Selling city futures: The financialization of urban redevelopment policy

Economic Geography

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 251-274

  Weber, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital switching; Public finance; Real estate; Risk; Tax Increment Financing

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; FINANCIAL MARKET; PLANNING HISTORY; PROPERTY MARKET; REDEVELOPMENT; TAX SYSTEM; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POLICY;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957121012     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: 19448287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2010.01077.x     Document Type: Article

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