The government has alreadyscaled down the programme several times. Most recently, only electric cars up to a price of 32,000 pounds were subsidised with 1,500 pounds. The plug-in car grant was thus only available for a few vehicles on the market anyway. The repeated reduction to the equiva...
The ill-fated project, backed by heavy state and municipal spending, comes as the federal government is pouring tens of billions of dollars into subsidizing domestic manufacturing, hoping that the funds will help spur projects that might otherwise not happen. Since I live in Virginia, I’m ...
He asserts, for example, that the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) is a great program that does not “pick winners and losers.” Through this program, the federal government has been subsidizing consulting firms in all 50 states to provide services at reduced rates to small and medium-...
CaliforniaAssembly Bill 2350, titled “Vehicular air pollution: Zero-Emission Aftermarket Conversion Project” is on a mission to extend government incentives normally offered to those who buy new electric cars to those who convert their vehicles from gas to...
and further improve the policies and measures for supporting the development of village clinics and rural doctors. We will improve the mechanism for subsidizing community medical institutions and link salaries to performance. We will carry out a pilot program for making community medical institutions the...
When an industry in the private sector is not performing efficiently or effectively, there is said to be “market failure”. The recommendation by economists and others typically is then for government actions to combat such failure, such as taxes to hel
The negative impacts of public transportation on society are lower than those of small cars. Since this external benefit has yet to be reflected in user costs through the market mechanism, it could be compensated through subsidies [21]. 2.1.2. Methods of Subsidizing Public Transportation As shown...
The case study results show that the government’s subsidizing of recycling companies and consumers work best. 6.2. Policy Recommendations Based on the study results, the following policy recommendations are proposed to better recycle EoL power batteries, protect resources, and reduce environmental ...
The case study results show that the government’s subsidizing of recycling companies and consumers work best. 6.2. Policy Recommendations Based on the study results, the following policy recommendations are proposed to better recycle EoL power batteries, protect resources, and reduce environmental ...
When the government subsidy level is high but the sensitivity coefficient of consumers to green R&D activities is small, subsidizing consumers’ green consumption by the government can help the supply chain members obtain the greatest economic benefits; meanwhile, the supply chain system can obtain mor...