Is Subsidizing Companies in Difficulties an Optimal Policy? An Empirical Study on the Effectiveness of State Aid in the European Union
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European competition policy; state aid; firm survival; survival analysis; control group;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- K21 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Antitrust Law
- L49 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Other
- L59 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Other
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