cross-subsidy, give rise to

BUSINESS: Renewable energy

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An ambitious cross-subsidy scheme has given rise to a new industry

cross-subsidy

Improper assignment of costs among objects such that certain objects are overcosted while other cost objects are undercosted relative to the activity costs assigned. For example, traditional cost accounting systems tend to overcost high-volume products and undercost low-volume products.

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International support has given rise to a new optimism in the company.