Government Subsidies : Concepts, International Trends, and Reform Options /

This paper addresses the problems of defining and measuring government subsidies, examines why and how government subsidies are used as a fiscal policy tool, assesses their economic effects, appraises international empirical evidence on government subsidies, and offers options for their reform. Rece...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schwartz, Gerd
Other Authors: Clements, Benedict, Hugounenq, Rejane
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1995.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1995/091
Online Access:Full text available on IMF