When sunshine gets you down: The role of transparency on public sentiment toward the amazon HQ2 competition.
In 2019, more than 230 local governments sought to attract the second headquarters of Amazon (HQ2). The Amazon HQ2 contest presents a unique, high‐profile case of state and local government competition for a project. It took place in a defined timeframe with varying bids and levels of government tra...
| Publicado en: | Policy Studies Journal Vol. 53; no. 2; pp. 499 - 524 |
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