Spotlight on public support to industry / OECD.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, author.

Contributor:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Content Provider.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial policy--OECD countries.

Industrial policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD, [1998]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Every year, up to US$45 billion are transferred from public budgets to manufacturing industry through support programmes in OECD countries. It is essential to perceive the significance of such support if we are to understand the role it plays in structural adjustment strategies and the side-effects it can have on trade, competitiveness and investment. In a globalising economy characterised by greater international competitiveness, the need for transparency is becoming increasingly apparent.This study provides the first comprehensive review of public support to industry. It makes use of a unique set of data covering 25 countries to monitor, analyse and evaluate support policies at both the international and the national level. A more in-depth analysis of support programmes is provided through 17 case studies focusing on individual countries. Special attention is also given to support for industrial R&D and for physical and intangible investment. This study shows that, in nearly all OECD countries, efforts must be made to limit the trade distortions that subsidies can produce and to contain public spending on industry support programmes, given the need for fiscal consolidation. This unique study is an invaluable analytical tool that will help us to meet these challenges.

Contents:

Summary

Part I: Scope, Methodology, and Procedures

Part II: Overall Trends

Chapter 1. Overall Trends of Public Support

Chapter 2. Support by Policy Objective

Chapter 3. The Monitoring of Financial Issues

Chapter 4. Public and Defence-Related Procurement

Part III: Country-Specific Analysis of the Database

Chapter 5. Austria

Chapter 6. Belgium

Chapter 7. Czech Republic

Chapter 8. Denmark

Chapter 9. Finland

Chapter 10. France

Chapter 11. Germany

Chapter 12. Hungary

Chapter 13. Iceland

Chapter 14. Japan

Chapter 15. Norway

Chapter 16. Portugal

Chapter 17. Spain

Chapter 18. Sweden

Chapter 19. Switzerland

Chapter 20. Turkey

Chapter 21. United Kingdom

Chapter 22. Commission of the European Communities

Part IV: Public Support to Industrial R&D Efforts

-Chapter 23. General Features of Industrial R&D in the OECD Area

Chapter 24. Overall Analysis of Public Support to Industrial R&D Efforts

Chapter 25. The Globalisation of R&D Support

Chapter 26. Country Specific Features of Public Support to Industrial R&D

Part V: Public Support to Physical and Intangible Investment

-Chapter 27. Introduction

Chapter 28. Public Support to Physical and Intangible Investment from 1986 to 1989

Chapter 29. Public Support to Physical and Intangible Investment 1989-93

Chapter 30. Recent Developments in Selected Countries

Part VI. Conclusions

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-280-03306-1

9786610033065

92-64-16357-3

OCLC:

1024268784