Establishing a genuine single market for services couldgenerate significant growth across the EU.

Austerity has hit both public and private sector spending across Europe, and new sources of economic growth are now being sought. Using the latest empirical economic analysis Federica Mustilli and Jacques Pelkmans argue that reforms to the single services market in the EU may provide ample scope for further economic growth. Further reforms to both domestic services markets and the deepening of the ‘single services market’ may lead to substantial increases in productivity across Europe. This intertwining of domestic and EUlevel service reform means that such reform may lead to a “double-dividend” for the EU.