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- Title
Incorporating demand-side aspects into regional policy: variations in the importance of private investment decision factors across regions.
- Authors
Azzoni, Carlos R.; Kalatzis, Aquiles E. G.
- Abstract
Most regional programs focus on the supply side of regions, emphasizing the attraction conditions offered, such as infrastructure, labor skills, tax incentives, etc. This study analyzes one aspect of the demand side, that is, how investment decisions of private firms are made by asking the question: “Do corporations decide the same way on investments in different parts of the territory?” The paper analyzes the investments of 373 large Brazilian firms during 1996–2004. Based on the investment decisions of these firms, the role of sales, cash-flow, external financing, and working capital is investigated through regression analysis. The regional influence is captured by explanatory variables representing regional and firm characteristics, and by interaction dummies between the region and the main investment determinants. The results indicate significant differences across regions in the importance of investment determinants. This information is important for regional development policy, because different mechanisms should be used in different regions to foster private investments.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; JOB skills; TAX incentives; PRIVATE companies; CASH flow; WORKING capital
- Publication
Annals of Regional Science, 2010, Vol 44, Issue 1, p69
- ISSN
0570-1864
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00168-008-0242-y