Should Variable Cost Aid to Attract Foreign Direct Investment be Banned? A European Perspective
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Keywords
state aid; competition policy; start-up aid; fixed cost aid; variable cost aid; L11; L13; L40; L53;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L11 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
- L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
- L40 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - General
- L53 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Enterprise Policy
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