The New Domestic Automakers in the United States and Canada: History, Impacts, and Prospects

by A.J. Jacobs and A.J. Jacobs

Over the past forty years, state/provincial and local governments in the United States and Canada have provided foreign automakers with approximately $4.80 billion in incentives in order to lure light vehicles assembly plants to their areas. This has included tax abatements, infrastructure construction, land giveaways, job training programs, and other subsidies. As of early 2015, ten foreign vehicle makers operated 20 light vehicles in developed North...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739188259
• ISBN13: 9780739188255
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.0" x 10.1"