Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/26425 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 2380
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
A national-champions-related industrial policy has become (again) en vogue among European politicians. Against this background, our work orders different types of national champions along the industry lifecycle. Different types of locally bound externalities appear along the lifecycle. In a simple model, we show that it may be efficient to subsidize innovative firms in their early stages or to protect mature firms from competition to appropriate these externalities. However, non-benevolent politicians may not choose efficient policies. Real-world examples indicate that politicians tend to concentrate on externalities at the mature stage of the lifecycle. These externalities may be transitory or at the expense of foreign country consumers.
Subjects: 
National champions
industrial policy
industry lifecycle
externalities
JEL: 
L52
O25
O33
P11
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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