Givord, Pauline; Rathelot, Roland; Sillard, Patrick - In: Regional Science and Urban Economics 43 (2013) 1, pp. 151-163
In this study, we evaluate the impact of the French Zones Franches Urbaines on economic activity. This public-funded place-based program, comparable to US enterprise zones, exempts businesses from taxes for a period of at least five years. For the purpose of this evaluation, we merged several...