We discuss three important properties of panel data event study designs. First, assuming
constant treatment effects before and/or after some event time, also known as binning, is a …

We study how tax policies that lower the cost of capital impact investment and labor demand.
Difference-in-differences estimates using confidential Census Data on manufacturing …

What are the distributional effects of placed-based policies? Drawing on household data
from 2.4 million survey respondents in the European Union (EU), we show that income …

This paper examines the effect of tax incentives in the form of bonus depreciation on
investment quality. Using the expiration of tax incentives via bonus depreciation in eastern …

We establish a framework to quantify the welfare effects of decentralized policies. Local
policies result in benefit-spillovers, mobility of households and firms, and interjurisdictional …

Capital Investment and Labor Demand: Evidence from 21st Century Tax Policy Page 1 Capital
Investment and Labor Demand: Evidence from 21st Century Tax Policy E. Mark Curtis (Wake …

This paper estimates the causal effect of corporate tax hikes on firm investment based on
more than 1,400 local tax changes. By observing planned and realized investment volumes …

Public support schemes are typically targeted towards capital investments. However, the
targeting of digitization investments might not only be a missed opportunity to increase the …

This paper shows that regional policies can decrease populist support. We focus on the"
development objective"(Objective-1) of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) …

This chapter discusses factors that contributed to different economic dynamics across
European regions and the prevailing disparities. The impact of EU Cohesion Policy in …