by Ellen D. Harpel | Sep 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
The CHIPS (Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors) Act is designed to develop onshore domestic manufacturing of semiconductors critical to US competitiveness and national security. This legislation creates substantial financial incentives, including the...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Jan 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
Business Oregon is using its recent Strategic Assessment of Incentives (SAI) in considering how to advance the state’s economic objectives and get ahead of the incentive policy curve. Smart Incentives worked with Business Oregon to evaluate an existing set of...
by Darrene Hackler | Sep 19, 2021 | Incentive programs
Over the past few weeks, we have shared our Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation-funded report and technical appendix examining the state of business incentives for entrepreneurial firms, implementation issues, and the outcomes that these incentives have on firms and...
by Smart Incentives | Mar 30, 2021 | Incentive programs
The Kauffman Foundation held a forum last week on Business Incentives: What Do They Mean for Entrepreneurship? Darrene Hackler and Ellen Harpel were pleased to join the panel of experts talking about different aspects of business incentives and entrepreneurship for...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Mar 13, 2019 | Incentive programs
Most state and local incentive programs measure their success by the number of jobs created and wages paid. Last week we wrote about economic research questioning the value of encouraging investment through tax incentives. Some recent research found that capital...
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