Public Subsidies and Policy Failures

Cees van Beers and André de Moor

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Abstract: Public Subsidies and Policy Failures provides extensive analysis of the theory and political economy of public support policies, demonstrating how subsidies can harm the environment, distort trade, and benefit those in society who do not require support. Furthermore, they often fail to achieve the desired and expected goals. The authors employ a theoretical framework to illustrate the impact of subsidies on developed and developing economies, as well as on international trade. They examine public subsidies in various natural resource and industrial sectors and discover that many turn out to be policy failures. They also investigate the various barriers and lock-in mechanisms by which subsidies become entrenched in economic and political structures. The book goes on to propose concrete actions, policy strategies and international ‘Grand Deals’ which will engender effective subsidy reforms.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Environment; Politics and Public Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
ISBN: 9781840643367
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