Do Film Incentive Programs Promote Economic Activity? A Comment on O'Brien and Lane

John Bradbury

Econ Journal Watch, 2020, vol. 17, issue 1, 56–65

Abstract: Nina O’Brien and Christianne Lane’s recent paper in Regional Studies examines film industry incentives by U.S. states to promote economic development, a form of program that is now pervasive in the United States. The paper is titled “Effects of Economic Incentives in the American Film Industry: An Ecological Approach.” The paper gives an impression that the presence of such programs is economically positive overall, but its findings are in fact mixed and rather murky. This comment raises a fundamental concern about the coding of the data, a concern which casts doubt on the empirical findings.

Keywords: incentives; film industry; economic development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H25 H71 L82 R11 R38 Z11 Z18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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