Empowerment Zones, neighborhood change and owner-occupied housing

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 386-396

  Krupka, Douglas J ^a   Noonan, Douglas S ^b  

^a IZA   (Germany)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic development; Empowerment Zones; Household mobility; Local economic growth; Property values; Sorting; Tax incentives

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC POLICY; EMPOWERMENT; HOUSING MARKET; NEIGHBORHOOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; URBAN HOUSING; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 70149108058     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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