Annual Expenditure on Special Regional Assistance to Industry in Great Britain 1960/1-1972/3: A Note

Begg, Hugh; Lythe, Charlotte; Sorley, R.; Macdonald, Don

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“…The most interesting result is that while capital intensity had little effect for the period 1960-71 as a whole the variable was significant (at the 95 per cent level) in the earlier sub-period 1960-66 when regional incentives were mainly capital-based, but insignificantly negative in 1966-71 when about 40 per cent of the much increased level of expenditure was for the labour-based subsidy of REP (Begg et al ., 1975) . Much of the controversy over the impact of REP (MacKay, 1976 ;Moore and Rhodes, 1976b ;Ashcroft and Taylor, 1979) is due to the difficulty of disentangling its effects from those of the SDA nonlabour incentives introduced at the same time.…”

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Industrial Employment Performance and Regional Policy 1952-71: a Cross-Sectional Approach

Thomson

1981

Urban Studies

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The paper describes a cross-sectional regression analysis for fourteen manufacturing orders of the factors explaining industrial mobility, the share of movement going to the development areas, and overall employment performance in the development areas relative to the nation (measured as the differential shift). Explanatory variables included national growth, plant size, labour force composition, and capital intensity. Two main time periods were studied: 1952-60 when regional policy was weak and 1960-71 when policy was strong. Sub-period results for 1960-71 were used to examine the effects of the changes in regional policy instruments, particularly the regional employment premium.

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Industrial Employment Performance and Regional Policy 1952-71: a Cross-Sectional Approach

Thomson

1981

Urban Studies

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“…Denton, 1976;Mottershead, 1978;McCallum, 1979;Grant, 1982;Sawyer, 1991), but to date there exists no single record of the totality of UK expenditure on industrial assistance over a long period. Where figures for spending have been compiled, these usually relate to some component of policy or to some sub-period (for example, Begg et al, 1973, in the case of regional policy). The purpose of this research note is to present annual figures for gross expenditure on UK central government assistance payments to industry, as part of on-going research into the determinants and effects of UK industrial assistance.…”

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Gross Expenditure on Uk Industrial Assistance: A Research Note

Wren

1996

Scottish J Political Eco

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This note presents annual figures for gross expenditure on UK central government assistance to industry over the period 1960‐90. This is part of onging research on the determinants and effects of UK industrial assistance. All figures are at corrent prices and a breakdown is provided between various components of policy, comprising national assistance, industrial and firm specific assistance, technology support, civil aircraft aid, shipbuilding assistance and local employment and regional policy.

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“…The study represents an advance on previous work, where figures for spending on industrial subsidies are usually given in gross payment terms and relate to a particular period and set of measures (e.g. Begg et al, 1975). Further, although outside the paper's scope, the construction of these series permit an examination of the investment, employment and other effects of these different components of subsidy over the post-war period.…”

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Grant Equivalent Expenditure on Industrial Subsidies in the Post‐war United Kingdom

Wren

1996

Oxf Bull Econ Stat

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The paper constructs a consistent series for UK central government expenditure on industrial subsidies over the post‐war period, valuing incentives in grant equivalent terms from the position of a firm undertaking investment appraisal. The analysis includes direct subsidy payments, as well as tax allowances, and provides a disaggregation between those subsidies available on a national, regional and sectoral or firm specific basis. A time‐series analysis of the assembled data shows important differences between these components, with regional assistance performing a long‐run distributive role, while other elements perform a stabilisation function. The short‐run patterns are broadly constant across governments, but the long‐run relationships exhibit structural breaks related to both political and economic events.

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Annual Expenditure on Special Regional Assistance to Industry in Great Britain 1960/1-1972/3: A Note

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Industrial Employment Performance and Regional Policy 1952-71: a Cross-Sectional Approach

Industrial Employment Performance and Regional Policy 1952-71: a Cross-Sectional Approach

Gross Expenditure on Uk Industrial Assistance: A Research Note

Grant Equivalent Expenditure on Industrial Subsidies in the Post‐war United Kingdom

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