A Ricardian rationale for the WTO rules on R&D subsidies

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: KOH, Yumi, LEE, Gea M.
• التنسيق: text
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• الموضوعات: SCM Agreement; R&D subsidies; Beggar-thy-neighbor policies; International Economics
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2454; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/3453/viewcontent/Richardian_WTO_2020_av.pdf

The WTO subsidy rules use two key criteria, specificity and adverse effects, to regulate R&D subsidies. Using the model of Dornbusch et al. (1977), we offer a Ricardian rationale for the regulatory criteria.