- Additional Authors
- Kalinova, Blanka.
- Description
- 30 p.; 21 x 29.7cm.
- Summary
- This paper applies the most advanced methodologies for measuring services barriers to calculate the restrictiveness and the impact of services barriers in selected transition economies, i.e. the Baltic States, and eight South Eastern European (SEE) countries (for telecommunications and banking) and Russia (for telecommunications). Among the selected countries, the Baltic countries record the highest liberalisation scores for both telecommunications and banking services making their situation comparable to that of most developed countries. By contrast, the SEE countries have more room to improve their performance and the price level of their telecommunication services, both in fixed and cellular services by eliminating general restrictions on competition and removing barriers to foreign equity participation. With respect to banking services, the results suggest that the SEE markets are fairly contestable; policy priorities would thus appear to be broad issues of macroeconomic stability and structural reform. The telecommunications estimates put Russia in an intermediate position between the results for the Baltic States and the SEE countries. The WTO...
- Series Statement
- OECD Trade Policy Papers, 1816-6873 ; no.7
- Uniform Title
- OECD Trade Policy Papers, no.7.
- Subject
- Trade
- LCCN
- 10.1787/316888415611
- OCLC
- oecd-lib
- Author
Dihel, Nora.
- Title
Services Barriers and their Economic Impact [electronic resource]: Examples of Banking and Telecommunications Services in Selected Transition Economies / Nora Dihel and Blanka Kalinova
- Imprint
Paris : OECD Publishing, 2004.
- Series
OECD Trade Policy Papers, 1816-6873 ; no.7
OECD Trade Policy Papers, 1816-6873 ; no.7.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Trade
- Added Author
Kalinova, Blanka.
- Other Editions:
Obstacles aux échanges de services et leur incidence économique : Exemples de services bancaires et de télécommunications dans certaines économies en transition fre (FR-PaOEC)315814185573
- Other Standard Identifier
10.1787/316888415611 doi