Authored by Mark Nachbar, Chris Potter, and Joe Stachnik of Ryan, the portfolio is available to subscribers to the Bloomberg Tax platform. It analyzes active credits and common credit attributes and mechanics. also focuses on how states approach incentive policy and examines several common areas in which states focus their incentive activity.

The authors delve into tax policy issues including the efficacy of incentives, factors determining whether incentives increase a state’s economic competitiveness and costs of offering incentive packages.