Services firms in the developing world: An empirical snapshot
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Keywords
Services; Developing countries; Trade in services; FDI in services; Firm-level data;
All these keywords.JEL classification:
- O24 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Trade Policy; Factor Movement; Foreign Exchange Policy
- F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
- L80 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-INT-2012-10-13 (International Trade)
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