Evaluating Tax Incentives: Choosing Goals and Measuring Results

NCSL Webinars allow attendees to participate in meetings taking place around the world from the comfort of their desk. They are collaborative, interactive and easy to use.

Most webinars will be recorded for those who are unable to attend the live meeting.

Many states struggle to analyze the results of their economic development tax incentives because policymakers’ goals for the programs are unclear, obsolete, or hard to measure. This NCSL webinar discusses how lawmakers and evaluators have overcome these challenges. Officials from two states share lessons from their efforts to improve tax incentive goals and evaluations, and experts from The Pew Charitable Trusts present their research on effective approaches to determine meaningful goals and metrics and measure incentives’ economic impact.

​View Webinar

PowerPoint Presentation

Moderator

• Mandy Rafool, Fiscal Affairs Program, NCSL

Speakers

• Julie Srey, The Pew Charitable Trusts
• David Kirchner, Minnesota Office of the Legislative Auditor - Program Evaluation Division
• Brent Lane, University of North Carolina Center for Competitive Economics

This webinar is made possible with the generous support of The Pew Charitable Trusts.

System Requirements

PC-based attendees required: Windows® 8, 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server
Mac®-based attendees required: Mac OS® X 10.6 or newer
Mobile attendees required: iPhone®, iPad®, Android™ phone or Android tablet