Table of Contents:
  • Institutional and political determinants of incentive competition / Ann Markusen and Katherine Nesse
  • The sources and processes of tax and subsidy competition / Kenneth Thomas
  • The fiscal consequences of competition for capital / Peter Fisher
  • How the EU manages subsidy competition / Adinda Sinnaeve
  • Solving the problems of economic development incentives / Timothy J. Bartik
  • Negotiating the ideal deal: which local governments have the most bargaining leverage? / Rachel Weber
  • Do better job creation subsidies hold real promise for business incentive reformers? / William Schweke
  • Concrete ways to curtail the economic war among the states / Greg LeRoy
  • The authors
  • About the institute