English summary: Lars P. Feld evaluates the economic arguments for or against tax
competition in a federal polity and summarizes the empirical evidence concerned with the …

We review the empirical literature on competition in source-based taxes on corporate
income. Drawing an analogy to the competition models for the goods market indicates how …

Local governments attempt to influence business location decisions and economic
development through use of the property tax. Tax increment financing (TIF) earmarks …

The purpose of this paper is to summarize the burgeoning literature concerning the
relationship between public services, or at least government spending, and economic …

Thorough and authoritative, Regional and Urban Economics and Economic Development:
Theory and Methods provides students with a sound approach to analyzing the economic …

Tax increment financing (TIF) has been adopted widely by municipalities in the United
States as an economic development tool. Despite the large number of state initiatives and …

Recent research has shown that a state's overall tax burden is dependent on that of
neighboring states. By disaggregating a state's tax burden into its individual components …

I analyze how competition between localities affects tax breaks and business location
decisions. I first use a geographic instrument to show that spatial competition substantially …

Annotation Anderson and Wassmer (economics, U. of Nebraska-Lincoln and public policy
and administration, California State U.-Sacramento, respectively) examine the use and …

The role of public infrastructure in economic development and growth is examined and
reported here. Specific attention is paid to the importance of infrastructure to small rural …