Incidence and substitution in enterprise zone programs: The case of colorado

Public Finance Review

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 226-255

  Lynch, Devon ^a   Zax, Jeffrey S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

enterprise zones; location specific subsidies

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551601658     PISSN: 10911421     EISSN: 15527530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1091142110386210     Document Type: Article

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