by Ellen D. Harpel | Feb 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) has published a set of reports that provide a deeper look at several states’ complete set of incentive programs, including expenditures and an analysis of outcome data used to assess program effectiveness. ...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Feb 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
Tax credits have been the incentives workhorse for economic development organizations, but we see this changing. Our research indicates that today’s most competitive incentive offerings combine workforce training, infrastructure and site investments, specialized...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Feb 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
Smart Incentives joined nearly 300 individuals and organizations providing comments on the proposed Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Tax Abatement Disclosures guidelines. GASB notes that most projects receive between 50 and 150 comment letters, so this...
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