O'Brien and Lane (2018) examines the popular use of film industry incentives by US states to promote economic growth …. The authors claim that their findings indicate the presence of incentives is positively associated with filming, industry …

I estimate the impacts of recently-popular U.S. state film incentives on filming location, film industry employment …, wages, and establishments, and spillover impacts on related industries. I compile a detailed database of incentives … outcomes in states before and after they adopt incentives, relative to similar states that did not adopt incentives over the …

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 …

State governments in the United States have been increasingly using business incentives such as grants and tax … model using firm-level data on accepted incentives augmented with data on state attributes. To learn about state valuations … states and firms is mostly zero, as firm location choices are relatively unresponsive to incentives, which become government …

I estimate the impacts of recently-popular U.S. state film incentives on filming location, film industry employment …, wages, and establishments, and spillover impacts on related industries. I compile a detailed database of incentives … outcomes in states before and after they adopt incentives, relative to similar states that did not adopt incentives over the …

I estimate the impacts of recently-popular U.S. state film incentives on filming location, film industry employment …, wages, and establishments, and spillover impacts on related industries. I compile a detailed database of incentives … outcomes in states before and after they adopt incentives, relative to similar states that did not adopt incentives over the …