Incentives for Regional Development: Competition Among Sub-National Governments

by K Sridhar, Kala Seetharam Sridhar Dr, K. Sridhar, et al.

This book offers cross-national evidence of the effectiveness of financial and physical incentives for regional development. It challenges the traditional wisdom that competition is harmful for regional development or can be zero-sum. It answers questions such as: What are the effects of tax incentives on the rest of the economy? Do such incentives merely redistribute employment? Do tax and infrastructure incentives have any effect on the unemployment...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349524824
• ISBN13: 9781349524822
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.0"