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S2E2 - Cailin Slattery, Bidding for Firms

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Tax Incentives Are a Permanent Part of the Urban Economic Landscape

Jeffrey Sachs: Tax incentives seem to be a permanent part of the urban economic landscape. He says economists do not yet know why these incentives occur and whether they are in fact desirable. "I study this competition between governments with the aim of saying something about whether allowing states and cities to offer incentives to firms is welfare improving"

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