%0 Journal Article
%T External economies of scale, government purchasing commitment and welfare improvements in the vaccines industry
%A Pedro Garcia-del-Barrio
%J European Journal of Government and Economics
%D 2012
%I Europa Grande
%X Some industries exhibit external economies of scale. In these cases,the introduction of self-financing tax subsidy programmes canimprove social welfare. This paper advocates intervention incompetitive markets if economies of scale existand implementing the policy is inexpensive.
%K external economies of scale
%K social welfare
%K tax-subsidy
%K income transfer
%K government intervention
%U http://www.ejge.org/index.php/ejge/article/view/15