The effectiveness of state business tax incentive programs: The case of North Carolina

Economic Development Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 327-345

  Luger, Michael I ^a   Bae, Suho ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic development; Simulation and modeling; State tax policy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; TAX INCENTIVE; TAX SYSTEM;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27344448853     PISSN: 08912424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891242405279684     Document Type: Article

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