subsidy

(noun)

Assistance paid to a business, economic sector, or producers.

Related Terms

Examples of subsidy in the following topics:

  • Subsidies and Contracting

    • Some subsidies are to encourage the sale of exports; some are for food to keep down the cost of living; and other subsidies encourage the expansion of farm production.
    • Subsidies may distort markets and can impose large economic costs.
    • Ways to classify subsidies include the reason behind them, the recipients of the subsidy, and the source of the funds.
    • One of the primary ways to classify subsidies is the means of distributing the subsidy.
    • The term subsidy may or may not have a negative connotation.

  • Agricultural Interest Groups

    • These include crop prices, land use zoning, government subsidies, and international trade agreements.
    • These programs provide fresh, locally produced fruits and vegetables for participants in other government nutritional subsidy programs.

  • Regulating Executive Branch Lobbyists

    • The most influential lobbyists wanted railroad subsidies and a tariff on wool.
    • At the same time in the Reconstruction South, lobbying was intense near the state legislatures, especially regarding railroad subsidies, but it also happened in other areas, such as gambling.

  • Regulating Campaign Finance

    • Eligibility requirements must be fulfilled to qualify for a government subsidy, and those that do accept government funding are usually subject to spending limits.
    • At the federal level, public funding is limited to subsidies for presidential campaigns.
    • To receive subsidies in the primary, candidates must qualify by privately raising $5000 each in at least 20 states.

  • Making Policy

    • To help them make ends meet, Congress may give government corporations a legal monopoly over given services, provide subsidies, or both.

  • Housing Policy

    • This kind of housing assistance helps poor tenants by giving a monthly subsidy to their landlords.
    • Effective October 1, 1999, existing tenant based voucher programs were merged into the Housing Choice Voucher Program, which is today the primary means of providing subsidies to low-income renters.

  • Conservatism

    • Libertarian conservatives generally support strict laissez-faire policies such as free trade and oppose any national bank, regulations on businesses, environmental regulation, corporate subsidies, and other areas of economic intervention.

  • Social Regulation

    • Subsidies were granted to agriculture and tariffs were imposed, sparking the American Revolution.

  • Deregulation

    • Laissez-faire is an example of a deregulated economic environment in which transactions between private parties are free from government restrictions, tariffs, and subsidies, with only enough regulations to protect property rights.

  • Welfare Reform

    • Social programs in the United States are welfare subsidies designed to aid the needs of the U.S. population.