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The Impact of Financial Support to Firms during Crises: The Case of Covid Aid in the EU

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  • Giulia Canzian
  • Elena Crivellaro
  • Tomaso Duso
  • Antonella Rita Ferrara
  • Alessandro Sasso
  • Stefano Verzillo

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The Covid-19 pandemic caused a global economic crisis, leading governments to provide substantial State Aid to support firms. This paper examines the effectiveness of Covid-related financial support in Spain and Italy, focusing on its impact on firm recovery. Using a difference-in-differences (DiD) approach combined with propensity score weighting, it compares outcomes of similar firms receiving aid to those without. The results show significant benefits for micro-firms, including mitigated turnover declines and increased investments in both tangible and intangible assets. The findings highlight the critical role of government support in business survival and recovery, especially for SMEs, during the pandemic. .

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  • Giulia Canzian & Elena Crivellaro & Tomaso Duso & Antonella Rita Ferrara & Alessandro Sasso & Stefano Verzillo, 2025. "The Impact of Financial Support to Firms during Crises: The Case of Covid Aid in the EU," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 2116, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
    • Handle: RePEc:diw:diwwpp:dp2116
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    Keywords

    State aid; aid effectiveness; temporary framework; Covid; firm growth; investment; difference-in-differences;
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    JEL classification:

    • D04 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Policy: Formulation; Implementation; Evaluation
    • D22 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
    • L25 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Performance
    • L52 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Industrial Policy; Sectoral Planning Methods
    • P43 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems - - - Finance; Public Finance

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