@article{Balistreri:331579,
      recid = {331579},
      author = {Balistreri, Edward J. and Rutherford, Thomas F. and Tarr,  David G.},
      title = {Modeling Services Liberalization: The Case of Kenya},
      address = {2007},
      pages = {42},
      year = {2007},
      note = {Presented at the 10th Annual Conference on Global Economic  Analysis, Purdue University, USA},
      abstract = {In this paper we employ a 50 sector small open economy  computable general equilibrium model of the Kenyan economy  to assess the impact of the liberalization of regulatory  barriers against foreign and domestic business service  providers in Kenya. The model incorporates productivity  effects in both goods and services markets endogenously,  through a Dixit-Stiglitz framework. The ad valorem  equivalent of barriers to foreign direct investment have  been estimated based on detailed questionnaires completed  by specialists in Kenya. We estimate that Kenya will gain  about 9.3% of the value of Kenyan consumption in the medium  run (or 8.8% of GDP) from a full reform package that also  includes uniform tariffs. The gains increase to 12.1% of  consumption in the long run steady state model.  Decomposition exercises reveal that the largest gains to  Kenya will derive from liberalization of regulatory  barriers against its domestic service providers.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/331579},
}