Dynamic Market Selection In Eu Business Services, Henk Lm Kox, George Van Leeuwen
Jul 2012
Dynamic Market Selection In Eu Business Services, Henk Lm Kox, George Van Leeuwen
Henk LM Kox
European business services has witnessed about two decades of virtual productivity stagnation. The paper investigates whether this is caused by weak dynamic market selection. The time pattern of scale-related inefficiencies is used as an indicator for the effectiveness of market selection. We use a DEA method to construct the productivity frontier by sub-sector and size class, for business services in 13 EU countries. From this we derive scale economies and their development over time. Between 1999 and 2005 we observe a persistence of scale inefficiencies and X-inefficiencies , with scale efficiency falling rather than growing over time. This indicates malfunctioning …
Export Decisions Of Services Firms Between Agglomeration Effects And Market-Entry Costs, Henk Lm Kox
Apr 2012
Export Decisions Of Services Firms Between Agglomeration Effects And Market-Entry Costs, Henk Lm Kox
Henk LM Kox
The paper tests the role of agglomeration effects on the export decision of services firms. Recent theories on trade with heterogeneous firms predict that export participation goes along with sunk market-entry costs. Only the more productive firms will be able to overcome these sunk costs. This leads to a process of - ex ante - self selection. These predictions are tested for the services industry, with due account for the possible role of agglomeration effects in large-city areas. Standard empirical tests of the new trade models consistently find productivity-based ex ante self selection by exporters, and this effect is mostly …
Book Review: The Economics Of Services: Development And Policy. By Jan Owen Jansson, Henk Lm Kox
Mar 2010
Book Review: The Economics Of Services: Development And Policy. By Jan Owen Jansson, Henk Lm Kox
Henk LM Kox
No abstract provided.
Regulatory Harmonisation And Its Impact On Trade In Services, Henk Lm Kox
Jun 2009
Regulatory Harmonisation And Its Impact On Trade In Services, Henk Lm Kox
Henk LM Kox
* Impact of domestic regulation on volume of bilateral services trade * Impact domestic regulation on choice between FDI and exports (GATS modes 3 and 1)
What Is Special In Services Internationalisation?, Henk Lm Kox
May 2009
What Is Special In Services Internationalisation?, Henk Lm Kox
Henk LM Kox
+ Complex services definition and services trade data + What is special in services internationalisation? + Complementarity versus substitution between supply modes + The puzzle of falling export costs and increasing preference for mode-3 supply + impact of market structure on extensive and intensive export margin + impact of bilateral policy differences on mode choice
Challenges For Business Services In European Economic Growth, Henk Lm Kox
May 2007
Challenges For Business Services In European Economic Growth, Henk Lm Kox
Henk LM Kox
#1; Stylised facts on growth of EU business services #1; Problem: dynamic, but weak productivity growth #1; Direct and indirect growth contributions #1; Challenges and opportunities
Domestic Regulation And Trade In Professional Services, Henk Lm Kox, Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås
Dec 2006
Domestic Regulation And Trade In Professional Services, Henk Lm Kox, Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås
Henk LM Kox
This paper argues that regulatory measures affect the fixed costs of entering a market as well as the variable costs of servicing that market. The study has explained that market entry barriers limit the number of firms that can break even in a particular market. The higher the entry barrier relative to the size of the market, the smaller the number of firms that can break even after having incurred the entry cost. In the face of such entry costs, trade liberalisation, defined as a reduction in variable trade costs, would under realistic assumptions lead to an increase in trade …
Economic Impacts Of The 2004 Services Directive, Henk Lm Kox
Feb 2006
Economic Impacts Of The 2004 Services Directive, Henk Lm Kox
Henk LM Kox
#1; About CPB #1; Our research on Services Directive #1; Policy differences as market-entry barrier #1; Effects of Services Directive on trade and FDI #1; Macroeconomic effects #1; Role country-of-origin principle #1; The way ahead
The Trade-Induced Effects Of The Services Directive And The Country-Of-Origin Principle, Roland De Bruijn, Henk Lm Kox, Arjan Lejour
Dec 2005
The Trade-Induced Effects Of The Services Directive And The Country-Of-Origin Principle, Roland De Bruijn, Henk Lm Kox, Arjan Lejour
Henk LM Kox
The proposed Services Directive by the European Commission could increase intra European trade in commercial services by 30 to 60 percent. This paper analyses the welfare effects of the trade growth using an applied general equilibrium model WorldScan. It shows that GDP could be raised by 0.3 to 0.7 percent and consumption by 0.5 to 1.2 percent in the European Union as a whole. These results could only be realised if the Services Directive is implemented including the country of origin principle. If this principle is excluded from the directive, trade increases only by 20 to 40 percent. The trade-induced …
Liberalisation Of The European Services Market And Its Impact On Switzerland: Assessing The Potential Impacts Of Following The Eu's 2004 Services Directive, Henk Lm Kox, Arjan Lejour
Sep 2005
Liberalisation Of The European Services Market And Its Impact On Switzerland: Assessing The Potential Impacts Of Following The Eu's 2004 Services Directive, Henk Lm Kox, Arjan Lejour
Henk LM Kox
This report is prepared on request of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), Division Growth and Competition Policy. SECO asked CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis to estimate the quantitative economic implications of a possible decision by the Swiss government to fully adopt the European Commission proposals for a services directive. This report estimates the quantitative economic implications of a possible decision by the Swiss government to fully adopt the European Commission proposals for a services directive. The European Commission's 2004 proposals for a Services Directive consists of measures to reduce or eliminate the obstacles of cross-border …
