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Rethinking Investment Incentives: Trends and Policy Options
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Description for Rethinking Investment Incentives: Trends and Policy Options
Hardback. Editor(s): Tavares Lehmann, Ana Teresa; Toledano, Perrine; Johnson, Lise; Sachs, Lisa. Num Pages: 368 pages, 11 figures. BIC Classification: KCB; KCP; KFFD1; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 251 x 29. Weight in Grams: 636.
Governments often use direct subsidies or tax credits to encourage investment and promote economic growth and other development objectives. Properly designed and implemented, these incentives can advance a wide range of policy objectives (increasing employment, promoting sustainability, and reducing inequality). Yet since design and implementation are complicated, incentives have been associated with rent-seeking and wasteful public spending. This collection illustrates the different types and uses of these initiatives worldwide and examines the institutional steps that extend their value. By combining economic analysis with development impacts, regulatory issues, and policy options, these essays show not only how to increase the ... Read more
Governments often use direct subsidies or tax credits to encourage investment and promote economic growth and other development objectives. Properly designed and implemented, these incentives can advance a wide range of policy objectives (increasing employment, promoting sustainability, and reducing inequality). Yet since design and implementation are complicated, incentives have been associated with rent-seeking and wasteful public spending. This collection illustrates the different types and uses of these initiatives worldwide and examines the institutional steps that extend their value. By combining economic analysis with development impacts, regulatory issues, and policy options, these essays show not only how to increase the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231172981
SKU
V9780231172981
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About Tavares-Lehmann (Eds
Ana Teresa Tavares-Lehmann is associate professor of economics at the School of Economics, University of Porto, and head of international business at the University of Porto Business School. Perrine Toledano is the head of extractive industries at the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI). Lise Johnson is the head of investment law and policy at CCSI. ... Read more
Reviews for Rethinking Investment Incentives: Trends and Policy Options
What are the costs and benefits of the incentives used to attract new foreign investment? How can governments maximize the positive impact of available capital? Rethinking Investment Incentives addresses these and other important questions in national foreign direct investment policy. This volume will be of great value to anyone seeking to explore the complicated set of issues surrounding contemporary investment ... Read more