On the Effectiveness of Uniform Subsidies in Increasing Market Consumption

We study the problem faced by a central planner trying to increase the consumption of a good, such as new malaria drugs in Africa. The central planner allocates subsidies to its producers, subject to a budget constraint and endogenous market response. The policy most commonly implemented in practica...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Levi, Retsef, Perakis, Georgia, Romero, Gonzalo (Gonzalo Ignacio Romero Yáñez)
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management
Format: Article
Published: Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) 2020
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/128493