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Opportunities and Risks of Liberalising Trade in Services in Pakistan

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  • Abid Burki
  • S.M. Hussain

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This study seeks to examine how locking-in of our unilateral liberalisation at the WTO and further liberalisation of services trade would affect Pakistan’s competitiveness.

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  • Abid Burki & S.M. Hussain, 2017. "Opportunities and Risks of Liberalising Trade in Services in Pakistan," Working Papers id:12351, eSocialSciences.
    • Handle: RePEc:ess:wpaper:id:12351
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    1. Abid Burki & Mushtaq Khan & Bernt Bratsberg, 1997. "Parametric tests of allocative efficiency in the manufacturing sectors of India and Pakistan," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(1), pages 11-22.
    2. Konan, Denise Eby & Maskus, Keith E., 2006. "Quantifying the impact of services liberalization in a developing country," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 81(1), pages 142-162, October.
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    4. Abid Burki & G. S. K. Niazi, 2010. "Impact of financial reforms on efficiency of state-owned, private and foreign banks in Pakistan," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(24), pages 3147-3160.
    5. Burki, Abid A. & Khan, Mahmood-ul-Hasan, 2004. "Effects of allocative inefficiency on resource allocation and energy substitution in Pakistan's manufacturing," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 26(3), pages 371-388, May.
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    1. Abid A. Burki & S.M. Turab Hussain, 2007. "Services Trade Negotiations in the Doha Round : Opportunities and Risks for Pakistan," Trade Working Papers 22250, East Asian Bureau of Economic Research.

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