by Ellen D. Harpel | Jun 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
What information should governments provide on tax abatements? Two small elements of the recent “Megadeals” report from Good Jobs First caught my attention: The lack of data on actual costs, jobs or economic impacts from the listed projects...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Jun 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
Should incentives be used primarily to sway a decision? A common assumption is that businesses should not be rewarded with incentives for something they would have done without the incentives. This concept has been extended to suggest that incentives...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Jun 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
Smart Incentives advisor Bernie McShea recently made a presentation to a standing-room only audience at the IEDC 2013 spring conference panel on Understanding Today’s Incentive Picture. The 7 Ms Model: An Approach to Economic Development Due Diligence...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Jun 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
Are economic impact and effectiveness the same thing? This article is part of an occasional series examining state and local reports evaluating economic development incentive programs. Here we look at the “Review of State Economic Development Incentive...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Jun 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
I recently had the chance to listen to Wen Sun describe the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) State Incentives Database during our session at C2ER’s annual conference. Wen led the research team that compiled descriptions of...
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