Tax increment financing, economic development professionals and the financialization of urban politics

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 413-440

  Pacewicz, Josh ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic development; Elites; Financialization; Neo liberalism; Taxation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880276871     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: 1475147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mws019     Document Type: Article

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