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SERVICE EXPORTS AND REGIONAL GROWTH IN THE POSTINDUSTRIAL ERA *
Author(s) -
Stabler Jack C.,
Howe Eric C.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.171
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1467-9787
pISSN - 0022-4146
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9787.1988.tb01084.x
Subject(s) - service (business) , post industrial society , tertiary sector of the economy , economics , goods and services , international trade , international economics , business , economy
. The role of service industries in the regional growth process has been debated for decades. Although the importance of services in providing an essential framework for the development of exports has long been acknowledged, their ability to initiate growth has never been generally accepted. In this paper the change in composition of exports from Canada's four western provinces between 1974 and 1979 is analyzed. It was observed that service exports increased more rapidly than exports of goods on both a direct and a direct‐plus‐indirect basis in 88 percent of comparisons. In absolute terms, the gain in service exports was equal to 89 percent of that for goods exports.