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20. When Government Policies Improve Firm Performance

Authors : Jeffrey Yi-Lin Forrest, Yong Liu

Published in: Value in Business

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Abstract

Based on the theoretical studies in Chap. 3, this chapter, which is mainly based on (Forrest et al., to appear, Market competition and economic effects of government policies), investigates conditions under which government policies can be expected to improve the economic performance of firms through their market offers that can be either physical products, services, or informational goods.

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Metadata
Title
When Government Policies Improve Firm Performance
Authors
Jeffrey Yi-Lin Forrest
Yong Liu
Copyright Year
2022
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82898-1_20