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This paper provides factual evidence on the extent of public intervention in the Italian economy. It further illustrates the internal contradictions and weaknesses of public action in Italy. New policy proposals to solve old structural problems of the Bel Paese are then discussed. Among them, a...
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Pricing policy for any experience good faces a key tradeoff. On one hand, a price reduction increases immediate demand and hence more people learn about the product. On the other hand, lower prices may serve as price anchors and, through a comparison effect, decrease subsequent demand. This...
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proposal-making rounds, the right of the minority to move first, and a ban on subsidies for the agenda-setters. We explore the …
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High levels of protection and domestic support for farmers in developed countries significantly affect many least developed countries (LDCs), both directly and through the price-depressing effect of agricultural support policies. High tariffs and domestic support may also lower the world price...
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subsidies on firms’ export performance. It documents robust evidence that production subsidies stimulate export activity …, although this effect is conditional on firm characteristics. In particular, the beneficial impact of subsidies is found to be …
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Economic development in East Germany is not uniform. The building and construction industry is booming but manufacturing industry is stagnating. The paper argues that severe distortions in relative factor prices are the cause of the dichotomous development. These distortions result from...
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for the support of output through subsidies, another for similar support through credit. The first argument relates to the …
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attempting to minimize subsidies to banks' equityholders. When banks do not diffr with respect to the extent of debt overhang, it … can be fully overcome with the minimal amount of subsidies, providing each bank's equity holders no more than their pre … probabilities of default, we characterize the conditions for attaining a similar minimal subsidy outcome, with a Menu of either …
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The tensions between books and book markets as expressions of culture and books as products in profit-making businesses are analysed and insights from the theory of industrial organisation are given. Governments intervene in the market for books through laws concerning prices of books, grants...
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model to analyse the impact of R&D subsidies. There are some clear global policy implications which emerge from our analysis …. First, because subsidies to Southern innovation benefit the North as well, it is beneficial to the North to pay for some of … these subsidies. Second, because the ability of the South to assimilate Northern knowledge and innovate depends on Southern …
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