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Contribution to Book
Models, Models and More Models
Investment Incentives and the Global Competition for Capital (2011)
  • Kenneth P. Thomas, University of Missouri–St. Louis
Abstract
This chapter investigates the main approaches used to analyze competition for investment through investment incentives. We begin with general approaches to assessing the use of incentives, including Prisoners’ Dilemma, models in the Tiebout (1956) tradition, incentives as necessary to generate spillovers and the global vs. local efficiency matrix. Next, we move to a consideration of game theoretic models more complex than Prisoners’ Dilemma, either relaxing its assumptions or using a more general ‘subsidy game’. After that, the spotlight turns to statistical analyses of the effects of tax and incentives on investment. Finally, we survey significant case studies from both developed and developing countries.
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Publication Date
January 1, 2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Series
International Political Economy Series
DOI
10.1057/9780230302396_2
Citation Information
Kenneth P. Thomas. "Models, Models and More Models" LondonInvestment Incentives and the Global Competition for Capital (2011) p. 18 - 38
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/kenneth-thomas/5/