The ineffectiveness of location incentive programs: Evidence from Puerto Rico and Israel

Economic Development Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-179

  Schwartz, Dafna ^a   Pelzman, Joseph ^b   Keren, Michael ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Economic development; International business; International investment; Location incentive; Regional development

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INCENTIVE; INVESTMENT; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; EURASIA; GREATER ANTILLES; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 42149101994     PISSN: 08912424     EISSN: 15523543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891242408314100     Document Type: Article

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