عنوان

The Service Sector:

(Number (ISBN

3642499996

(Number (ISBN

379080875X

(Number (ISBN

9783642499999

(Number (ISBN

9783790808759

Number

b569220

Title Proper

The Service Sector:

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[Book]

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Productivity and Growth : Proceedings of the International Conference held in Rome, Italy, May 27-28 1993

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Ernesto Felli, Furio C. Rosati, Giovanni Tria.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Heidelberg

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Physica-Verlag HD

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1995

Series Title

Contributions to Economics

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Introductory Remarks.- I Competitiveness and Productivity: The Link Between Manufacturing and Service Sectors.- 1 Producer Services: Their Important Role in Growing Economies.- 1. Alleged Problems with the Growth of the Service Sector.- 2. Productivity in the Canadian Service Sector.- 3. A Taxonomy of Services.- 4. The History of Canadian Service Industries.- 5. Correlation Analysis of Shares.- 6. The Economics of the Consumer and Government Services.- 7. The Economics of Producer Services.- 8. Summary and Conclusions 31 Comment: Paolo Garonna 3.- 2 Externalities and the Linkages Between Trade Sector and Manufacturing.- 1. Introduction.- 2. A Model of Externalities.- 3. Data Sample.- 4. Dynamic Specification and Cointegration.- 5. Estimation.- 6. Results.- 7. Conclusions.- 3 Industrial Prices, Service Prices and Unemployment in Italy and Germany.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The Theoretical Model.- 3. Structure and Equations of the Estimated Models.- 4. Model Simulation.- 5. Concluding Remarks 79 Comment: Giovanni Piersanti.- 4 The Growth of Market Service Sector in Italy.- 1. Structural Evolution of the Service Sector over the Last 20 Years.- 2. The Role of Demand Factors.- 3. Acceleration of Service Sector Expansion During the 1980's.- 5 Indirect Productivity of Business Services Through Non-Material Investments.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Measurement.- 3. Some Major Questions.- II International and Intersectoral Differences in Productivity: Catching-up or Divergence?.- 6 Structure and Change in Distribution System: An Analysis of Seven OECD Member Countries.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Distribution in Consumer Markets: The Changing Pattern.- 3. The Implications for Efficiency.- 4. Retailing and Public Policy.- 5. Distribution in Industrial Markets.- Comment: Carlo Pace.- 7 Does Productivity Converge Across Countries and Across Sectors? Empirical Evidences from Eight OECD Countries.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Convergence.- 3. The Database.- 4. Econometric Methodology and Empirical Results.- 8 Productivity Growth in Service and Non-Service Industries: Implications for Convergence.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Convergence.- 3. Structural Adjustment.- 4. Conclusions.- 9 The Comparative Performance of Industrial and Service Firms in the Eighties: An Italian Story.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The Measure of Performance.- 3. The Economic Performance.- 4. The Financial Performance.- 5. Some Conclusions.- 10 The Productivity Differential Between Manufacturing and Services in Italy: Technical Progress or Competition Deficit?.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The Data.- 3. The Model.- 4. The Results.- 5. Conclusions.

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edited by Ernesto Felli, Furio C. Rosati, Giovanni Tria.

Ernesto Felli

Furio C Rosati

Giovanni Tria

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