Competition for Amazon's HQ2.0 shows how keen local governments are to offer incentives to attract firms.

Stokan, Eric (2017) Competition for Amazon's HQ2.0 shows how keen local governments are to offer incentives to attract firms. USApp - American Politics and Policy Blog (30 Nov 2017). Website.

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The online mega-retailer, Amazon.com, has recently been shopping around to find a suitable host for its second headquarters. In response, city and local governments across the US have been falling over themselves to offer economic inducements for the company to choose them. But what determines which governments try to attract firms in this way? In new research Eric Stokan looks ...

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/
Additional Information:	© 2017 The Author(s)
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor J Political Science > JS Local government Municipal government
Date Deposited:	11 Dec 2017 17:06
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 21:14
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/86097

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