Industrial Incentives: Competition Among American States and Cities

Authors

Peter S. Fisher, University of Iowa
Alan H. Peters, University of IowaFollow

Publication Date

1-1-1998

DOI

10.17848/9780585308401

Abstract

This book is the first significant attempt to quantify the development efforts made by state and local governments. The authors' extensive research focuses on tax and incentive policies across the 24 most industrialized states in the United States and a sample of 112 cities from within those states.

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Contents

1. State and Local Incentive Competition for New Investment
2. An Overview of Method
3. The Hypothetical Firm Method Extended
4. Tax Systems and Incentive Programs in States and Cities
5. The Effects of Taxes and Incentives on the Spatial Distribution of Investment Returns
6. Incentive Competition and Public Policy

ISBN

9780880991841 (cloth) ; 9780880991834 (pbk.) ; 9780585308401 (ebook)

Subject Areas

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; Regional policy and planning; Business and tax incentives; Urban issues