<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> State aid aimed to certain market participants, especially some of its categories, carries a risk of distortion of competition. Therefore, it is necessary to control allocation of state aid and its direction from the sectoral objectives towards more justified horizontal objectives of allocating. This paper examines the practice of assigning sectoral state aid in the European Union and in the selected Western Balkan countries by using the methods of comparative and correlation analysis. The aim is to identify deviations and point out to the preferred ways of state aid allocation.</p></abstract>

State aid aimed to certain market participants, especially some of its categories, carries a risk of distortion of competition. Therefore, it is necessary to control allocation of state aid and its direction from the sectoral objectives towards more justified horizontal objectives of allocating. This paper examines the practice of assigning sectoral state aid in the European Union and in the selected Western Balkan countries by using the methods of comparative and correlation analysis. The aim is to identify deviations and point out to the preferred ways of state aid allocation.

Sectoral State Aid in the European Union and the Western Balkan Countries

University of Niš, Faculty of Economics, Serbia

University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality in Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia

Economic Themes

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State aid aimed to certain market participants, especially some of its categories, carries a risk of distortion of competition. Therefore, it is necessary to...

Sectoral State Aid in the European Union and the Western Balkan Countries

Publié en ligne: 15 avr. 2016

Pages: 331 - 343

Reçu: 10 nov. 2014

Accepté: 24 sept. 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ethemes-2015-0019

Mots clés
sectoral state aid, European Union, Western Balkan

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Sectoral State Aid in the European Union and the Western Balkan Countries

Publié en ligne: 15 avr. 2016

Pages: 331 - 343

Reçu: 10 nov. 2014

Accepté: 24 sept. 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ethemes-2015-0019

Mots cléssectoral state aid, European Union, Western Balkan

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Mots clés
sectoral state aid, European Union, Western Balkan