Do local tax incentives affect economic growth? What mean impacts miss in the analysis of enterprise zone policies

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 121-136

  Bondonio, Daniele ^a   Greenbaum, Robert T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterprise zones; Gross flows; Local economic growth; Program evaluation; Tax incentives

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE; TAX INCENTIVE; ZONING POLICY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845231617     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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