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Rethinking investment incentives : trends and policy options /

Governments often use direct subsidies or tax credits to encourage investment and promote economic growth and other development objectives. Properly designed and implemented, these incentives can advance a wide range of policy objectives (increasing employment, promoting sustainability, and reducing...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Tavares, Ana Teresa (Editor ), Toledano, Perrine (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Ana Teresa Tavares-Lehmann, Lisa Sachs, Lise Johnson, and Perrine Toledano
  • Types of investment incentives / Ana Teresa Tavares-Lehmann
  • Definitions, motivations, and locational determinants of Foreign Direct Investment / Sarianna M. Lundan
  • The use of investment incentives: the cases of R & D-related incentives and international investment agreements / Christian Bellak and Markus Leibrecht
  • Incentives in the European Union / Phillipe Gugler
  • Incentives in the United States / Charles Krakoff and Chris Steele
  • Tax incentives around the world / Sebastian James
  • A holistic approach to investment incentives / Louis Brennan and Frances Ruane
  • Investment incentives for sustainable development / James Zhan and Joachim Karl
  • Cost-benefit analysis of investment incentives / Ellen Harpel
  • Regulation of investment incentives: national and subnational efforts to regulate competition for investment through the use of incentives / Kenneth P. Thomas
  • Regulation of investment incentives: instruments at an international/supranational level / Lise Johnson
  • Conclusions: outstanding issues on the design and implementation of incentives policies / Lise Johnson, Perrine Toledano, Lisa Sachs, and Ana Teresa Tavares Lehmann
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contributors
  • Index.