<p>My answer relies on two quotes. The first one:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>A rose by any other name would smell as sweet</p>
</blockquote>

<p>And the second one is from the definition of State Aid by the <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/competition/state_aid/overview/index_en.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">European Union's competition authority</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>State aid is defined as an advantage in any form whatsoever conferred on a selective basis to undertakings by national public authorities. </p>
</blockquote>

<p>There is a difference between illegal state aid and subsidies, but the difference is in the "selective basis". Aid in any form that confers an advantage is aid.</p>

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2019-06-20T11:36:19.320Z
I struggle to understand this answer.
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That's alright, I also struggled to understand the question. If you point out what exactly you do not understand I may try to elaborate. If you find the whole answer is gibberish please consider making the question clearer.
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<p>Is the set of subsidies exactly the same as the set of things that subsidise?</p>

<p>Put another way: can there exist something that subsidises that is not a subsidy?</p>

<p>Or are there two definitions of a subsidy: the narrow economic definition, and a wider definition that includes (for example) everything that has the effect of a subsidy.</p>

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Can there exist something that subsidises that is not a subsidy
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# Can there exist something that subsidises that is not a subsidy

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-06-20)

Is the set of subsidies exactly the same as the set of things that subsidise?

Put another way: can there exist something that subsidises that is not a subsidy?

Or are there two definitions of a subsidy: the narrow economic definition, and a wider definition that includes (for example) everything that has the effect of a subsidy.

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-06-20. Score: 1

My answer relies on two quotes. The first one:

> A rose by any other name would smell as sweet

And the second one is from the definition of State Aid by the [European Union's competition authority](http://ec.europa.eu/competition/state_aid/overview/index_en.html):

> State aid is defined as an advantage in any form whatsoever conferred on a selective basis to undertakings by national public authorities.

There is a difference between illegal state aid and subsidies, but the difference is in the "selective basis". Aid in any form that confers an advantage is aid.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I struggle to understand this answer.  
> **username_1**: That's alright, I also struggled to understand the question. If you point out what exactly you do not understand I may try to elaborate. If you find the whole answer is gibberish please consider making the question clearer.  

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