FDI Perspective No. 26: “FDI incentives pay—politically,” by Nathan M. Jensen and Edmund J. Malesky.

The authors find that there are strong political benefits to attracting FDI at the state-level in the United States, and that fiscal incentives for attracting such investment, regardless of their effectiveness, may be a strategic political tool for state politicians.

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