This paper examines whether restrictive data policies are related to trade in services. The authors have collected comparable information on a variety of policy measures that regulate data for a wide group of countries for the years 2006–2016. This information is compiled in a weighted index that assesses the restrictiveness of these countries’ data policies. They distinguish between policies regulating the cross-border movement of data and policies regulating the domestic use of data. Using econometric estimations, they show that strict data policies are negatively and significantly associated with imports of data-intense services. Therefore, countries applying restrictive data policies, in particular with respect to the cross-border flow of data, are likely to suffer from lower levels of services traded cross-border. The results of this analysis are significant and hold for various robustness checks.

本文研究了限制性数据政策是否与服务贸易有关。作者已经收集了各种政策措施的可比信息，这些政策措施对2006-2016年许多国家的数据进行了规范。该信息以加权指数的形式编制，该指数评估了这些国家数据政策的局限性。他们区分了规范数据跨界流动的政策和规范数据的国内使用的政策。他们使用计量经济学的估算结果表明，严格的数据策略与数据密集型服务的导入存在消极且显着的关联。因此，实施限制性数据政策（尤其是跨境数据流）的国家可能会遭受跨境服务贸易水平较低的困扰。