This paper reviews the research literature relevant to economic development incentives provided by state and local … governments, and recommends reforms in these incentives. I argue that the main problem with current incentive policies is that … state and local governments often provide incentives that are not in the best interest of that state or local area, for …

impact of state-level economic development incentives on employment growth at the establishment level in North Carolina … theory of sectoral “mediation.” This enables us to compare the effectiveness of incentives offered in mediated and … nonmediated industries and show that when incentives are coupled with sectoral economic development efforts they generate …

This paper estimates the effect of domestic and foreign privatization on multifactor productivity (MFP) using long … produces a productivity advantage of about 40 percent in 2004–2005. …

presents findings that suggest that there are substantial productivity payoffs to workplace literacy programs. The answer to …

workers, have basic skills difficulties that are reported to impair their productivity. Yet very few of the workers have an …

This paper estimates the effect of privatization on multifactor productivity (MFP) using long panel data for nearly the …