> tax cuts in exchange for committing to provide N jobs.
Does this ever work? That is does it work better than not giving tax cuts in the long run.
Committing costs very little, especially if the tax advantages are not clawed back if the jobs fail to materialise. How does one really measure the number of jobs created by the tax cut versus those that might well have been created even if there were no tax cut.
Does this ever work? That is does it work better than not giving tax cuts in the long run.
Committing costs very little, especially if the tax advantages are not clawed back if the jobs fail to materialise. How does one really measure the number of jobs created by the tax cut versus those that might well have been created even if there were no tax cut.