Professor of Government, University of Texas at Austin
Nathan Jensen (2002, Yale Ph.D.) is a Professor in the Department of Government at the University of Texas-Austin. He only speaks in the third person for the purposes of website bios.
He was previously an associate professor in the Department of International Business at George Washington University (2014-2016) and associate professor in the Political Science Department at Washington University in St. Louis (2002-2014).
He teaches courses and conducts research on government economic development strategies, firm non-market strategies and business-government relations, the politics of oil and natural resources, political risk in emerging markets, trade policy, and international institutions. Not all at once.
You can read our book Incentives to Pander. Or you can watch a two and a half minute video.
Why states and cities should stop handing out billions in economic incentives to companies
Jul 13, 2019 06:03 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
U.S. states and cities hand out tens of billions in taxpayer dollars every year to companies as economic incentives. These businesses are supposed to use the money, typically distributed through economic development...
Amazon HQ2: Texas experience shows why New Yorkers should be skeptical
Feb 10, 2019 10:41 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
New York offered Amazon close to US$3 billion to build a second headquarters in Long Island City on the promise of 25,000 jobs. Since the deal was joyfully announced in November, however, many local residents and some...
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