Publication Date
4-27-2007
DOI
10.17848/9781429492065
Abstract
This book explores the causes, character, and potential remedies for the growing spatial competition for capital. Its diverse group of contributors present a broad set of workable reforms including: regulation of site consultants; mandated transparency in negotiations, bids, and deals; better structured deals; performance requirements and clawbacks for subsidized firms; and adoption of united economic development budgets.
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Download 1. Institutional and Political Determinants of Incentive Competition / Institutional and Political Determinants of Incentive Competition / Ann Markusen and Katherine Nesse (335 KB)
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Download 4. How the EU Manages Subsidy Competition / Adinda Sinnaeve (255 KB)
Download 5. Solving the Problems of Economic Development Incentives / Timothy J. Bartik (382 KB)
Download 6. Negotiating the Ideal Deal: Which Local Governments Have the Most Bargaining Leverage? / Rachel Weber (248 KB)
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ISBN
9780880992961 (cloth) ; 9780880992954 (pbk.) ; 9781429492065 (ebook)
Subject Areas
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; Regional policy and planning; Business and tax incentives
Citation
Markusen, Ann, ed. 2007. Reining in the Competition for Capital. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. https://doi.org/10.17848/9781429492065
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Contents
1. Institutional and Political Determinants of Incentive Competition / Ann Markusen and Katherine Nesse
2. The Sources and Processes of Tax and Subsidy Competition / Kenneth P. Thomas
3. The Fiscal Consequences of Competition for Capital / Peter Fisher
4. How the EU Manages Subsidy Competition / Adinda Sinnaeve
5. Solving the Problems of Economic Development Incentives / Timothy J. Bartik
6. Negotiating the Ideal Deal: Which Local Governments Have the Most Bargaining Leverage? / Rachel Weber
7. Do Better Job Creation Subsidies Hold Real Promise for Business Incentive Reformers? / William Schweke
8. Nine Concrete Ways to Curtail the Economic War among the States / Greg LeRoy