The definition of subsidy and state aid
Subtitle: WTO and EC law in comparative perspective
By: Luca Rubini
Series: International economic law series; International economic law series (Oxford, England)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780199533398
Description: Presenting a conceptual analysis of the definitions of state aid and subsidy in EC and WTO law, this text provides a comparative analysis of the regulation of subsidy in both systems. Rubini examines the coherence of the conceptual understanding of subsidy and the grounds for legitimate state intervention.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [425]-442) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Foundations : the purpose of subsidy control; title: Introduction : governmental intervention in the economy and subsidies; title: The forms of governmental action covered by WTO subsidy rules; title: The forms of governmental action covered by EC state aid rules; title: Forms of governmental action : internal and external perspectives; title: The advantage analysis : an introduction; title: Economic activity and the advantage analysis; title: Non-economic activity and the advantage analysis in the WTO; title: Non-economic activity and the advantage analysis in the EC; title: Concluding remarks : objectives and the advantage analysis; title: The identification of the beneficiaries; title: The idea and analysis of specificity; title: The distortion of competition.