Subsidy programs have two countervailing effects on firms: direct gains for eligible firms and
indirect losses for those whose competitors are eligible. In 2006, India changed the eligibility …

This paper examines the effect of government subsidies on firm-level productivity. The
subsidy-promoting policies are oftentimes justified on the ground that subsidies increase the …

Industrial subsidies should ideally be measured in ways that permit comparisons across
subsidy instruments and countries, and that facilitate subsequent economic analysis of the …

Recent policy discussions have debated whether governments should adopt equal policies
towards state-owned and private enterprises. We analyze this issue in a mixed oligopoly …

We study the problem faced by a central planner trying to increase the consumption of a
good, such as new malaria drugs in Africa. The central planner allocates subsidies to its …

Export subsidies in differentiated product markets are examined in a framework where the
decision to establish subsidy programs occurs first, but firms set prices before governments …

Competitive effects of state aid are analysed in an oligopolistic setting. In period 1, firms
invest in vertical product improvement. In period 2, firms compete in differentiated Bertrand …

Subsidisation of industrial activities distorts the allocation of scarce resources, is a burden
on government finances and generates friction in international trade. This paper draws on a …

The International Institute for Sustainable Development's Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI)
was launched at the end of 2005, just prior to the WTO Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong …

This paper examines whether subsidized jobs have contributed to employment in
subsidized firms or have merely substituted for non‐subsidized ones. The data‐set is an …