Job additionality and deadweight spending in perfectly competitive industries: The case for optimal employment subsidies

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 521-541

  Picard, Pierre M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contract; D61; D82; Employment subsidies; L33; L51; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005127045     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(00)00072-4     Document Type: Article

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