Using Tax Incentives to Compete for Foreign Investment: Are They Worth the Costs?
- ISBN-10
- 0821349929
- ISBN-13
- 9780821349922
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 108
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001-01-01
- Publisher
- World Bank Publications
- Author
- Louis T. Wells
Description
Annotation This volume consists of two essays: the first one examines this issue in the context of Indonesia, the second provides a review of earlier literature.
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