... A theoretical model is developed in order to examine and explain the growth and welfare effects of optimal and non‐optimal innovation policies. The non‐optimal policy corresponds to a subsidy for national innovators that is equivalent to an optimal policy of incentives (tax cuts) to foreign investors. Since we...

...Andreas Knabe Purpose This paper aims to examine the effects of marginal and general wage subsidies on employment and income distribution. Design/methodology/approach The paper constructs a theoretical, partial‐equilibrium model of an economy in which a large number of competitive firms...

... domestic welfare depends on the sufficient and necessary condition given in the paper. Originality/value Establishes an analytical model to investigate in what conditions the measures of export promotion such as export subsidies and domestic currency devaluation can stimulate production and employment...

... in the form of greater employment and local development. The issue considered in this paper is whether government subsidies have, in fact, resulted in an increase in the technical efficiency and allocative efficiency of the Portuguese defense‐sector companies. The results are, at best, mixed, leading...

... economies, which depend on cumulative output, are considered a major source of productivity improvement in aerospace (Hartley, 1983). Armaments industry Export Purchasing Subsidies Keywords Armaments industry, Export, Purchasing, Subsidies Abstract Following...

...Prabir C. Bhattacharya This note sketches out the likely effects of a wage subsidy in a model of LDC which systematically incorporates an Informal sector. It is seen that the effects of a wage subsidy in this model differ considerably from those derived in the Harris‐Todaro‐type frameworks. Also...

... direct export subsidies, for example, some countries subsidize the use of a specialized input into the production of a final product. While the effect of this subsidization is similar to a direct export subsidy, the effects are not transparent in that the subsidy applies to an input and the effect...

... the impact of alternative finding arrangements for post‐compulsory education. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Financing Grants Higher education Loans Students Subsidies Universities United Kingdom The funding of higher education in the UK has undergone several changes in recent years. These have...

..., the fluctuations are not so enormous as to suggest that the model is unrealistically sensitive to these parameters. Imports Protectionism Subsidies Soft drinks industry Tariffs USA © MCB UP Limited 1994 The United States has had some sort of sugar programme in place, with only brief...

...Azzeddine M. Azzam; Amal Britel To contribute to the economic understanding of alternative food‐grain policy options for Morocco, examines the fiscal implications of instituting, in addition to the current soft wheat subsidy, a consumer and producer subsidy in the related markets of hard wheat...