Case Studies of Public Subsidies in the UK
1 January 2006
By David Matthew et al.
The UK's Office of Fair Trading (OFT) commissioned NERA to analyze the impact of state subsidies on competition in markets. In this report, a team led by Associate Director David Matthew examines six case studies, which were part of a wider project undertaken by the OFT, to assess whether subsidies have had a practical impact on competition. For each case study, NERA examined the characteristics of the subsidy and of the market it affected, and tested whether an effect on competition was likely, based on a theoretical framework designed by the OFT in an earlier stage of work.
The report can be downloaded in full from the OFT's website.
