Local employment, poverty, and property value effects of geographically-targeted tax incentives: An instrumental variables approach

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 721-731

  Hanson, Andrew ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Empowerment zone; Poverty reduction; Regional policy; Wage subsidy

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; EMPOWERMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; REGIONAL POLICY; TAX INCENTIVE; WAGE;

EID: 70349835453     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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