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| Title: | | Endowments, power, and democracy: Political economy of multilateral commitments on trade in services  |
| Authors: | | Roy, Martin |
| Issue Date: | | 2010 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Staff working paper ERSD 2010-11 |
| Abstract: | | In spite of their growing importance in international trade as well as in bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations, services have only attracted limited attention from researchers interested in determinants of trade policies and trade cooperation. This paper seeks to account for countries' varying levels of market access commitments under the multilateral General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). I develop an argument suggesting how levels of democracy and factor endowments are associated with more commitments. The empirical analysis supports these propositions, and also suggests that relative size, as well as regulatory capacity, are positively linked to GATS commitments. |
| Subjects: | | trade in services GATS democracy relative power endowments WTO accessions determinants of cooperation determinants of international commitments international negotiations |
| JEL: | | F5 F13 L8 D72 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | WTO Staff Working Papers, Economic Research and Statistics Division, WTO
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