Tavares-Lehmann / Toledano / Johnson Rethinking Investment Incentives

Trends and Policy Options
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-0-231-54164-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten

This collection illustrates the different types and uses of investment initiatives worldwide. By combining economic analysis with development impacts, regulatory issues, and policy options, these essays show how to increase the mobility of capital to better attract, direct, and retain investments and how to craft policy to ensure incentives endure.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tavares-Lehmann, Ana Teresa

Toledano, Perrine

Johnson, Lise

Sachs, Lisa

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Internationales Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Makroökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Öffentliche Finanzwirtschaft, Besteuerung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword
1. Introduction, by Ana Teresa Tavares-Lehmann, Lisa Sachs, Lise Johnson, and Perrine Toledano
Part I: Invesment Incentives: An Introduction
2. Types of Investment Incentives, by Ana Teresa Tavares-Lehmann
3. Definitions, Motivations, and Locational Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment, by Sarianna M. Lundan
Part II: A Global Overview of Investment Incentives
4. The Use of Investment Incentives: The Cases of R&D-Related Incentives and International Investment Agreements, by Christian Bellak and Markus Leibrecht
5. Incentives in the European Union, by Phillipe Gugler
6. Incentives in the United States, by Charles Krakoff and Chris Steele
7. Tax Incentives Around the World, by Sebastian James
Part III: Designing Incentives Programs to Get Value for Money and Achieve Intended Goals
8. A Holistic Approach to Investment Incentives, by Louis Brennan and Frances Ruane
9. Investment Incentives for Sustainable Developmen, by James Zhan and Joachim Karl
10. Cost-Benefit Analysis of Investment Incentives, by Ellen Harpel
Part IV: Reducing Incentives Competition: Regulatory Efforts to Limit "Races to the Bottom"
11. Regulation of Investment Incentives: National and Subnational Efforts to Regulate Competition for Investment Through the Use of Incentives, by Kenneth P. Thomas
12. Regulation of Investment Incentives: Instruments at an International/Supranational Level, by Lise Johnson
13. Conclusions: Outstanding Issues on the Design and Implementation of Incentives Policies, by Lise Johnson, Perrine Toledano, Lisa Sachs, and Ana Teresa Tavares-Lehmann
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ana Teresa Tavares-Lehmann is associate professor of economics at the School of Economics, University of Porto, and head of international business at the University of Porto Business School.

Perrine Toledano is the head of extractive industries at the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI).

Lise Johnson is the head of investment law and policy at CCSI.

Lisa Sachs is the director of CCSI.