State investment tax incentives: A zero-sum game?

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2362-2384

  Chirinko, Robert S ^a,b,c   Wilson, Daniel J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b CESIFO   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

Business taxation; Capital formation; Establishment location; H25; H32; H71; H77; Interstate tax competition; State tax incentives

Indexed keywords

EID: 55149087230     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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