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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457066903321

Autore

Jensen J. Bradford

Titolo

Global trade in services [[electronic resource] ] : fear, facts, and offshoring / / J. Bradford Jensen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2011

ISBN

1-283-32164-5

9786613321640

0-88132-604-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Disciplina

382./45000973

Soggetti

Service industries

Service industries - United States

International trade

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.