Sharing the gains of local economic growth: Race-to-the-top versus race-to-the-bottom economic development

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 428-456

  Goetz, Stephan J ^a   Partridge, Mark D ^b   Rickman, Dan S ^c   Majumdar, Shibalee ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC PLANNING; ENTREPRENEUR; INCOME; INNOVATION; INVESTMENT; LOCAL ECONOMY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; TAX INCENTIVE;

EID: 79958272323     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: 14723425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c1077r     Document Type: Article

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