by Ellen D. Harpel | Feb 5, 2019 | Amazon
Amazon’s HQ2 raised new challenges for economic developers as they responded to a high-profile, public RFP promising a unique transformational economic opportunity. Our analysis of the HQ2 incentive offers makes clear that economic development organizations have...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Dec 11, 2018 | Amazon
This is the third article in our series on the details of the Amazon incentive agreements with Virginia, New York and Tennessee. The state of Tennessee has offered a package of grants and tax incentives with a projected value of $102 million for an Operations Center...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Nov 19, 2018 | Amazon
Amazon’s announcement that it will split its HQ2 has generated dozens of articles on the process, the factors that led to the decision, and various points of view on the importance of incentives. We are going down a different path and will devote several blog...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Oct 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
Ellen Harpel and The Stephen S. Fuller Institute at George Mason University have released a new research report describing the role of Gig and Independent Work in the Washington Region’s Economy. The gig economy and independent work arrangements receive much national...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Aug 7, 2018 | Incentive programs
Smart Incentives readers have asked for more articles on new incentives. Here are summaries of two new incentive programs in Virginia and Montgomery County, Maryland. Incentives for distressed areas (Virginia) Legislation passed earlier this year provides a tax...
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