QUANTIFYING BARRIERS TO TRADE IN SERVICES THROUGH COMMERCIAL PRESENCE: SELECTED SERVICES IN MALAYSIA

Nirwan NOH; Tham Siew YEAN

Makale detayları

QUANTIFYING BARRIERS TO TRADE IN SERVICES THROUGH COMMERCIAL PRESENCE: SELECTED SERVICES IN MALAYSIA

Yazarlar:

Nirwan NOH | Tham Siew YEAN

Yayıncı:

Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Derneği

Dergi:

International Journal of Economics and Finance Studies 2012 Vol.4 Issue 1, pp.149-158

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

5/2012

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000811156

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

1309-8055

Özet:

 

The services sector in Malaysia is slowly liberalising in terms of equity
 ownership. However, trade and investment barriers in the services sector are
 difficult to measure since it is not easily quantifiable. Previous studies were
 mainly macro-level, multi-country cross-sectional assessments while there are no
 country level studies over time. This paper has two objectives. The first is to
 measure barriers to trade in services carried out through commercial presence
 (Mode 3) in Malaysia in several industries over time. The second objective is to
 assess the policy implications of the measurement obtained. Based on available
 data, the industries covered in this study include communications, construction,
 distribution, higher education, financial, healthcare, tourism and transportation
 and logistics services from 2001-2010. This assessment is important as Malaysia
 hopes to attract more foreign direct investment (FDI) into its services sector.
 Information is gathered through surveys, focus group discussions and content
 analysis of secondary sources. Restrictive policies on FDI are transformed into an
 index to measure the extent of liberalisation for each subsector. Based on the
 index, it can be seen that the liberalisation process is still slow. To facilitate
 further progress in liberalising the services sector, it is important to liberalise
 barriers beyond mere equity ownership.

Makale detayları

QUANTIFYING BARRIERS TO TRADE IN SERVICES THROUGH COMMERCIAL PRESENCE: SELECTED SERVICES IN MALAYSIA

Yazarlar: Nirwan NOH | Tham Siew YEAN

Yayıncı: Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Derneği

Dergi: International Journal of Economics and Finance Studies 2012 Vol.4 Issue 1, pp.149-158

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 5/2012

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2000811156

Sıklık: İki Yıllık

eISSN: 1309-8055

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Nirwan NOH | Tham Siew YEAN

Yayıncı:

Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Derneği

Dergi:

International Journal of Economics and Finance Studies 2012 Vol.4 Issue 1, pp.149-158

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

5/2012

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000811156

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

1309-8055