the costs associated with investment in fiber-optic networks are likely recoverable in some markets, but that there is a … large gap between social and private incentives to invest …

This paper examines the characteristics of and interactions among measures to effect saving and investment incentives … ("S-I incentives")in the context of an income tax system that is inadequately indexed for inflation. Examples are … incentives are classified into "consumption tax" and "direct grant" types, and it is shown that these differ in their influence …

: greater investment by an agent shifts the attack to other parts of the network …

the present value of the returns from an initial investment of [1pound], using the social discount rate, should be equal … revisions in evaluating the neutrality of different incentives. Another point we would make is that Boadway's results depend … these important elements of the problem, general results about the neutrality of different incentives can no longer be …

and base salary to assure their incentives for full effort. In addition to providing equity finance, venture capitalists …, progressive taxation as well as investment and output subsidies to the entrepreneurial sector …

Entrepreneurs who start new firms may choose not-for-profit status as a means of committing to soft incentives. Such … incentives protect donors, volunteers, consumers and employees from ex post expropriation of profits by the entrepreneur. We … high quality products, the incentives are even softer, and, moreover, non-profit status can serve as a signal of that taste …