This paper provides a critical commentary on area-based fiscal incentives and regeneration in Europe, focusing on Enterprise Zones (EZs) in Britain and zones franches urbaines (ZFUs) in France. It, thus, counters the trans-Atlantic comparative bias of much of the extant literature. The paper...

In spite of its provincial image, Clermont-Ferrand is a city with a strong activity in underground musics. During a long time, local authorities were not interested by this type of culture and economic sector, except to forbid it to avoid noise in city centre. Since the beginning of the 1990s,...