Tampa Bay has reason to pause as bidding frenzy for Amazon's HQ2 drags on (Video)

Tampa Bay has reason to pause as bidding frenzy for Amazon's HQ2 drags on (Video)
- October 24, 2017
- Ami Glazer, economics, in the Tampa Bay Business Journal, Oct. 24, 2017
Amihai Glazer, an economics professor with the University of California-Irvine, said
it's incumbent on cities and states to determine whether an incentive package provides
a net benefit to their regions. He conceded that those calculations can prove difficult
in areas as diverse as a major city. He cited housing as a prime example. … Earlier
this year, UC-Irvine received around $250,000 from the Charles Koch Foundation to
launch the Program in Corporate Welfare, which researches topics related to corporate
tax breaks and other incentives.
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