Recent empirical evidence shows that the few firms that receive subsidies are large, and that large firms take a … when receiving subsidies and lobbying is costly. Due to firm heterogeneity, a within-industry conflict between receiving …

broadband. With a trajectory of almost a decade with subsidies for residential fixed voice, the government changed its policy in … the possibility of granting subsidies to fixed broadband to lower income homes throughout the country. Academic research …, carried out mainly for the case of the United States, concluded that domiciliary subsidies were not effective and …

This study investigates the allocation and effect of technology subsidies on R&D activities and technology acquisitions … of Chinese domestic firms. We exploit novel firm data which includes information on subsidies, R&D, patents, trade, and … government follows a picking-the-winner strategy. Technology subsidies are allocated to minority state-owned and privately owned …