TITLE

Dealing with corporate flight

AUTHOR(S)

Headden, Susan

PUB. DATE

June 1994

SOURCE

U.S. News & World Report;6/13/94, Vol. 116 Issue 23, p62

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Discusses how voters, rarely consulted about economic development, are beginning to challenge the cost of corporate tax breaks. States that lure companies to open plants with the promise of tax breaks; Promise of jobs which often don't materialize; Examples; How states are getting tough on companies that try to skip town.

ACCESSION #

9406097568

 

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