The effect of government grants on plant level productivity

被引：32

作者：

Girma, Sourafel ^{[1
]}

Gorg, Holger

Strobl, Eric

机构：

[1] Univ Nottingham, Sch Business, Nottingham NG8 1BB, England

[2] Ecole Polytech, F-75230 Paris, France

来源：

ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2007年 / 94卷 / 03期

关键词：

government grants; total factor productivity; financial constraints;

D O I：

10.1016/j.econlet.2006.09.003

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

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. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：439 / 444

页数：6

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