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Government Financial Assistance and Manufacturing Investment in Northern Ireland
SHEEHAN M. (1993) Government financial assistance and manufacturing investment in Northern Ireland, Reg. Studies 27, 527-540. This paper analyses the influence of government grants on the investment decision making process in the Northern Ireland manufacturing sector. The paper is based on detailed...
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Published in: | Regional studies 1993-01, Vol.27 (6), p.527-540 |
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Summary: | SHEEHAN M. (1993) Government financial assistance and manufacturing investment in Northern Ireland, Reg. Studies
27, 527-540. This paper analyses the influence of government grants on the investment decision making process in the Northern Ireland manufacturing sector. The paper is based on detailed interviews with Northern Ireland manufacturing firms and focuses on two time periods: 1985-88 and 1989-92. Findings are presented on the impact of grant schemes on the level, timing and quality of investment expenditure. During the period 1985-88 two types of grant schemes were available for capital investment in Northern Ireland: Standard Capital Grants (SCGs) which were automatic grants and Selective Financial Assistance (SFA). The Standard Capital Grant scheme was eliminated in 1988. The findings indicate that SCGs had more effect on companies' investment programmes than SFA due to the certainty of payment. Since 1988, SFA has become more important to companies and appears to be offsetting, to a certain extent, the impact of the UK recession by assisting companies to maintain investment levels. The findings also indicate that grants help to offset some of the problems that companies experience due to Northern Ireland's peripheral location.
SHEEHAN M. (1993) Les aides financières d'état et l'investissement dans les industries de fabrication en Irlande du Nord, Reg. Studies
27, 527-540. Cet article cherche à analyser l'impact des primes d'Etat sur la prise de décision relative à l'investissement dans les industries de fabrication en Irlande du Nord. L'article résulte des interviews détaillées avec des entreprises industrielles en Irlande du Nord et porte sur deux périodes: de 1985 à 1988 et de 1989 à 1992. On présente les résultats quant à l'impact des primes sur le niveau, le calendrier et la qualité des dépenses d'investissement. Sur la période allant de 1985 à 1988 deux catégories de primes étaient disponibles en Irlande du Nord visant l'investissement de capitaux: une subvention en capital automatique (Standard Capital Grant; SCG) et de l'aide financière sélective (Selective Financial Assistance; SFA). La SCG était supprimée en 1988. Les résultats laissent voir que la SCG avait plus d'impact sur les programmes d'investissement des entreprises que ne l'avait la SFA grǎce à son affectation automatique. Depuis 1988, la SFA est devenue plus importante pour les entreprises et dans une certaine mesure il semble qu'elle compense l'impact de la récession au Royaume |
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ISSN: | 0034-3404 1360-0591 |
DOI: | 10.1080/00343409312331347745 |