Michigan's Renaissance Zones: Eliminating taxes to attract investment and jobs in distressed communities

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 719-734

  Sands, Gary ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; ECONOMIC PLANNING; EMPLOYMENT; INVESTMENT INCENTIVE; TAX SYSTEM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0345392874     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c0241     Document Type: Article

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