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Evaluating the impacts of government business assistance programmes: approaches to testing additionality

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  • David Bartle
  • Michele Morris

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Evaluation of government policies and programmes should try to test for the additionality of impacts over what would otherwise have occurred. Such testing can enhance the evaluator's objective analysis of outcomes. We report on our experiences in developing and testing a largely quantitative approach to these issues, using econometric techniques to evaluate a business assistance programme. We use a new wide-coverage business database linking firm administrative and survey information. This enables us to compare the changes in performance of assisted firms against matched similar unassisted firms. The econometric estimates find a statistically significant impact of the business assistance programme on the participating firms. In addition, theses econometric results are consistent with qualitative studies that examined contextual issues in more depth. We discuss the advantages and risks for this approach as compared with alternatives, as well as the challenges for developing and resourcing the required capabilities. Copyright , Beech Tree Publishing.

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  • David Bartle & Michele Morris, 2010. "Evaluating the impacts of government business assistance programmes: approaches to testing additionality," Research Evaluation, Oxford University Press, vol. 19(4), pages 275-280, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:rseval:v:19:y:2010:i:4:p:275-280
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    1. Koniewski, Maciej & Krupnik, Seweryn & Skórska, Paulina, 2024. "Beyond the average effect of the innovation subsidies: Using case selection via matching to break impasse in delivering useful advice to policy makers," Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier, vol. 104(C).
    2. Philippe Van Cauwenberge & Heidi Vander Bauwhede & Bilitis Schoonjans, 2013. "An Evaluation of Public Spending: The Effectiveness of a Government-Supported Networking Program in Flanders," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 31(1), pages 24-38, February.
    3. Gonzalo Nunez-Chaim & Henry G. Overman & Capucine Riom, 2024. "Does subsidising business advice improve firm performance? Evidence from a large RCT," CEP Discussion Papers dp1977, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
    4. Simona Bratkova & Miroslav Sipikal & Valeria Nemethova, 2021. "Impact of Deadweight Effect on the Performance of Supported Firms," RAIS Conference Proceedings 2021 0014, Research Association for Interdisciplinary Studies.

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