We revisit the topic of national favoritism in government procurement in the context of international trade, focusing on the impact of a participation/transition cost difference between domestic and foreign firms. Our public tender model generates two kinds of equilibrium outcomes, where a...

This article provides a brief analysis of the Court of Justice of the EU decision of 16 March 2021, C 562/19 P European Commission v Republic of Poland, addressing issues of state aid and progressive turnover taxation

EU State aid control has been a tool for the Member States to swiftly counteract the economic losses of the COVID-19 crisis and keep businesses afloat. The present paper assessed how the recent relaxation of EU State aid control by the Temporary Framework for State Aid (TF) has changed the...

The aim of this article is to summarize and comment on the most important individual decisions of the European Commission after accession. Eight years after the accession of Hungary to the European Union, it is time to take stock and to look at the application of state aid law so far

One of the criticisms against the new rules applicable to the granting of State aid to finance the provision of services of general economic interest in the "Almunia package" is that enforcement is likely to be their weakest point. Similarly, in the more general setting of the "private"...