that economic development programs to increase metropolitan job growth will have a progressive effect if the cost per job … created is low, and these costs are financed by personal taxes. But economic development programs with a high cost per job …

This paper suggests new federal policies towards state and local economic development assistance to business. I argue …. But state and local governments do not have the right incentives to adequately pursue national goals through economic … economic development efforts are most vigorously pursued by economically depressed areas, in which the national social benefits …

advantages, such as developing information on foreign markets, encouraging large national banks to be more involved in economic …The federal government should focus its policies towards economic development on areas in which the federal government … local governments; (2) expand the federal role in economic development services in which national action has some special …

The question addressed in this paper seems simple: Can economic development programs be evaluated? But the answer is …

This paper provides a guide to economic development policies for local government managers. Local economic development … local government managers, this paper suggests a number of guiding principles, including: local economic development should … be pursued cooperatively across the local labor market; economic development programs should consider the quality of jobs …

This paper argues that more rigorous evaluations of local economic development policies are feasible. Programs that aid …

This chapter seeks to provide useful advice for local government policy towards economic development programs. The … chapter: reviews the size and scope of local economic development programs in the United States; critically analyzes the …, distressed neighborhoods, and downtowns; and discusses how local economic development programs should be organized, managed, and …

This paper reviews the research literature relevant to economic development incentives provided by state and local …

that economic development programs to increase metropolitan job growth will have a progressive effect if the cost per job … created is low, and these costs are financed by personal taxes. But economic development programs with a high cost per job …

This paper provides a guide to economic development policies for local government managers. Local economic development … local government managers, this paper suggests a number of guiding principles, including: local economic development should … be pursued cooperatively across the local labor market; economic development programs should consider the quality of jobs …