SERVICE EXPORTS AND REGIONAL GROWTH IN THE POSTINDUSTRIAL ERA*
分析了1974-1979年加拿大西部四省出口结构变化，发现服务出口增速在88%的比较中快于商品出口，绝对值增长相当于商品出口的89%。
ABSTRACT. 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.