Title of article
The effect of government grants on plant level productivity
Author/Authors
Sourafel Girma، نويسنده , , Holger G?rg، نويسنده , , Eric Strobl، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2007
Pages
6
From page
439
To page
444
Abstract
We investigate whether government subsidies stimulate productivity growth, using a unique plant level data set from Ireland. We find that only grants that support productivity enhancing activities increase total factor productivity. Financially constrained plants benefit most from such grants
Keywords
Government grants , Total factor productivity , Financial constraints
Journal title
Economics Letters
Serial Year
2007
Journal title
Economics Letters
Record number
436175
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