Business incentive use among U.S. local governments: A story of accountability and policy learning

Economic Development Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 325-336

  Zheng, Lingwen ^a   Warner, Mildred ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

economic development incentives tools; economic development theory; state and local economic development policy

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; BUSINESS; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC PLANNING; INCENTIVE; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLICY STRATEGY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957277933     PISSN: 08912424     EISSN: 15523543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891242410376237     Document Type: Article

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