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Bidding for business : the efficacy of local economic development incentives in a metropolitan area / John E. Anderson and Robert W. Wassmer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Anderson, John E. (John Edwin), 1951-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Industrial development bonds--United States--Case studies.
- Industrial development bonds.
- Industrial development bonds--Michigan--Detroit Metropolitan Area.
- Industrial promotion--United States--Case studies.
- Industrial promotion.
- Industrial promotion--Michigan--Detroit Metropolitan Area.
- Full employment policies--United States--Case studies.
- Full employment policies.
- Full employment policies--Michigan--Detroit Metropolitan Area.
- Tax incentives--United States--Case studies.
- Tax incentives.
- Corporations--Taxation--United States--Case studies.
- Corporations.
- Corporations--United States--Finance--Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Kalamazoo, Mich. : W.E. Unjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Anderson and Wassmer (economics, U. of Nebraska-Lincoln and public policy and administration, California State U.-Sacramento, respectively) examine the use and effectiveness of local economic development incentives within a region or metropolitan area through a case examination of Detroit, Michigan. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgements; The Authors; Preface; 1 - Local Economic Development Incentives in the United States; 2 - Evidence on the Influence of Local Economic Development Incentives; 3 - Local Incentive Programs and Spatial Mismatch in Metropolitan Detroit; 4 - A Model for Development Incentives in a Metropolitan Area; 5 - Empirical Results; 6 - Summary and Policy Recommendations; Afterword; Appendix 1 - Regression Identification; Appendix 2 - Regression Results; References; Author Index; Subject Index; About the Institute
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-219) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0-585-31361-X
- OCLC:
- 923516070
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