By Greg LeRoy, Kasia Tarczynska, Leigh McIlvaine, Thomas Cafcas, and Philip Mattera
This study describes how state and local governments waste billions of dollars each year on economic development subsidies given to companies for moving existing jobs from one state to another rather. It also looks at how the existence of relocation subsidies emboldens some large companies to demand large job blackmail subsidies to stay put. The report offers policy recommendations to address the problem.