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The Emerging New Concept of Services in the System of National Accounts and the Balance of Payments

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type="main"> The new manuals of the National Accounts and of the Balance of Payments are implementing new features regarding services. The paper points out the emergence of an innovative concept of services which is highly relevant but whose consequences may not be fully understood. This new perspective helps to focus on the true nature of services, but it also redefines the borders between services and goods. The paper addresses the problems left unresolved, or brought in, by the revisions. Furthermore, it studies the treatment of non-financial services in the BOP as compared to the SNA. Although the two approaches have been rendered more compatible, the BOP still incorporates several inconsistencies. The hesitancy to completely implement the new services definition tends to somewhat blur the measurement of trade in services.

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  • Damien Broussolle, 2015. "The Emerging New Concept of Services in the System of National Accounts and the Balance of Payments," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 61(3), pages 573-586, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:revinw:v:61:y:2015:i:3:p:573-586
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    1. Timon Bohn & Steven Brakman & Erik Dietzenbacher, 2018. "The role of services in globalisation," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 41(10), pages 2732-2749, October.

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