Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- The Authors -- Preface -- 1 - Local Economic Development Incentives in the United States -- 2 - Evidence on the Influence of Local Economic Development Incentives -- 3 - Local Incentive Programs and Spatial Mismatch in Metropolitan Detroit -- 4 - A Model...

Economic development incentives are offered by local governments in the United States to retain or attract manufacturing and/or commercial enterprises. We are concerned with "first wave" incentives that began in the United States in the 1970s and continue until today. These include:...

Anderson and Wassmer examine the use and effectiveness of local economic development incentives within a specific region, the Detroit metropolitan area. The Detroit area serves as a good example, they say, because of the area's 20-plus year track record of its communities offering the gamut of...

University students have been particularly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. We present results from the first wave of the Global COVID-19 Student Survey, which was administered at 28 universities in the United States, Spain, Australia, Sweden, Austria, Italy, and Mexico between April and...