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Series
Upjohn Institute Working Paper No. 03-91
**Published Version**
In Management Policies in Local Finance, 5th ed., Richard J. Aronson and Eli Schwartz, eds. Washington, DC: International City/County Management Association, 2004, pp. 355-390
DOI
10.17848/wp03-91
Issue Date
January 2003
Abstract
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 various rationales offered for these programs; makes recommendations for what local policy should do about business attraction and incentives, business retention, new business development, high technology development, brownfield development, distressed neighborhoods, and downtowns; and discusses how local economic development programs should be organized, managed, and evaluated.
Subject Areas
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; Local labor markets; Regional policy and planning; Business and tax incentives
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Bartik, Timothy J. 2003. "Local Economic Development Policies." Upjohn Institute Working Paper No. 03-91. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. https://doi.org/10.17848/wp03-91