Although referring to a much more interventionist era of British industrial policy, a primary source on subsidy analysis is:
Alan Whiting (ed.) (1976) The Economics of Industrial Subsidies, Department of Industry. HMSO: London.
Question 6.3 in this module is based on the article by Nick Gardner in this volume on the economics of launching aid.
The International Institute of Public Finance, which has an annual meeting of experts on public finance, publishes volumes of its proceedings, some of which have covered government subsidy problems. The latest one to do so is:
Public Finance and the Performance of Enterprises, Proceedings of the 43rd Congress Of the International Institute of Public Finance (1989), Wayne State University Press: Detroit.
This volume contains a contribution on selective aid policies by the authors of this Course.
An interesting case history is to be found in:
Alex Scott and Margaret Cuthbert (1986) Reviewing Industrial Aid Programmes: The Invergordon Smelter Case, Hume Paper No. 2, The David Hume Institute: Edinburgh.
Current policy issues concerning subsidies, notably issues under review by the EC, are discussed in:
Ronald Gerritse (ed.) (1990) Producer Subsidies, Pinter Publishers: London and New York.
Example 6.14 is from:
J. Barber and G. White (1989) Current Policy Practice and Problems from a UK Perspective, Centre for Economic Policy Research.
