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Industrial Policy in Europe, Japan and the USA

Amounts, Mechanisms and Effectiveness

Palgrave Macmillan

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
  2. Theory and Empirical Evidence

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Public Support to Business: An Overview

      • Pierre-André Buigues, Khalid Sekkat
      Pages 3-9
    3. Cases for Public Support: Market Failures

      • Pierre-André Buigues, Khalid Sekkat
      Pages 10-19
    4. Argument Against Public Support: Government Failures

      • Pierre-André Buigues, Khalid Sekkat
      Pages 20-28
    5. Instruments of Support: Subsidies and Public Procurement

      • Pierre-André Buigues, Khalid Sekkat
      Pages 29-54
    6. Effectiveness of Public Support

      • Pierre-André Buigues, Khalid Sekkat
      Pages 55-82
  3. Quantitative Assessment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
    2. Subsidies and State Aid

      • Pierre-André Buigues, Khalid Sekkat
      Pages 85-100
    3. Public Procurement

      • Pierre-André Buigues, Khalid Sekkat
      Pages 101-112
  4. Country Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113
    2. Public Support in Germany

      • Pierre-André Buigues, Khalid Sekkat
      Pages 115-139
    3. Public Support in France

      • Pierre-André Buigues, Khalid Sekkat
      Pages 140-159
    4. Public Support in the United Kingdom

      • Pierre-André Buigues, Khalid Sekkat
      Pages 160-169
    5. Public Support in the United States

      • Pierre-André Buigues, Khalid Sekkat
      Pages 170-183
    6. Public Support in Japan

      • Pierre-André Buigues, Khalid Sekkat
      Pages 184-202
  5. Conclusions

    1. Conclusions

      • Pierre-André Buigues, Khalid Sekkat
      Pages 203-205
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 206-232

About this book

It is widely admitted that markets are the main driving force of the economy but governments' intervention could, in some circumstances, improve on their outcomes. This book provides a structured analysis relating theoretical arguments, implementation approaches and effectiveness of industrial policy.

About the authors

PIERRE-ANDRÉ BUIGUES holds a PhD in Sciences and in Economics. He is professor at Toulouse Business School, France, and was former advisor to the Chief Economist on Competition at the European Commission. He advised on numerous mergers and wrote several papers on industrial organization.

KHALID SEKKAT holds a PhD in Economics. He is Full Professor of Economics at the University of Brussels, Belgium, and member of the Royal Academy of Sciences and Technologies (Kingdom of Morocco). He published numerous articles and books and was economic adviser at the European Commission.

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