Subsidies

Corporate Welfare

Senate Bill 22: Tax-increment Financing Reform

On Thursday, January 22, Show-Me Institute Director of Municipal Policy David Stokes submits testimony to the Missouri Senate Ways and Means Committee regarding tax-increment financing reform. Click on the link […]

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Corporate Welfare

Fixing the “Delmar Divide” with a TIF?

Developers are asking for millions in tax subsidies for a redevelopment project with the hopes of fixing St. Louis’s “Delmar Divide” between the Central West End and the low-income neighborhoods […]

St. Louis County Should Find Budget Cuts Before Hiking Taxes

The economic damage caused by COVID-19 has been catastrophic, and families everywhere are scrambling to tighten their belts and make ends meet. The fallout extends to local governments as well, […]

Corporate Welfare

How Many Chances Does TIF Get?

There are so many problems with the City of St. Louis’s tax-increment financing (TIF) program that it would make your head spin trying to list them all. TIF is an […]

Corporate Welfare

Back for More Handouts

Government handouts can be a slippery slope for some developers—once they get one, they just ask for more and more. That appears to be the case for developers seeking millions […]

Corporate Welfare

Are Policymakers in a Prisoners’ Dilemma with Economic Development Incentives?

In a recent paper, Michael D. Farren and Matthew D. Mitchell compare economic development incentive decisions by two states to the prisoners’ dilemma in game theory. Examining this interesting comparison may […]

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