Database Specific
Database Specific Abstract AbstractTrade in services drives the exchange of ideas, know-how and technology. It helps firms cut costs, increase productivity, participate in global value chains and boost competitiveness. Consumers benefit from lower prices and greater choice. However, international trade in services is often impeded by trade and investment barriers and domestic regulations. Moreover, differences in regulation can constitute additional trade costs in their own right as services suppliers must comply with multiple sets of regulations.
The STRI heterogeneity indices are bilateral measures of regulatory heterogeneity. They are calculated on the basis of detailed information from the Services Trade Restrictiveness database and take values between zero and one. The score represents the weighted share of the total number of measures to which the country pair has different answers. The indices are available by country pair, sector and year.
Source Source Contact person/organisation Contact person/organisation Name of collection/source Name of collection/source Date last input received Date last input receivedJanuary 10, 2018
Source Periodicity Source PeriodicityYearly
Data source(s) used Data source(s) usedNational legislation from public websites
Data Characteristics Data Characteristics Other data characteristics Other data characteristics Reference period Reference period2014-2017
Unit of measure used Unit of measure usedSTRI indices take the value from 0 to 1. Complete openness to trade and investment gives a score of zero, while being completely closed to foreign services providers yields a score of one.
Variables collected Variables collectedANSWER STRI_H: Zero = no bilateral heterogeneity; One = complete bilateral heterogeneity ; Score STRI_H: Zero = no bilateral differences in regulatory restrictiveness. One = complete bilateral differences in regulatory restrictiveness. These are based on a weighted average of the number of measures where different answers were provided by country pair.
Population & Scope Population & Scope Geographic coverage Geographic coverage44 countries: OECD, Colombia, Costa Rica, Latvia, Lithuania, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russia, South Africa
Item coverage Item coverageANSWER STRI_H: Zero = no bilateral heterogeneity; One = complete bilateral heterogeneity ; Score STRI_H: Zero = no bilateral differences in regulatory restrictiveness. One = complete bilateral differences in regulatory restrictiveness. These are based on a weighted average of the number of measures where different answers were provided by country pair.
Sector coverage Sector coverageComputer and Related Services, Construction, Architecture and Engineering Services, Legal and Accounting Services, Telecommunication Services, Distribution Services, Audio-visual Services, Financial Services, Transport and Courier Services, Logistics Services
Trade in services drives the exchange of ideas, know-how and technology. It helps firms cut costs, increase productivity, participate in global value chains and boost competitiveness. Consumers benefit from lower prices and greater choice. However, international trade in services is often impeded by trade and investment barriers and domestic regulations. Moreover, differences in regulation can constitute additional trade costs in their own right as services suppliers must comply with multiple sets of regulations.
The STRI heterogeneity indices are bilateral measures of regulatory heterogeneity. They are calculated on the basis of detailed information from the Services Trade Restrictiveness database and take values between zero and one. The score represents the weighted share of the total number of measures to which the country pair has different answers. The indices are available by country pair, sector and year.
National legislation from public websites
Yearly
January 10, 2018
STRI indices take the value from 0 to 1. Complete openness to trade and investment gives a score of zero, while being completely closed to foreign services providers yields a score of one.
ANSWER STRI_H: Zero = no bilateral heterogeneity; One = complete bilateral heterogeneity ; Score STRI_H: Zero = no bilateral differences in regulatory restrictiveness. One = complete bilateral differences in regulatory restrictiveness. These are based on a weighted average of the number of measures where different answers were provided by country pair.
2014-2017
44 countries: OECD, Colombia, Costa Rica, Latvia, Lithuania, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russia, South Africa
Computer and Related Services, Construction, Architecture and Engineering Services, Legal and Accounting Services, Telecommunication Services, Distribution Services, Audio-visual Services, Financial Services, Transport and Courier Services, Logistics Services
ANSWER STRI_H: Zero = no bilateral heterogeneity; One = complete bilateral heterogeneity ; Score STRI_H: Zero = no bilateral differences in regulatory restrictiveness. One = complete bilateral differences in regulatory restrictiveness. These are based on a weighted average of the number of measures where different answers were provided by country pair.