External economies of scale, government purchasing commitment and welfare improvements in the vaccines industry

García-del-Barrio, Pedro2019-07-022019-07-022012Garcia-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.2012.1.2.42832254-7088http://hdl.handle.net/2183/23345[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.engAtribución 4.0 Españahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/External economies of scaleSocial welfareTax-subsidyIncome transferGovernment interventionExternal economies of scale, government purchasing commitment and welfare improvements in the vaccines industryjournal articleopen access