSEXPORTING COUNTRYEXPORTSFACTOR ENDOWMENTSFATSFINANCIAL CRISISFINANCIAL SERVICESFIXED COSTFIXED COSTSFOREIGN AFFILIATEFOREIGN BANKFOREIGN BANKSFOREIGN FIRMSFOREIGN SUPPLIERSGATSGATS MODES OF SUPPLYGDPGDP PER CAPITAGENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN SERVICESGLOBAL LEVELGOVERNMENT SERVICESGRAVITY MODELGRAVITY MODELSHUMAN CAPITALIMPORT PRICESIMPORTING COUNTRIESINDEX NUMBERSINSURANCE SERVICESINTERNATIONAL BANKINTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE OF GOODSINTERNATIONAL MARKETSINTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONSINTERNATIONAL TRADEINTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICESLEGAL SYSTEMLEGAL SYSTEMSMARGINAL EFFECTSMARKET ACCESSMARKET SIZEMIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIESMODES OF SUPPLYMULTILATERAL LIBERALIZATIONNATIONAL PRODUCTIONNATURAL PERSONSOPEN MARKETSPATTERN OF SPECIALIZATIONPATTERN OF TRADEPERSONAL SERVICESPOLICY RESEARCHPOLITICAL ECONOMYPRIVATE PROPERTYPRODUCTION PROCESSPRODUCTIVITYPROPERTY RIGHTSRECREATIONAL SERVICESREGIONAL INTEGRATIONREGIONAL TRADEREGULATORY BARRIERSREGULATORY REFORMREGULATORY STANCERESTRICTIVE REGULATIONSRULE OF LAWSERVICE PROVIDERSERVICE SECTORSERVICES CONTEXTSERVICES INDUSTRIESSERVICES INDUSTRYSERVICES MARKETSSERVICES SECTORSERVICES SECTORSSERVICES TAKESSERVICES TRADESERVICES TRANSACTIONSSKILLED LABORSPECIALIZATIONTARIFF EQUIVALENTSTELECOMMUNICATIONSTELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICESTERMS OF TRADETRADE AGREEMENTTRADE COSTSTRADE DATATRADE FLOWTRADE FLOWSTRADE IN SERVICESTRADE INTENSITYTRADE LIBERALIZATIONTRADE MORETRADE PERFORMANCETRADE POLICIESTRADE POLICYTRADE RESTRICTIONSTRADE SERVICESTRADE STATISTICSTRADE THEORIESTRADE VALUESTRADING PARTNERSTRANSPORT SERVICESTRANSPORTATION SERVICESTRAVEL SERVICESTYPE OF SERVICEVALUE ADDEDVALUE OF EXPORTSVALUE OF TRADEWORLD MARKETWORLD MARKETSWORLD TRADEWORLD TRADE ORGANIZATIONWTOWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-6712