کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
983637 1480534 2016 11 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Jobless capital? The role of capital subsidies
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
سرمایه بیکاری؟ نقش یارانه های سرمایه
کلمات کلیدی
مشوق توسعه اقتصادی؛ یارانه سرمایه؛ تعویض سرمایه با نیروی کار؛ ترکیب صنعت
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی اقتصاد، اقتصادسنجی و امور مالی اقتصاد و اقتصادسنجی
چکیده انگلیسی


• Investigates mechanisms limiting job creation from non-tax capital incentives.
• Outlines theory predicting capital-labor substitution and changing industry mix.
• Empirical tests use panel data and structural variation in state constitutions.
• Capital subsidies increase capital expenditure and change local industry mix.
• They also increase capital expenditure per employee and decrease employment density.

Using tax abatements, financial incentives, and public investments to attract (or retain) firms is the primary economic development tool for many local governments. Often local job creation policies focus on increasing capital through grants, low-interest financing, and other economic development incentives. Theory predicts that capital subsidies induce firm behaviors that limit their job creation effects. This paper employs the Incentives Environment Index, constructed from state constitutional provisions that limit and structure the ability of state and local governmental entities to aid private enterprises, and county panels to test theoretical predictions on county capital expenditure and input mixes as well as industry establishment shares. The results indicate the act of increasing capital subsidy tools is associated with capital-labor substitution, decreased employment density, and changes in local industry mix. Results are robust to alternative empirical specifications and measures of capital subsidy availability.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Regional Science and Urban Economics - Volume 60, September 2016, Pages 169–179
نویسندگان
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