How does subsidy change a firm’s market power? The case of China’s rice processing industry

The effect of subsidy on firms’ market power is controversial and unclear. In this article, we investigate such effect through an unbalanced panel data at firm level. Empirical results indicate that subsidy weakens the market power of firms subsidized. We then verify our hypothesis for this result t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jiawu Dai, Xun Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Applied Economics
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15140326.2020.1776976