Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 Overview -- 2 Are Investment Promotion Agencies Effective at Attracting Foreign Direct Investment? -- 3 The Business Environment Matters -- 4 The Functions of Investment Promotion Agencies and Their Effectiveness -- 5 Key Internal Characteristics of...

Intro -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Foreword -- Tax Holidays to Attract Foreign Direct Investment -- Introduction -- The First Experiment: Eliminating Tax Holidays -- Estimating the Costs of Incentives -- The Pressures for New Tax Holidays -- The Second Experiment: Discretionary...