Services Sector Trade and Investment
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
International trade in services leads to expansion of the services sector. Growth of the services sector is now well-recognised as a new driver for economic growth. A broad definition of the services sector will be considered, which includes cultural goods, education, financial services, labour services, outsourcing and real-estate. Both theoretical and empirical manuscripts on different aspects of services sector trade and investment are welcome. Both micro- and macro-level studies on individual countries and groups of countries are welcome. However, all manuscripts must have a sustainability angle and policy implications. All submitted manuscripts will be subject to a rigorous peer review procedure with the aim of rapid and wide-reaching dissemination of research results.
We invite high quality original manuscripts for possible publication in this Special Issue of Sustainability. Please note that the list of keywords is not exhaustive.
Prof. Dr. Sajid Anwar
Guest Editor
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- Services sector trade
- Trade and investment in arts and cultural goods
- International capital mobility
- International labour mobility
- International outsourcing
- International factor mobility and wage inequality
- International factor mobility and environment
- Determinants of investment in the services sector
- Return on international investment in the services sector
- International investment in commercial and residential real-estate
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Published Papers
Sustainability - ISSN 2071-1050