The Dutch government offers various types of assistance to entrepreneurs, ranging from money to making life easier. If your idea meets the requirements for one of the subsidy programmes, you can apply to the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) for a grant.
Subsidies provide government support for certain industries or activities that may not be profitable without such support. Subsidies usually are offered to help struggling sectors, promote new developments, or promote specific policies or social good. They may be successful economically but they are costly to other groups (for instance the food subvention aids farmers, while increasing prices for consumers) They may also fail economically, yet achieve the goals of culture and politics.
Government-provided subsidies can take many forms, such as grants or tax breaks, rebates or direct cash payments to suppliers or customers and price control. They can also be indirect, for instance, road taxes that are paid by all motorists, rather than only those who drive on roads, or railway track access charges that are not levied exclusively for passenger trains.
Advocates for subsidies say they can boost the efficiency of an economy by protecting it from competition from outside, or by promoting local production. They also serve to counteract market failures like externalities or information inequalities. Some critics argue that these policies can cause negative effects that range from inequality to corruption, and that they hinder more efficient and equitable spending by the government. They also can result in perverse incentives. A business that receives a government subsidy could be enticed to give money to politicians. This can result in “regulatory capture” and rent-seeking.
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