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Trade in creative services: relatedness and regional specialization in the UK

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: Creative services have become an important, but understudied, part of global trade. This paper presents new evidence on the transformation, geography and industrial relatedness of creative service exports in the UK, using the Inquiry in International Trade in Services (ITIS) database. Creative services exports have grown over the past decade, but there are pronounced patterns of geographical specialization in the export of creative and non-creative services. We develop a measure of relatedness between exports of creative and non-creative services and of manufacturing goods. We argue that creative services are economically significant because of their interrelationship with other local sectors.

Source: Regional Studies

DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2022.2112165

Authors: Patrizia Casadei, Enrico Vanino, Neil Lee

Institutions: University of Sussex, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of Sheffield

Language: English

Topic: Economic and Technological Innovation

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Industry, innovation and infrastructure, Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: Arts and Humanities Research Council, Economic and Social Research Council