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Government R&D Subsidies as a Signal for Private Investors

Kleer, Robin - Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

Government subsidies for R&D are intended to promote projects with high returns to society but too little private …

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Competitiveness and state aid to enterprises

Zemplinerová, Alena; Paneš, Patrik - In: Politická ekonomie 2008 (2008) 2, pp. 182-195

industries during 1998-2002. Statistical source on subsidies include all subsidies to capital gathered on enterprise level by … the share of industry export to EU market on the total European demand. In the first step we described subsidies to … manufacturing industries and we aimed to answer the question what industries get the subsidies. In the second step we identified …

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Public Finance and the Optimal Speed of Transition

Castanheira, Micael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

We develop a general equilibrium model that jointly considers the influence of capital accumulation constraints and of labour market frictions on the process of transition. We endogenize the economic and budgetary costs of different government policies and show that, early in transition,...

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Quasi-fiscal activities, hidden government subsidies, and fiscal adjustment in Armenia

Freinkman, Lev; Gyulumyan, Gohar; Kyurumyan, Artak - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002

This paper aims to develop a detailed analysis of quasi-fiscal deficits and subsidies, and their impact on Armenia … quasi-fiscal deficits and the incidence of quasi-fiscal subsidies in Armenia, as well as identify main recipients and donors … population remains a major ultimate recipient of quasi-fiscal subsidies. Thus, the main distortive impact of quasi …

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Germany's Fiscal Policy Stance

Siebert, Horst - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2004

This paper analyzes Germany’s fiscal policy position. Half of GDP passes through the hands of government, a high debt to GDP ratio limits the maneuvering, and the revenue sharing mechanism prevents a competitive federalism. Most importantly for the future, the federal finance minister has to...

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An Equilibrium Model of Search Unemployment

Albrecht, James W; Axell, Bo - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1983

This paper develops a simple general equilibrium model with sequential search in which a non-degenerate wage offer distribution is endogenously determined. We use this model to analyze the comparative statics effects of increases in unemployment compensation on the unemployment rate and...

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Relative Competitiveness of Foreign Subsidiary Operations of a Multinational Company 1962-77

Grufman, Anders - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1982

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Industrial Subsidies in Sweden: Macro-Economic Effects and an International Comparison

Carlsson, Bo - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1982

Between 1970 and 1978, industrial subsidies in Sweden rose from 4.9 % to 16 % of value added in mining and … manufacturing. Most of this increase was due to increased wage subsidies to specific firms facing acute difficulties. The Swedish …

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Estimating the impact of low-income universal service programs

Ackerberg, Daniel A.; DeRemer, David R.; Riordan, Michael H. - In: International Journal of Industrial Organization 37 (2014) C, pp. 84-98

This policy study uses U.S. Census microdata to evaluate how subsidies for universal telephone service vary in their … cost-effective than Lifeline, which calls into question a recent FCC (2012) decision to reduce Linkup subsidies in favor of …

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Optimal tax mix in a two-sector growth model with transitional dynamics

Davies, James B.; Zhang, Jie; Zeng, Jinli - Department of Economics, National University of Singapore - 2000

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 …

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