econ. question

[Michael Perelman]

Absolutely.  Many companies have received local tax breaks for building
factories.  Often, the cost is about $100,000 and more per job.  In some
cases, the jobs never occured or the company moved soon thereafter.

On Sun, Jan 12, 2003 at 08:42:40AM -0800, Brian O. Sheppard wrote:
> 
> Has there ever been (or is there) a federal or state policy that ties
> corporate tax breaks to job creation? Say, Company X gets n amount in tax
> breaks for every job created.
> 

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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
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