Place-based tax exemptions and displacement effects: An evaluation of the Zones Franches Urbaines program

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 151-163

  Givord, Pauline ^a,b   Rathelot, Roland ^a   Sillard, Patrick ^a,b  

^a Institut National de la Statistique et des etudes economiques   (France)

^b CREST   (France)

Author keywords

Enterprise zone; Externalities; Local employment; Place based policies; Propensity score matching

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; EMPLOYMENT; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; SPILLOVER EFFECT; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 84873196338     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2012.06.006     Document Type: Article

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