External economies of scale, government purchasing commitment and welfare improvements in the vaccines industry
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External economies of scale, government purchasing commitment and welfare improvements in the vaccines industryAuthor(s)
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Garcia-del-Barrio, P. (2012). External economies of scale, government purchasing commitment and welfare improvements in the vaccines industry. European Journal of Government and Economics, 1(2), 163-179. https://doi.org/10.17979/ejge.2012.1.2.4283
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[Abstract] 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.
Keywords
External economies of scale
Social welfare
Tax-subsidy
Income transfer
Government intervention
Social welfare
Tax-subsidy
Income transfer
Government intervention
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Atribución 4.0 España
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2254-7088