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A retrospective study of state aid control in the German broadband market

Duso, Tomaso; Nardotto, Mattia; Seldeslachts, Jo - 2021

We provide an evaluation of the impact of public subsidy schemes that aimed to support the development of basic …

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Optimal carbon taxation and horizontal equity : a welfare theoretic approach with application to German household data

Hänsel, Martin C.; Franks, Max; Kalkuhl, Matthias; … - 2021

We develop a model of optimal carbon taxation and redistribution taking into account horizontal equity concerns by considering heterogeneous energy efficiencies. By deriving first- and second-best rules for policy instruments including carbon taxes, transfers and energy subsidies, we then...

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Motivation crowding in peer effects : the effect of solar subsidies on green power purchases

La Nauze, Andrea - 2021

I test whether economic incentives dampen peer effects in public-good settings. I study how a visible and subsidized contribution to a public good (installing solar panels) affects peer contributions that are neither subsidized nor visible (electing green power). Exploiting spatial variation in...

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Effects of Covid-19 related government response stringency and support policies : evidence from European firms

Janzen, Benedikt; Radulescu, Doina - 2021

In this paper we employ survey information on more than 10,000 Southern and Eastern European firms and panel data methods to assess the effects of the COVID-19-related lockdown and government support policies on the business operations of enterprises. Our findings reveal considerable size- and...

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Food subsidies in general equilibrium

Hummel, Albert Jan; Ziesemer, Vinzenz - 2021

The Atkinson-Stiglitz theorem on uniform consumption taxation breaks down if prices are endogenous. This paper investigates the implications for optimal food subsidies in China. To do so, we build a general equilibrium model where low-skilled workers have a comparative advantage in the...

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Should higher education be subsidized more?

Declercq, Koen; Ooghe, Erwin - 2021

marginal fiscal recovery rate, i.e. the ratio of the change in total net fiscal revenues and the change in total subsidy costs … of the net fiscal revenue gain and the subsidy cost of a degree in tertiary education. Second, we use the sufficient …

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Making subsidies work : rules vs. discretion

Cingano, Federico; Palomba, Filippo; Pinotti, Paolo; … - 2022

subsidy. Younger firms did better than older firms. Firms ranking high on objective criteria and firms preferred by local …

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Efficiency in wholesale electricity markets : on the role of externalities and subsidies

Bialek, Sylwia; Unel, Burcin - 2020

first-best outcomes when there are resources with heterogeneous emission intensities, there exists a range of subsidy rates …

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The competitive effects of declining entry costs over time : evidence from the static random access memory market

Liu, An-Hsiang; Siebert, Ralph - 2020

We focus on the estimation of market entry costs that are declining over time and evaluate their impact on competition … in which a social planner can (a) regulate entry, (b) charge a tax on entry, and (c) provide a subsidy to promote entry … while reducing consumer welfare. In contrast, a subsidy policy intensifies the problem of excessive entry at early periods …

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Political economy of redistribution between traditional and modern families

Meier, Volker; Rablen, Matthew D. - 2019

We analyse a model in which families may either be “traditional” single-earner with caring for the child at home or “modern” double-earner households using market child care. Family policies may favour either the one or the other group, like market care subsidies vs. cash for care....

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