State Aid Policies in Response to the COVID-19 Shock: Observations and Guiding Principles

Abstract As a general principle, state aid to firms and sector-specific support schemes should be used only when there are market failures; that is, when there are good reasons to believe that the market would not deliver efficient and/or equitable outcomes.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Massimo Motta, Martin Peitz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer 2020-07-01
Series:Intereconomics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10272-020-0902-4