External economies of scale, government purchasing commitment and welfare improvements in the vaccines industry
Some industries exhibit external economies of scale. In these cases,the introduction of self-financing tax subsidy programmes canimprove social welfare. This paper advocates intervention incompetitive markets if economies of scale existand implementing the policy is inexpensive.
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University of A Coruna
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| author | Pedro Garcia-del-Barrio |
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| description | Some industries exhibit external economies of scale. In these cases,the introduction of self-financing tax subsidy programmes canimprove social welfare. This paper advocates intervention incompetitive markets if economies of scale existand implementing the policy is inexpensive. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2b2899fd099a4bc29a2c767f293c10082022-12-21T18:59:07ZengUniversity of A CorunaEuropean Journal of Government and Economics2254-70882012-12-011216317910External economies of scale, government purchasing commitment and welfare improvements in the vaccines industryPedro Garcia-del-Barrio0Universitat Internacional de CatalunyaSome industries exhibit external economies of scale. In these cases,the introduction of self-financing tax subsidy programmes canimprove social welfare. This paper advocates intervention incompetitive markets if economies of scale existand implementing the policy is inexpensive.http://www.ejge.org/index.php/ejge/article/view/15external economies of scalesocial welfaretax-subsidyincome transfergovernment intervention |
| spellingShingle | Pedro Garcia-del-Barrio External economies of scale, government purchasing commitment and welfare improvements in the vaccines industry European Journal of Government and Economics external economies of scale social welfare tax-subsidy income transfer government intervention |
| title | External economies of scale, government purchasing commitment and welfare improvements in the vaccines industry |
| title_full | External economies of scale, government purchasing commitment and welfare improvements in the vaccines industry |
| title_fullStr | External economies of scale, government purchasing commitment and welfare improvements in the vaccines industry |
| title_full_unstemmed | External economies of scale, government purchasing commitment and welfare improvements in the vaccines industry |
| title_short | External economies of scale, government purchasing commitment and welfare improvements in the vaccines industry |
| title_sort | external economies of scale government purchasing commitment and welfare improvements in the vaccines industry |
| topic | external economies of scale social welfare tax-subsidy income transfer government intervention |
| url | http://www.ejge.org/index.php/ejge/article/view/15 |
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