Industrial Policy for National Champions

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-0-262-01601-8
Verlag: MIT PR

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 232 mm, Gewicht: 449 g

Reihe: CESifo Seminar

Prominent economists present the pros and cons of government's subsidizing or protecting firms that are “national champions.”Governments around the world are deeply divided about the proper role of industrial policy, with some politicians arguing for hands-off governance and others supporting government intervention to promote “national champions”—firms that receive government support for both political and economic reasons. In this volume, prominent economists present the pros and cons of government support for national champions. The contributors use the rigor of economic models in their studies, offering a quantitative perspective that complements and extends existing qualitative studies, and focus on issues emerging from the European Union's substantial degree of market integration.Many arguments in favor of champions-promoting policies are made in a dynamic context, so the book first presents chapters that take a dynamic economy view, then presents chapters that examine the political economy of the decision process, and finally, offers “classical” static equilibrium arguments. The richness of the different models provides a deeper understanding of industrial policy than could any model alone. What becomes clear from these different perspectives nevertheless is that it is difficult to make a general case in favor of policies promoting national champions on purely economic grounds and that these policies are best understood in political terms.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Falck, Oliver

Gollier, Christian

Woessmann, Ludger

Weitere Mitwirkende

Aghion, Philippe

Fogel, Kathy

Morck, Randall

Yeung, Bernard

Aubert, Cecile

Heblich, Stephan

Motta, Massimo

Ruta, Michele

Seabright, Paul

Jullien, Bruno

Biancini, Sara

Suedekum, Jens

Falck, Oliver

Gollier, Christian

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft

Über Autor(innen)

Gollier, Christian
Christian Gollier is Professor of Economics at the University of Toulouse.

Falck, Oliver
Oliver Falck is Senior Researcher at the Ifo Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich.

Woessmann, Ludger
Ludger Woessmann is Professor of Economics at the University of Munich and Director of the Ifo Center for the Economics of Education and Innovation. Hanushek and Woessmann are coauthors (with Paul E. Peterson) of Endangering Prosperity: A Global View of the American School.

Falck, Oliver
Oliver Falck is Senior Researcher at the Ifo Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich.

Aghion, Philippe
Philippe Aghion is a Professor at the College de France and at the London School of Economics. Aghion is coauthor (with Peter Howitt) of Endogenous Growth Theory (MIT Press).

Gollier, Christian
Christian Gollier is Professor of Economics at the University of Toulouse.

Oliver Falck is Senior Researcher at the Ifo Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich. Christian Gollier is Professor of Economics at the University of Toulouse. Ludger Woessmann is Professor of Economics at the University of Munich and Head of the Department of Human Capital and Innovation at the Ifo Institute for Economic Research.