We ask whether production related subsidies have a role to play in explaining Chinese firms' export performance. We … considered in evaluations of subsidies on export performance. Our estimation results provide a sobering assessment of the role of … production related subsidies in stimulating export performance. …

subsidies on export activities we find no impact of subsidies on the probability to start exporting, and only weak evidence for … the link between production-related subsidies and exports. We document that only a small fraction of enterprises is … subsidized, and that exports and subsidies are positively related. Using a matching approach to investigate the causal effect of …

subsidies, consumption taxes do better than uniform income taxes, but can be improved on locally via positive taxation of … physical capital income and a negative tax on labor income. With subsidies the first best can be achieved in a system where: (i …

’s decision on claiming unjustified subsidies (e. g. by underreporting income) exists so far. Employing Austrian survey data we … show that the basic attitude towards avoiding taxes (tax morale) and claiming unjustified subsidies (benefit morale) have … economic approach, by alternative theories or simply by more opportunities to cheat on the state by unjustified subsidies in …

subsidies will be favorable for achieving a reduction in long-term unemployment. …

-best optimal subsidies on electricity generated by wind power when (optimal) emission taxes are ruled out. We further investigate … the impact of subsidies on prices, output, the number of firms, and environmental damage. It turns out that, in the case … of purely private learning, secondbest optimal subsidies should only account for the environmental damage but are not …