Disciplining State Aid in the EU
Abstract: Abstract The purpose of the study is to examine if the use of state aid in the EU have increased or decreased and especially the use of state aid to support the manufacturing sector. The development of total state aid in relation to GDP and sectoral distribution of total aid are studied. So is state aid to the manufacturing sector and its different objectives and forms, since this sector is granted a large share of total state aid in the EU and also have the potential largest impact on trade and competition. There is a downward trend in total state aid in relation to GDP, but aid levels to the manufacturing sector have increased, due to elevated levels in five out of fifteen countries. Aid to horizontal objectives is considered being less distortive to competition and the proportion of aid to the manufacturing sector directed towards this objective has increased.
AT THIS PAGE YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE WHOLE ESSAY. (follow the link to the next page)