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Study on methods to analyse the impact of state aid on competition

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  • Rainer Nitsche
  • Paul Heidhues

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One of the potential benefits of an economic approach to State aid control is to make relationships between the costs and the benefits of State aid more transparent and, by doing so, to provide guidance on how to focus State aid control efforts on those areas where the damage of State aid is the greatest. Where markets fail to deliver efficient outcomes, Government intervention, including the provision of State aid, can improve welfare. This is an accepted result in the economic literature. Many national or supra-national bodies do not provide a mechanism to monitor and discipline the State aid provided by its members. Indeed, the control of State aid in the European Union stands out.

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  • Rainer Nitsche & Paul Heidhues, 2006. "Study on methods to analyse the impact of state aid on competition," European Economy - Economic Papers 2008 - 2015 244, Directorate General Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN), European Commission.
    • Handle: RePEc:euf:ecopap:0244
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    1. Heim, Sven & Hüschelrath, Kai & Schmidt-Dengler, Philipp & Strazzeri, Maurizio, 2017. "The impact of state aid on the survival and financial viability of aided firms," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 100(C), pages 193-214.
    2. Ugo Arrigo & Giacomo Foggia, 2013. "Schemes And Levels Of State Aid To Rail Industry In Europe: Evidences From A Cross-Country Comparison," European Journal of Business and Economics, Central Bohemia University, vol. 8(3), pages 4101:8-4101, October.
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    6. Nulsch, Nicole, 2014. "Is Subsidizing Companies in Difficulties an Optimal Policy? An Empirical Study on the Effectiveness of State Aid in the European Union," IWH Discussion Papers 9/2014, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH).
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    9. Tomaso Duso & Mattia Nardotto & Jo Seldeslachts, 2021. "A Retrospective Study of State Aid Control in the German Broadband Market," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 1931, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
    10. Koert Buiren & Daan in ‘t Veld & Janneke Voort, 2019. "State Aid and Competition: Application of a Social Welfare Criterion to State Aid," Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, Springer, vol. 19(3), pages 389-411, September.
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    14. Caroline Buts & Marc Jegers, 2013. "The Effect of ‘State Aid’ on Market Shares: An Empirical Investigation in an EU Member State," Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, Springer, vol. 13(1), pages 89-100, March.
    15. Jens Hölscher & Nicole Nulsch & Johannes Stephan, 2017. "State Aid in the New EU Member States," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 55(4), pages 779-797, July.

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