Stopień zintegrowania wewnętrznego rynku usług Unii Europejskiej Degree of integration of the EU internal market for services

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to assess the degree of integration of the EU internal market for services and to indicate the main barriers in its effective functioning. The analysis has confirmed that the EU services market is less integrated than the market for goods. Intra-EU trade in services represents 6% of EU GDP while in goods over 20% of EU GDP. We can also observe the price dispersion between member states in service sector while in the goods market prices tend to converge. Comparison of the two main areas of the EU internal market for services: cross-border intra-EU trade and intra-EU foreign direct investments revealed that the first of them still plays a major role. Despite reducing the meaningful administrative burden concerning free trade in services (to a large extent as a result of implementation of the Services Directive) many obstacles have remained as regards free establishment. The full EU services market integration is prevented by too restrictive and divergent regulation of member states, existence of 800 regulated professions as well as protection of many national network industries.

Authors and Affiliations

Magdalena Katarzyna Kąkol

Keywords

Related Articles

The Liberal Bases of EU Competition Policy and the Case of Gas Sector Liberalne podstawy polityki konkurencji UE a rynek gazu

Traktat o funkcjonowaniu Unii Europejskiej nie zawiera definicji konkurencji. Zaproponowana w pracy definicja mówi, że jest to polityka zmierzająca do wykrywania i zapobiegania powstawaniu karteli, unikania fuzji, które...

The Capital Structure and the Dividend Policy of Family Firms Struktura kapitałowa i polityka dywidendowa firm rodzinnych

This paper sheds light on the capital structure and the dividend policy of family firms. From a theoretical point of view it can be shown that agency conflicts in family firms and therefore their financing decisions are...

Wybrane uwarunkowania podziału zysku w podmiotach z udziałem kapitału zagranicznego

W artykule przedstawiono podział zysku w podmiotach z udziałem kapitału zagranicznego ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem dywidend. Sposób podziału zysku decyduje o poziomie reinwestowanych zysków w Polsce i o poziomie dochodó...

Integracja rynku pracy Ukrainy z terytorialnym systemem migracji : aspekt europejski, The integration of the labor market of Ukraine into territorial migration systems: Euro spatial aspect

Artykuł nie zawiera abstraktu w języku polskim The prospects of the labor market integration of Ukraine into the EU migration system are dis- cussed in this article. The geographical orientation of migration processes in...

Download PDF file
  • EP ID EP222323
  • DOI 10.17951/h.2015.49.2.73
  • Views 70
  • Downloads 0

How To Cite

Magdalena Katarzyna Kąkol (2015). Stopień zintegrowania wewnętrznego rynku usług Unii Europejskiej Degree of integration of the EU internal market for services. Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska Sectio H Oeconomia, 0(0), 73-90. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-222323