Does the job creation tax credit program in Maryland help concentrate employment growth?

Economic Development Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 313-326

  Sohn, Jungyul ^a,b   Knaap, Gerrit Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Job creation tax credit; Maryland; Priority Funding Area; Smart growth; Spatial distribution of employment

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; INVESTMENT; LABOR MARKET; TAX SYSTEM;

MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27344459105     PISSN: 08912424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891242405278183     Document Type: Article

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