Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI): Telecommunication Services

Hildegunn Kyvik Nordåsi ; Massimo Geloso Grossoi ; Frédéric Gonzalesi ; Iza Lejárragai ; Molly Lesheri ; Sébastien Miroudoti ; Asako Uenoi ; Dorothée Rouzeti iOECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

关键词: services trade restrictions;    regulation;    telecommunications;    services trade;   

DOI  :  https://doi.org/10.1787/5jxt4nk5j7xp-en

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: OECD iLibrary

【 摘 要 】

This paper presents the services trade restrictiveness indices (STRIs) for telecommunications. The STRIs are composite indices taking values between zero and one, zero representing an open market and one a market completely closed to foreign services providers. The indices are calculated for 40 countries, the 34 OECD members and Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russia and South Africa. The STRIs capture de jure restrictions. This report presents the first vintage of indicators for telecommunications and captures regulations in force in 2013. The scores range between 0.06 and 0.61, with a sample average of 0.22. Barriers to competition, reflecting inadequate regulation of incumbents with significant market power, and state ownership in some countries make the largest contribution to the index value, followed by restrictions on foreign entry. The paper presents the list of measures included in the indices, the scoring and weighting system for calculating the indices and an analysis of the results.