Policy Watch: Governments at the Bidding Table

Johannes Biesebroeck Van

No 19088, Working Paper Series from Victoria University of Wellington, The New Zealand Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation

Abstract: Should the Wellington City Council be in the business of paying David Beckham to play soccer? What was the government thinking when it offered New Line Cinema a tax break worth $300-400 million to shoot the Lords of the Rings trilogy in New Zealand? Johannes Van Biesebroeck looks at the stakes involved when governments compete to bring in event revenue and discusses who really wins at the bidding table.

Keywords: government; foreign investment projects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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