How Tax Policy and Incentives Affect Foreign Direct Investment
How Tax Policy and Incentives Affect Foreign Direct Investment

Author: Jacques Morisset

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13:

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Tax incentives neither make up for serious deficiencies in a country's investment environment nor generate the desired externalities. But when other factors, such as infrastructure, transport costs, and political and economic stability are more or less equal, the taxes in one location may have a significant effect on investors' choices. This effect varies, however, depending on the tax instrument used, the characteristics of the multinational company, and the relationship between the tax systems of the home and recipient countries.

Old-Age Provision and Homeownership – Fiscal Incentives and Other Public Policy Options
Old-Age Provision and Homeownership – Fiscal Incentives and Other Public Policy Options

Author: Martina Eckardt

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-05-10

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 3319752111

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In light of demographic change and the growing problems of traditional old-age security systems, this book discusses two essential instruments in connection with privately providing for old-age security: (1) savings in private pension schemes and (2) building up equity for home-ownership. Further, it assesses the relationship between the two instruments and offers a unique overview of the latest market developments. In order to represent the profound differences between the individual member states of the EU, this book features six country-specific studies – covering Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom – that provide detailed insights into the complexity of local private pension schemes, mortgage markets, and housing markets. Lastly, the book discusses public policies and fiscal incentives intended to better integrate residential property with private pensions. It will appeal to both, private households seeking to build up old-age security, as well as policy makers interested in providing secure pension schemes.

Economic Incentives and Environmental Policies
Economic Incentives and Environmental Policies

Author: J.B. Opschoor

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 9401108560

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This book contains a collection of papers on economic incentives and environmental policies which result from the authors' joint research work in the program `Environment, Science and Society', conducted under the auspices of the European Science Foundation, with whose cooperation the book has been published. The work concentrates on the scientific and methodological aspects of the development, implementation and evaluation of economic instruments at a national level. The research is both theoretical and empirical. At a theoretical level attention is given to the dynamics of instrument choice in various political and economic contexts, and to the means for evaluating economic instruments in terms of their effectiveness and efficiency. At an empirical level the research seeks to investigate the performance of economic instruments in reality and to explore options for new approaches on the interface between technology, economy and the environment. A subject index complements this first volume in the ESF `Environment, Science and Society' series.

Agricultural policy incentives in sub-Saharan Africa in the last decade (2005-2016)
Agricultural policy incentives in sub-Saharan Africa in the last decade (2005-2016)

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2018-06-01

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 9251304653

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FAO Agricultural development economics technical study This report shows diverging results across countries and commodities, although aggregate figures indicate that price incentives to agriculture were increasing across the period overall. Import tariffs and price support are thought to be the main drivers of this trend.

Knowledge and Incentives in Policy
Knowledge and Incentives in Policy

Author: Stefanie Haeffele

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2018-06-04

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 1786603993

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This book, authored by public policy practitioners and researchers, tackle such pressing issues as public education, the process for approving medical devices, tax policy, and land use regulation.