investinginkids » Business incentives

A recent paper by me and a research analyst at the Upjohn Institute, Nathan Sotherland, analyzes the effects of “place-based” college scholarship programs on local economic development. Over ...

https://investinginkids.net/2015/12/09/human-capital-programs-can-promote-local-economic-development-as-illustration-consider-promise-style-place-based-college-scholarship-programs/

Professor William Lazonick of the University of Massachusetts Lowell has a provocative recent paper, written for the Institute for New Economic Thinking, outlining his views on how some of the ad...

https://investinginkids.net/2015/04/30/the-challenges-posed-by-short-termism-in-corporate-decision-making-and-what-it-implies-for-policies-to-promote-broader-prosperity/

I have a new paper published that bears on the following important issue: when will local economic development incentives – various types of customized tax breaks or services to individual busi...

https://investinginkids.net/2015/04/13/what-are-the-best-paths-to-prosperity-for-localities-and-the-nation/

A new paper by me and George Erickcek on incentives was published online today in the journal Economic Development Quarterly. The online version is behind a paywall for non-academic readers, but ...

https://investinginkids.net/2014/09/12/incentives-and-the-public-interest/

A high-profile issue right now, especially in Michigan, is the effects of state right-to-work laws on state economic development. As an economic development strategy, the adoption of a state righ...

https://investinginkids.net/2012/12/11/right-to-work-laws-and-state-economic-development-strategies/

Kenneth Thomas has a useful blog post pointing out that the New York Times database on business incentives, which accompanies Louise Story’s series, includes sales tax exemptions for business p...

https://investinginkids.net/2012/12/04/all-business-incentives-are-not-created-equal/

Louise Story’s series in the New York Times on state and local business incentives concludes with an article (December 4, 2012) on film subsidies, highlighting Michigan’s experience. Why are ...

https://investinginkids.net/2012/12/04/film-production-incentives-as-economic-development-policy-why-are-they-problematic/

Louise Story of the New York Times has a series, starting December 2nd (2012), on state and local business incentives. Full disclosure: I was interviewed by Ms. Story for the series, and I am quo...

https://investinginkids.net/2012/12/02/what-should-policymakers-do-about-state-and-local-business-incentives/

The more I read about the inside political debates during the Great Recession and its aftermath, the more I doubt whether the current U.S. political system puts a top priority on boosting employm...

https://investinginkids.net/2012/11/20/is-our-political-system-really-interested-in-focusing-on-job-creation-for-the-long-term-unemployed/

The Congressional Budget Office recently released a report exploring why this economic recovery from the recession trough has been unusually slow. As the report shows, as of the second quarter of...

https://investinginkids.net/2012/11/16/boosting-the-recovery-and-long-run-economic-growth-through-job-creation-incentives-for-the-long-term-unemployed-and-early-education-investments/