Do location-based tax incentives attract new business establishments?

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 427-449

  Hanson, Andrew ^a   Rohlin, Shawn ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREDIT PROVISION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EMPOWERMENT; INCENTIVE; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 79960797953     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2010.00704.x     Document Type: Article

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