Managing the service economy : prospects and problems : essays commissioned for the inaugural conference of the Fishman-Davidson Center for the Study of the Service Sector, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

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Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction and overview Robert P. Inman Part I. Role of Service in World Economics: 1. Services in the international economy Robert Summers Comment Jere R. Behrman 2. Services in the Japanese economy Gary R. Saxonhouse Comment Hugh Patrick 3. Services in the US economy Irving Leverson Comment Duncan Mann Open discussion Part II. Service Productivity, Trade, and Market Structure: 4. Measurement of output and productivity in the service sector John W. Kendrick Comment William J. Baumol, Charles R. Hullen and Janet L. Norwood 5. Services in world transactions Irving B. Kravis 6. US trade policy and international service transactions Helena Stalson Comment Joan E. Spero 7. The provision of services in a market economy Bergt Holmstrom Comment Andrew Postlewaite Open discussion Part III. Analyses of Service Industries: The Finance, Health Care, and Government Sectors: 8. The future for financial services Fischer Black Comment Irwin Friend and Mark J. Flannery 9. Competition and equilibrium as a driving force in the health services sector Mark A. Satterwaite Comment Jeffrey Harris 10. Government services Edward M. Granlich Comment Robert P. Inman Open discussion Part IV. The Future of Research and Policy for the Service Economy: 11. Productivity policy and the service sector William J. Baumol 12. An agenda for research on the service sector Victor R. Fuchs Open discussion Author index Subject index.

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