01817cas a2200265 a 4500 AALejournalIMF016053 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781513520681 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Ebeke, Christian. Deepening the EU's Single Market for Services / Christian Ebeke, Jan-Martin Frie, Louise Rabier. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019. 1 online resource (21 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students The services sector is increasingly important for the euro area economy, but productivity growth in the sector has stalled over the past two decades. Remaining barriers to cross-border trade in services within the EU Single Market contribute to this weak performance. Our empirical analysis suggests that slow progress in tackling these barriers is associated with political economy factors such as weak government support in parliaments, low government efficiency and high markups. To remove the cross-border restrictions on services trade, we suggest combining incentives such as financial support, technical assistance and improved communication on barriers with more effective enforcement. Mode of access: Internet Frie, Jan-Martin. Rabier, Louise. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/269 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2019/269/001.2019.issue-269-en.xml IMF e-Library