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continuous optimal treatment with outcome heterogeneity, where the treatment outcome depends on the applicant’s investment. The … of R&D subsidies. We find that larger firms have higher marginal profitability of R&D. Rates of return on R&D are high … linear in R&D. The median increase from subsidies in the agency’s utility not appropriated by the applicant is 16 000 …
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. The first section considers the role of government subsidies in the effort to promote private farms. The second considers … the impact of state procurement and state procurement subsidies on the development of marketing and distribution channels …. The third section looks at subsidies that cover part of the cost of agricultural inputs. The final section examines …
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of subsidies via committees to the allocation of subsidies through the reference principle, which binds public support to … economic non-viability of the industry constantly recurs in the public debate as an argument for subsidies. …
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, subsidies and efficiency the of animal farming. To this end we first have to identify the production frontier and relative … efficiency of the farms including direct subsidies, are compared with the counterfactual exercise in the case where direct … subsidies are not considered. Finally, we look for relations between subsidies and factors such as farm size, efficiency and …
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This study examines the effect of research and development subsidies on the private funding of R&D in France. We … address this issue from the annual R&D survey over 1985-1997, which provides information about the R&D subsidies given by all … supported firms would have invested the same amount of private R&D without the subsidies, we use matching methods. We show that …
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This paper surveys a selection of the literature on the private provision of public goods using the Kolm triangle. (The Kolm triangle is the analogue of an Edgeworth box in an economy with a public good.) We provide simple geometrical proofs of various established results using this graphical...
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Following a critical review of the existing quantitative literature on cotton subsidies, a vector autoregression (VAR …) is used to model the effects of US subsidies on the world cotton market from 1965 to 2001. Surprisingly, subsidies are … between quantities, prices, stocks and subsidies are found to be considerably more complex than those suggested by basic …
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Working with Private Sector Provider for Better Healthcare: An Introductory Guide aims to provide the most critical approach to develop strategies for working with Private Sector Participation (PSPs) for better healthcare. This Guide focuses specifically on those PSPs who operate on a for-profit...
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In order for Jamaica to transition from a developed to developing country there needs to be developed in Jamaica a strong knowledge based economy. The literature speaks to four preconditions that lead to knowledge becoming an effective engine of growth. These are: · An economic and...
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The ability to see past and present simultaneously must be of prime importance in any development scenario. This speaks to the essence of the Janus Development Strategy, whose philosophy is outlined below. .......................Janus was represented with two faces, originally one face was...
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