Im Hinblick auf die Sicherung des europäischen Binnenmarktes ist die Vermeidung von Wettbewerbsverzerrungen durch staatliche Beihilfen von großer Bedeutung. Der Verfasser untersucht und beurteilt die Politik der Kommission in diesem Bereich anhand allokationstheoretischer und...

Special Economic Zones (SEZs) were established to attract entrepreneurs to invest in Polish regions in order to increase their social and economic development. One of the most important incentives offered in SEZs is state aid in the form of an income tax exemption. The objective of this paper is...

We quantify general equilibrium effects of place-based policies in a multi-region framework with mobility, trade and agglomeration economies. Using detailed data on EU transfers, we infer the local effects of different transfer types on productivity, income and transportation cost. Based on...

We quantify general equilibrium effects of place-based policies in a multiregion framework with mobility, trade and agglomeration economies. Using detailed data on EU transfers, we infer the local effects of different transfer types on productivity, income and transportation cost. Based on these...