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Characteristics of Government Supported Firms

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  • Bergström, Fredrik

    (Dept. of Economics, Stockholm School of Economics)

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Governments all over the world grant different types of subsidies to firms which are said to have a lack-of-capital problem. However, it is unclear if governments have the information and motivation to target firms which have problems to finance profitable project via the private capital markets. Based on hypotheses derived from interest group theory, this paper compares (econometrically) characteristics of Swedish firms targeted for selective regional policy supports with randomly chosen non-supported firms. The results give some support for an interest group interpretation of the allocation of subsidies.

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  • Bergström, Fredrik, 1998. "Characteristics of Government Supported Firms," SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance 283, Stockholm School of Economics.
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    Keywords

    Allocation of subsidies; regional policy; industrial policy; interest group theories;
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    JEL classification:

    • H20 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - General
    • H81 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - Governmental Loans; Loan Guarantees; Credits; Grants; Bailouts
    • L52 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Industrial Policy; Sectoral Planning Methods
    • L98 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Government Policy
    • R58 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Regional Development Planning and Policy

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